KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a ...

Despite the hype over artificial intelligence in medicine, the systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in ...

Emergency room doctors report waves of patients with breathing problems as smoke increases fine particulates in the air. Health officials also are monitoring the potential mental health toll wildfires ...

They strongly urged U.S. senators to reject Robert Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to lead the Health and Human Services Department. "His appointment is a direct threat to ... the public," the letter said.

While the Biden administration viewed the regulation as protecting the rights of trans students, opponents saw it as harming girls and women who might object to sharing a bathroom with a transgender ...

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The New York Times: I Quit Drinking Four Years Ago. I’m Still Confronting Drinking Culture. Maybe you were alarmed when the surgeon general last week said that consuming alcohol is a leading ...

A primary care clinic burned, medical offices closed, and hospitals struggled with possible evacuations. The wildfires that have incinerated large swaths of Los Angeles County are stressing the region ...

Meanwhile, the New Mexico Supreme Court unanimously voted to protect abortion rights; a new program in Washington allows pharmacists to prescribe abortion pills via telehealth; medical students in ...

Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, came in second on the list from the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund, and Scotland was third. One possible reason given for the United States' ranking is that America has a ...

Advocates say it is discrimination and are arguing for “insurance fairness” on the grounds that people who have joints ...

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