Even by rural hospital standards, Keokuk County Hospital and Clinics in southeastern Iowa is small. The…
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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': On Autism, It’s the Secretary’s Word vs. CDC’s
The Host Emmarie Huetteman KFF Health News Emmarie Huetteman, senior editor, oversees a team of Washington reporters,…
RFK Jr. Struggles To Navigate Frustrated Supporters and a Demanding Boss
After the Senate voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary,…
In Rural Massachusetts, Patients and Physicians Weigh Trade-Offs of Concierge Medicine
Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts, a small city two hours west…
A Call for Comfort Brought the Police Instead. Now the Solution Is in Danger.
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988…
Deportation Fears Add to Mental Health Problems Confronting Colorado Resort Town Workers
SILVERTHORNE, Colo. — When Adolfo Román García-Ramírez walks home in the evening from his shift at…
States Push Medicaid Work Rules, but Few Programs Help Enrollees Find Jobs
For many years, Eric Wunderlin’s health issues made it hard to find stable employment. Struggling to…
El temor a la deportación agrava los problemas de salud mental que enfrentan los trabajadores de los centros turísticos de Colorado
SILVERTHORNE, Colorado. — Cuando Adolfo Román García-Ramírez camina a casa por la noche después de su…
Trump elimina la oficina que establece los niveles de pobreza vinculados a servicios para 80 millones de personas
Los despidos del presidente Donald Trump en el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS) incluyeron…
Magic Happens When Kids and Adults Learn To Swim. Tragedy Can Strike if They Don’t.
Cara Anthony At a swim meet just outside St. Louis, heads turned when a team of…
Families of Transgender Youth No Longer View Colorado as a Haven for Gender-Affirming Care
Rae Ellen Bichell Illustration by Oona Zenda In recent years, states across the Mountain West have…
Some Rural Hospitals Ditch Medicare Advantage
Arielle Zionts Rural hospital leaders are questioning whether they can continue to afford to do business…
Se cancelan clínicas de vacunación por recortes federales, mientras aumentan los casos de sarampión
Más de una docena de clínicas de vacunación se cancelaron en el condado de Pima, en…
More Psych Hospital Beds Are Needed for Kids, but Neighbors Say Not Here
(iStock/Getty Images) If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact…
Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for 80 Million People
President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office…
The Dismantling of HHS – KFF Health News
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington…
Brown rice may increase arsenic exposure, new study finds
Key Points: A new study finds that brown rice contains greater traces of toxic arsenic than…
RFK Jr.’s Purge of FOIA Staff at FDA Spares People Working on Covid Vaccine Lawsuits
Mass firings at the FDA have decimated divisions tasked with releasing public records generated by the…
Misinformation About Fentanyl Exposure Threatens To Undermine Overdose Response
Fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid driving the nation’s high drug overdose rates, is also caught up…
Tax Time Triggers Fraud Alarms for Some Obamacare Enrollees
Because of past fraud by rogue brokers, some Affordable Care Act policyholders may get an unexpected…
Trump’s Immigration Tactics Obstruct Efforts To Avert Bird Flu Pandemic, Researchers Say
Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public…
Should men and women eat the same breakfast?
A study finds men do better with carbs, women with fat By Truman Lewis of ConsumerAffairs…