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Newsom Picks a Dogfight With Trump and RFK Jr. on Public Health - KFF Health News
Mar 9, 2026 - Scientists are cheering California Gov. Gavin Newsom as he builds a public health bulwark against health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine stance...
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The Hazards of ICE for Public Health - KFF Health News
Jan 30, 2026 - The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is not just roiling politics but also directly affecting the provision of health care, medical groups say....
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Taking a GLP-1? Doctors Say Not To Forget About Movement and Mental Health - KFF Health News
Mar 26, 2026 - So you’ve decided to go on a GLP-1 to lose weight. These medicines might seem like an easy way to drop unwanted pounds, but you’ll likely need to do a few...
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Newsom Picks a Dogfight With Trump and RFK Jr. on Public Health - KFF Health News
Mar 9, 2026 - Scientists are cheering California Gov. Gavin Newsom as he builds a public health bulwark against health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine stance...
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Taking a GLP-1? Doctors Say Not To Forget About Movement and Mental Health - KFF Health News
Mar 26, 2026 - So you’ve decided to go on a GLP-1 to lose weight. These medicines might seem like an easy way to drop unwanted pounds, but you’ll likely need to do a few...
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Readers Chime In on Reproductive Rights, Therapy Chatbots, Medical Debt, and More - KFF Health News
Apr 24, 2026 - KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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Guns, Race, and Profit Archives - KFF Health News
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What the Health? From KFF Health News: A New CDC Nominee, Again - Meditech Today
Apr 17, 2026 - Mary Agnes Carey is managing editor of KFF Health News. She previously served as the director of news partnerships, overseeing placement of KFF Health News
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Apr 16, 2026 - KFF Health News publishes a variety of newsletters to keep you updated on important national and state health policy happenings. Our daily First Edition and...
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In a First, Trump and GOP-Led Congress Prepare To Swell Ranks of US Uninsured - KFF Health News
Jan 22, 2026 - Fewer Americans will likely have health insurance, compromising their physical and financial health, as the Trump administration and GOP-controlled Congress...
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About Us - KFF Health News
Apr 20, 2026 - KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with policy analysis and polling, KFF Health News is one...
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Six Federal Scientists Run Out by Trump Talk About the Work Left Undone - KFF Health News
Apr 22, 2026 - Cancer treatments, disease outbreaks, addiction science: Scientists say an exodus from the National Institutes of Health will harm the nation's ability to...
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Patients are getting stuck in the emergency department for days while waiting for a spot in an inpatient ward.
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Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act Darkens Outlook for Government-Backed Clinics - KFF Health News
Apr 1, 2026 - About 17,000 federally funded health clinics stand to collectively lose $32 billion under GOP-backed fiscal policies in the next five years — just as more...
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Jackie Fortiér, Author at KFF Health News
Across the country, people are choosing lower monthly premiums in exchange for higher out-of-pocket risk. Reporter Jackie Fortiér explains what the shift means...
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California Archives - KFF Health News
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Your New Therapist: Chatty, Leaky, and Hardly Human - KFF Health News
Apr 22, 2026 - With high demand for mental health care, a wave of artificial intelligence-powered chatbots are being marketed as therapy apps — with little evidence they work...
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State Lawmakers Seek Restraints on Wage Garnishment for Medical Debt - KFF Health News
Apr 6, 2026 - At least eight states are considering legislation to curtail wage garnishment over unpaid medical bills, as health care costs rise and more people become...
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A New CDC Nominee, Again - KFF Health News
Apr 21, 2026 - President Donald Trump this week nominated a former deputy surgeon general who has expressed support for vaccines to lead the Centers for Disease Control and...
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Guns Marketed for Personal Safety Fuel Public Health Crisis in Black Communities - KFF Health News
Dec 19, 2025 - During the covid pandemic, gun marketers told many Americans they needed firearms to defend against criminals and protesters. Then firearm deaths mounted...
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White House Budget Would Cut HHS Funding By 12.5%, Move 340B To CMS - KFF Health News
The proposed budget includes cuts to several other agencies, including a $5 billion cut for the National Institutes of Health, which Stat reports Congress is...
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'Trauma Dumping?' - KFF Health News
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KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
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Brett Kelman, Author at KFF Health News
Post-mastectomy pain syndrome, or PMPS, is estimated to afflict tens of thousands of U.S. women each year. And yet it is not well understood and is...
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Readers Make Their Wish Lists, Checking Up on Health Care - KFF Health News
Dec 16, 2025 - KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Schedule Changes Blocked — For Now - KFF Health News
Mar 20, 2026 - A federal judge in Massachusetts this week sided with public health groups to block changes to the federally recommended schedule of childhood vaccines,...
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40 Years of Health Policy - KFF Health News
This month is 40 years since host Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, began reporting on health policy in Washington. To mark the...
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