Browsing: Healthy News

Elisabeth Rosenthal When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son to a pediatrician last summer for a checkup,…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A growing number of people — many of them older and homeless — are freezing to death…

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of…

KFF Health News’ “Navigating Aging” columnist, Judith Graham, spent six months this year talking to older adults who live alone…

The share of people who are Hispanic or Latino has grown to a little more than a quarter of the…

Martha Bebinger, WBUR Anna Goldman, a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center, got tired of hearing that her patients…

A former Montana health department staffer who described himself as the lead author of legislation to scrutinize nonprofit hospitals’ charitable…

Juana Valle never imagined she’d be scared to drink water from her tap or eat fresh eggs and walnuts when…

Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Un juez federal en Dakota del Norte falló a favor de 19 estados que impugnaron…

A federal judge in North Dakota has ruled in favor of 19 states that challenged a Biden administration rule allowing…

It’s been about two years since most states began receiving millions of dollars in opioid settlement payments from companies that…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R)spent years complaining that the Biden administration was slow-walking federal approval of his plan to import…

“The future is here,” the email announced. Hilda Jaffe, then 88, was letting her children know she planned to sell…

Eloisa Mendoza has spent 18 years helping people who aren’t fluent in English navigate complex legal documents. She guides them…

La disponibilidad de vacunas seguras y eficaces contra covid a menos de un año del inicio de la pandemia marcó…

Judith Graham Jeff Kromrey, de 69 años, se sentará con su hija la próxima vez que lo visite y le…

Jeff Kromrey, 69, will sit down with his daughter the next time she visits and show her how to access…

Veteran California public servant Will Lightbourne has stepped in as interim executive director of the state’s mental health commission after…

KFF Health News senior correspondent Arthur Allen discussed the fragility of our vaccine infrastructure on The Atlantic’s “Radio Atlantic” on…

In recent decades, the Justice Department has sued several states for unnecessarily confining people with disabilities in places such as…

KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Jerry Qualls had a heart attack in 2022 and was rushed by ambulance to Holston Valley Medical…

The availability of safe, effective covid vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the…