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Ahead of Thursday's Supreme Court deadline for submitting briefs in the federal challenge to Texas' abortion law, pro-abortion rights supporters from scholars...

As Dr. Anthony Fauci put it: "It's not good news." In the last week alone, the U.S. tally of confirmed infections grew by 487,769. New COVID cases are...

The Mayo Clinic is opening a school of social media for health providers.

A report shows the vast majority of diagnosed cancers in the U.S. are found through symptoms or through medical imaging or care sought for other reasons,...

Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. Today's selections are on psilocybin, bigorexia, eating disorders, the stigma of HIV in...

Persuading vulnerable low-income and ethnic communities hit hard by the coronavirus to take a new vaccine may be challenging. But established local health...

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Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of health policy studies and briefs.

Research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association finds the number of adult American deaths from heart disease with obesity cited as a factor...

"A year into a new effort to expand health coverage, recession-weary Marylanders are flocking to the state's Medicaid program in numbers far greater than...

State health officials report 22 people have been hospitalized with Vibrio vulnificus infections. Plus: A Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs has sickened people...

Gov. Maura Healey, a Democrat, told reporters she'd received qualified bids for all the hospitals in Massachusetts that the beleaguered for-profit chain was...

Hospital bills, drug prices hiked, stopgap funding, long covid, mental health services, and more are in the news. Plus, your weekend reads.

The thinking behind the individual mandate is that, in the absence of a government-run "single payer" insurance program like Canada's, the only way to achieve...

Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.

Stat reports on documents released by the congressional committee following Purdue Pharma's agreement last week to plead guilty to three felony counts. News is...

Now three states have passed laws to let their Farm Bureaus sell plans that don't meet the health law's strict consumer protections. "The only way the Farm...

Current funding for the "cancer moonshot" will expire in September. President Joe Biden has also talked about goals to reduce smoking in the U.S. as another...

"We have got to evolve this to get people excited to get back in the industry," Rick Gates, chief pharmacy officer at Walgreens, told Axios. Separately, an...

The Trump administration rejected California's request for disaster-relief funds to help it recover from some of the worst wildfires in the state's history. It...

A growing subspecialty that manages pain and stress for the seriously ill saves money, increases patient satisfaction and lengthens lives.

News outlets looked at political and legal issues surrounding the health law.

Thursday's roundup covers 4 million covid deaths, variants, long symptoms, vaccinations, cancer fatalities, heat wave, opioids and more.

It took his parents 86 phone calls and six months to get their newborn enrolled in a Pennsylvania program for children.

Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.

A federal judge has lifted the ban on Medicare releasing data on individual doctors to the public. The end on the 33-year ban -- after the publishers of The...

After reviewing claims of 57 nationwide employer programs, UnitedHealthcare said it found ways to improve health and lower costs. News looks at covid risks for...

News outlets report that despite concerns over possible disruption to national and global supply chains caused by a tornado impact in North Carolina, the...

Medicare is penalizing 721 hospitals with high rates of potentially avoidable mistakes that can harm patients, known as "hospital-acquired conditions."...

The Republican vice presidential nominee projected a softer stance on the debate stage and parroted Donald Trump's view that abortion legislation is a state...

A basic guide and resources if you want to get Medicare to reverse a coverage decision.

Even as GOP lawmakers advance their strategies, Dems see a plan of their own - they plan to cast Republicans as trying to take away patients' rights....

Jan 7, 2026 - A spike in shootings during the covid pandemic propelled community violence intervention, a field that aims to stop gun deaths at the root. Baltimore used...

The group argues that increasing cost-sharing would stop people from seeking necessary care.

Abortion politics are helping to shape the 2024 elections landscape. Politico reports that some conservative Republicans are testing a new strategy to keep...

As part of federal staffing cuts and encouraged retirement, the U.S. corps of food safety inspectors has significantly shrunk. Remaining officials now carry...

A new chain of stores is spreading in malls across America, just like the disease that is giving it business. COVID-19 Essentials is selling masks and all the...

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

President Donald Trump has lumped significant public blame for the failure of Congress' repeal-and-replace efforts on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's...

Sign up numbers have been tracking slightly ahead of last year's tally in what could possibly be the last chance for customers to enroll under Obamacare.

CIDRAP reports that if confirmed, they'd bring the state's total to five cases over the past few weeks. In other news from around the nation, a call to...

