In a Q&A, KFF Health News editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder unpacks the "Make America Healthy Again" platform ...

Pregnant women are being asked to make large cash payments months before they deliver their babies. Some patient advocates ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally for President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 1 in Warren, Michigan. (Chip ...

The child tax credit passed by Congress at the height of covid has expired, but states and localities are trying to fill the ...

California health officials began providing protective clothing to farmworkers months before the state’s first bird flu ...

KFF Health News has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General to compel it to release ...

Diverse networks of friends, former co-workers, neighbors, and extended family are often essential sources of support for ...

With the arrival in California of dengue, a dangerous mosquito-borne disease present mainly in more tropical climates, public ...

Voters in three states — Arizona, Missouri, and Nevada — chose on Tuesday to advance protections for abortion rights in their state constitutions. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is likely to win all three ...

Lurie Ousts Breed As Mayor Of San Francisco: Daniel Lurie has been elected mayor of San Francisco, denying London Breed another term after arguing that her flawed leadership exacerbated the drug ...

Under the nation’s first law of its kind, teens must have parental consent to travel for medical care, including in cases of sexual assault or rape. Any adult, including an aunt, grandparent, or ...

In late October, the Health and Human Services Inspector General found that Medicare Advantage plans pocketed $7.5 billion in 2023 from diagnosing health conditions that prompted no medical services — ...