Health

Cuts to Food Benefits Stand in the Way of RFK Jr.’s Goals for a Healthier National Diet

ALBANY, Ga. — Belinda McLoyd has been thinking about peanut butter. McLoyd, 64, receives a small monthly payment through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assista...

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Are 5 Million Nondisabled Medicaid Recipients Watching TV All Day? That’s Unsupported

“Almost 5 million able-bodied Medicaid recipients ‘simply choose not to work’ and ‘spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.’” Scott Jennings on “CNN NewsNight with Abby P...

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Should You Sunscreen Your Cat?

For all of the eons that animal life has existed on Earth, the sun has been there, too. And for all of those eons, animal life has had only one solution for intense exposure to the sun: evolution. ...

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5 ways your political point of view may be damaging your mental health

Recent studies confirm what many clinicians, myself included, have quietly observed for years: Liberals — especially young liberals — are reporting worse mental health than their conservative peers...

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RFK Jr. wants to overhaul a vital system that supports childhood immunization

By Patricia Callahan for ProPublica Five months after taking over the federal agency responsible for the health of all Americans, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to overhaul an obscure but vital p...

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Therapists Share 66 Differences Between Men And Women

“Yes, I see. And tell me, how does that make you feel? Do you think that has anything to do with how your father spoke to you as a child? Let’s dive deeper into your relationship with your parents....

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Louisiana Upholds Its HIV Exposure Law as Other States Change or Repeal Theirs

SHREVEPORT, La. — When Robert Smith met his future girlfriend in 2010, he wanted to take things slowly. For Smith, no relationship had been easy in the years since he was diagnosed with the human i...

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Georgia Shows Rough Road Ahead for States as Medicaid Work Requirements Loom

Every time Ashton Alexander sees an ad for Georgia Pathways to Coverage, it feels like a “kick in the face.” Alexander tried signing up for Pathways, the state’s l...

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$50B Rural Health ‘Slush Fund’ Faces Questions, Skepticism

https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/07/mp_20250718_seg_MMR_-_Rural_Health_64.mp3 The Rural Health Transformation Program calls for federal regulators to hand states $10...

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Footie tickets to be prescribed on NHS in bid to stop over-use of antidepressant pills

FREE tickets to football matches will be dished out on the NHS to people with depression under a landmark mental health scheme announced today. Patients at GP surgeries i...

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Fountain of youth found in unexpected source

My family and I were recently looking at some old photos from when my husband and I cycled from Venice, Italy, to Avignon, France. That was 13 years ago. Is that enough to say old photos? It depend...

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3 Democrat-led states have rolled back Medicaid access for people lacking permanent legal status

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- For nearly 20 years, Maria would call her sister — a nurse in Mexico — for advice on how to manage her asthma and control her husband’s diabetes instead of going to the doctor...

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Journalists Dig Into Megabill’s Slashing of Medicaid. Plus, How To Avoid Tick Bites.

KFF Health News Nevada correspondent Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez discussed the potential impact of Medicaid cuts on rural hospitals on KNPR’s “State of Nevada” on July 17. Click here to hear O...

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Trump says Coca-Cola is switching from high-fructose corn syrup to cane sugar. Is it better for you?

President Donald Trump announced earlier this week that Coca-Cola has agreed to switch from using high-fructose corn syrup to cane sugar in its signature drink in the U.S."I have been speaking to C...

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Can a 'Cortisol Cocktail’ Actually Reduce Stress? What Experts Think

TikTok users say the “cortisol cocktail” can help lower stress, but experts are skeptical about the benefits. Flashpop/Getty Images Proponents of the viral “cortisol cocktail” claim the dr...

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Medical Rehab Hospital Inspections Go Unpublicized by Federal Officials

Federal health officials do not inform consumers about severe safety violations in hospitals that specialize in physical rehabilitation. Nor does Medicare impose fines as it does for nursing homes,...

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RFK Jr. could cause vaccine makers to flee U.S. market

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Five months after taking over the federal agen...

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Make Coca-Cola Great Again

Donald Trump is enamored with Coca-Cola. In January, he smiled from ear to ear in a photo with the company’s CEO, who gifted him a special Coke bottle commemorating his inauguration. When Trump off...

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Questions about surrogacy are raised in case of California couple with house brimming with kids

The removal of 21 children from the custody of a Los Angeles-area couple has put a spotlight on the practice of using surrogates to build a family. Surrogacy has no federal regulation, leaving it u...

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Surprise Medical Bills Were Supposed To Be a Thing of the Past. Surprise — They’re Not.

Last year in Massachusetts, after finding lumps in her breast, Jessica Chen went to Lowell General Hospital-Saints Campus, part of Tufts Medicine, for a mammogram and sonogram. Before the screening...

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Insurers and Customers Brace for Double Whammy to Obamacare Premiums

Most of the 24 million people in Affordable Care Act health plans face a potential one-two punch next year — double-digit premium increases along with a sharp drop in the federal subsidies that mos...

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