Judge Margaret Garnett has dismissed two charges against Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing Brian Thompson in 2024. However, Mangione still faces a...

Also, pollen loads are about 21% higher, all because of global warming. Media outlets report on how pollution is leading to more deaths, heart surgeries have...

At issue is whether transplant patients who refuse the shots are not only putting themselves at greater risk for serious illness and death from covid-19, but...

Other stories take a deeper look at how ethnic minorities and senior citizens are affected by the pandemic.

The health insurance marketplace continues its march toward change as California's Department of Insurance proposes new controversial rules on small business...

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah this week announced the agency has transformed its Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade (EGAT) Women in Development Office...

A Guardian/KHN analysis of deaths nationwide indicates that at least 1 in 8 health workers lost in the pandemic died after the vaccine became available,...

The nation's largest insurer predicts it will have $50 billion in accountable-care contracts with health care providers by 2017, up from $20 billion now.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky has mild symptoms, media outlets report, and caught covid despite being "up to date" on covid shots and using precautions like masks....

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said nearly 1 million people were asked to leave their contact information to hold their spot in line, as the...

The anti-transgender bill, which USA Today labeled "among the nation's toughest," was protested by "hundreds," but the Republican-dominated Legislature still...

Is it right to ask patients with early stage liver disease to wait for treatments that could cure them?

The repeal effort is a means for Republican leaders to rev up voters before November's elections. Five Democrats also voted with the majority. As with previous...

Tired of hearing policy experts and politicians debate the 2010 health care law? What if you took the Affordable Care Act out of the conversation? If you could...

The latest technology makes managing Type 1 diabetes much easier. But managing insurance company rules for the supplies is a big obstacle for some patients.

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

Seshamani previously served as vice president of clinical care transformation at MedStar Health. The Center for Medicare oversees health benefits for tens of...

With the omicron variant currently responsible for 99% of U.S. covid infections, the Food and Drug Administration is rescinding emergency use authorization for...

To meet that timetable would be nearly impossible for lawmakers who took years to pass the health law in the first place and have no detailed plan as of yet...

In a 3-2 decision, the South Carolina Supreme Court struck down a state law banning abortion when an ultrasound detects a fetal heartbeat. Justice Kaye Hearn...

Like many nursing homes, the Parker Jewish Institute in New Hyde Park, N.Y., was having problems with some of its patients with dementia wandering at night....

They're avoiding the "repeal-and-replace" branding that riled up opponents last time around, but congressional Republicans are looking to make changes to the...

Many aging gays and lesbians who have lived openly for decades are finding that the world of assisted living and nursing homes can be decidedly less...

News outlets cover the looming potential of a U.S. debt default and how it may impact health provider payouts and hit the VA and veterans themselves....

Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus expects that Senate health-care legislation will include provisions encouraging doctors to compare drugs and therapies for...

Health data from nearly 400,000 Americans reveals that people who take multivitamins are actually at a slightly higher risk of premature death than people who...

Support from family and community appear to shield Latinos from rising suicide rates, researchers say.

Scientists have identified an inflammatory pathway in the brain linking high-fat diets to the activation of appetite-promoting neurons. Separately, a study...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada says the Senate will not vote on health care reform before leaving for its summer recess Aug. 8, shattering the...

The federal sanctions barred the company from marketing and selling its Medicare Advantage policies to new beneficiaries.

Media reports are on reaction, even from religious groups, to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt's call for a day of prayer, states where outbreaks are growing, rural...

The analysis by Avalere examines changes in how silver plans on the insurance marketplaces handle coverage for high-cost specialty drugs.

The Illinois Department of Health has launched a program, "Text 2 Survive," that uses cell phone text messaging to encourage residents to be tested for HIV.

News services report on a variety of state health policy issues.

A decision to strike down the premium subsidies in states that rely on the federal marketplace would affect a wide variety of stakeholders, including hospitals...

The patient, a 29 year-old diving accident victim, appeared on a livestream showing off the implant in action. Also in the news, a study found people with...

Scott Radloff, director of the Office of Population and Reproductive Health, writes about involving men in family planning on USAID's "Impact Blog." He writes:...

"The House on Thursday afternoon approved the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act by a 217-203...

The extension of the border closure was in response to rising COVID-19 cases. International news also highlights a top Palestinian leader in critical condition...

Washington state's Medicaid program will no longer pay for ER visits deemed medically unnecessary. Elsewhere, Illinois' governor will propose $2 billion in...