Health

Journalists Zero In on ‘Certificate of Need’ Laws and Turbulent Obamacare Enrollment Season

KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed gun violence in Bogalusa, Louisiana, on KALW’s Your Call on Dec. 19. Click here to hear Rayasam on Your Call. Read Raya...

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State Exchange Directors Seeing Consumers’ Fears — In Real Time — About Obamacare Premium Hikes

I’ve been checking on the progress of the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment season, which is happening as Congress continues to debate whether to extend the subsidies that have given consumers ...

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What Trump's executive order on marijuana could mean for medical research

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The order moves cannabis from a Schedule I drug, a category that includes heroi...

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Nearly 5 million flu illnesses reported so far nationally, latest CDC data shows

New York City is seeing some of the highest levels in the country.Flu activity is increasing across the country, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.New...

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The Botched Rollout of Trump’s Autism Miracle Drug

If President Donald Trump wanted Americans to take away one message about autism, it was this: Blame Tylenol. During his September press conference on the subject, Trump warned pregnant women more ...

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7 Ways to Improve Heart Health for Longevity After Cancer Diagnosis

A heart-healthy lifestyle can help promote longevity following cancer treatment. Tatiana Maksimova/Getty Images Researchers say that people who have undergone cancer treatment can decrease...

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Guns Marketed for Personal Safety Fuel Public Health Crisis in Black Communities

PHILADELPHIA — Leon Harris, 35, is intimately familiar with the devastation guns can inflict. Robbers shot him in the back nearly two decades ago, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down. The bul...

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States Advance Medical Debt Protections as Federal Support Turns to Opposition

Lawmakers in several states are working to expand medical debt protections for patients, even after the Trump administration reversed course and told states they don’t have authority to take action...

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Scorpion Peppers Caused Him ‘Crippling’ Pain. Two Years Later, the ER Bill Stung Him Again.

Maxwell Kruzic said he was in such “crippling” stomach pain on Oct. 5, 2023, that he had to pull off the road twice as he drove himself to the emergency room at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Dur...

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Inside the FDA’s Vaccine Uproar

Six days after a senior FDA official sent a sweeping internal email claiming that covid vaccines had caused the deaths of “at least 10 children,” 12 former FDA commissioners released an extraordina...

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Judge in Nursing Home Bankruptcy Case Gives Families Fresh Hope of Compensation for Injuries, Deaths

A bankruptcy judge blocked an attempt by a nursing home chain’s primary investor to shield himself from settlement payments and liability in lawsuits alleging hundreds of patient injuries and death...

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America’s New Rules on Weed

For more than 50 years, America’s official position on marijuana has been seen as nonsensical. By classifying pot as a Schedule I drug, the federal government has lumped it with heroin and LSD as s...

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56 Everyday Things That Are More Dangerous For Your Health Than You Realize

Most of us have bad habits. Some sit on their sofas and scroll for too long; others cope with stress in unhealthy ways, like smoking or eating too much. The good thing is that we're all in this tog...

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How the global food system is impacting obesity and climate change: Study

The same global food system that is fueling rising obesity rates is also accelerating climate change, according to a sweeping new scientific review that argues both crises share common roots and so...

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HHS proposes actions to limit access to gender-affirming care for minors

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Thursday a series of proposed actions to limit access to gender-affirming care for minors.It comes after HHS released a final version ...

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Time’s Up for Expanded ACA Tax Credits

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. ...

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FDA OKs Addyi, a Libido-Enhancing Drug for Women After Menopause

Addyi, sometimes referred to as “female Viagra,” is now approved for use to treat low sex drive in postmenopausal women. MoMo Productions/Getty Images The FDA expanded its approval of Addy...

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Washington’s Homeless Hide in Plain Sight, Growing Sicker and Costing Taxpayers More

WASHINGTON — Every night, Abdullah Ibrahim retreats from the streets into a wooded stretch along the Potomac River. As night falls and temperatures drop, he erects a tent ...

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Call 911 or Risk Losing the Baby? Raids Force Some Immigrants To Avoid Care

As immigrants in southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi braced for this month’s U.S. Homeland Security operation, Cristiane Rosales-Fajardo received a panicked phone call from a friend. The ...

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Worried About Health Insurance Costs? There May Be Cheaper Options — But With Trade-Offs

For the millions of Americans who buy Affordable Care Act insurance, there’s still time left to enroll for 2026. But premium increases and the expiration of enhanced tax subsidies have led to large...

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Measles’ Most Deceptive Trait

In the early 1960s, American childhood was not what it is today. Many children spent hours playing unsupervised in the streets; they rode around in cars without seat belts, then came home to frozen...

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