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Baffling. Frustrating. Frightening. What it’s like to be sued over medical debt in Connecticut
Four in 10 US adults have medical or dental debt. CT Mirror and KFF Health News interviewed nearly 40 patients who were sued by providers.
Which vaccines will curb the Ebola outbreak? WHO debates
The growing Ebola outbreak, the unknowns of microdosing GLP-1s, and more health news from Morning Rounds
The latest developments on Ebola, hepatitis B, long Covid
Uganda closes its border, a Christian substitute for insurance, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Cheaper, Alternative Health Plans Are Having A Moment, But Critics Urge Caution
By Sarah Kwon and KFF Health News HealthDay ReportersWEDNESDAY, May 27, 2026 (HealthDay News) — When Melanie Miller saw that her health insurance premium payment was set to nearly triple to $914 a month this year, she stopped shopping on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace. The 59-year-old ...
Journalists Distill News on Ebola, Licensing Midwives, and California’s Budget
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
There's a leadership vacuum at NIH, too
USAID cuts have painful outcomes for the Ebola outbreak, states sue over a new professional ed loan rule, and other health news
The latest on Ebola: A travel ban and an old vaccine
Affordable Care Act changes, drinking while pregnant, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Texas is opening up a detransition clinic
Americans exposed to Ebola outbreak, Bill Cassidy's primary defeat, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Three years of declining overdose deaths begets cautious optimism and some concerns
The next FDA leader, how the CDC is responding to hantavirus, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Trump And Kennedy Seek To Relax Safeguards For AI Healthcare Tools
By Darius Tahir and KFF Health News HealthDay ReportersTHURSDAY, May 14, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Paul Boyer, a psychotherapist for Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, is experiencing the AI revolution firsthand. He’s a little underwhelmed. The health giant has rolled out a new suite of ...
RFK Jr. Swaps Vaccine Rhetoric for Story Time as GOP Woos Voters
By Amanda Seitz | KFF Health News TOLEDO, Ohio — The little boy, dressed in a Toy Story sweatshirt, wrapped himself around the nation’s health secretary. “What do you guys want to be when you grow up?” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked a carpet full of preschoolers. “A ...
Extreme heat is worsening faster for Black Americans
Bill Cassidy's can't-win conundrum, what RFK Jr. gets right and wrong about antidepressants, and more health news
Supreme Court extends mifepristone deadline
The deadliest drug in the country, the new name for PCOS, and more health news from Morning Rounds
The connection between periods and mental health
Plans to oust Makary, a looming Supreme Court deadline on mifepristone, and other health news from Morning Rounds
Metabolic liver disease to hit 1.8bn by 2050, and other health stories
Top health news: Metabolic liver disease is on the rise; Global pandemic treaty deadline missed again; Hantavirus cases linked to cruise ship.
HHS tackles ‘overmedication’
The cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, 988 staffing problems, and more health news from Morning Rounds
PFAS is still in some infant formula
Casey Means out as surgeon general nominee, America's renewed fertility anxiety, and more health news
States Rush To Figure Out How To Enforce Trump's Medicaid Work Requirements
By Rachel Spears and KFF Health News HealthDay ReportersFRIDAY, May 1, 2026 (HealthDay News) — State officials remain unsure how to enforce a requirement for many adult Medicaid enrollees to show they’re working — even as one state launches its program this week. They’re taking a variety of ...
Smog from wildfires increasingly harmful, data show
American baby formula testing, Medicaid work requirements, and more Morning Rounds health news
Gavin Newsom, Early Champion of Single-Payer, Moderates in the Face of Fiscal Limits
By Angela Hart | KFF Health News SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In his earliest days in the governor’s office, Democrat Gavin Newsom huddled with his advisers to consider how to realize a key campaign promise: transforming a healthcare system replete with insurance company intermediaries into the nation’s ...
Food safety experts warn of USDA brain drain
An autism advisory committee finally meets again, antipsychotics and dementia, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Florida Delays Children's Health Insurance Expansion as Uninsured Rate Rises
By Daniel Chang and KFF Health News HealthDay ReportersTUESDAY, April 28, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Like many parents, Tatiana Lafortune wants her children to get a good education, eat nutritious food and see a doctor when they’re not feeling well. Public schools and her church’s pantry help Lafortune ...
What’s the true risk for eating disorders with GLP-1s?
The state of Covid-19 in 2026, a hat to treat depression, and other health news from Morning Rounds
California Lawmakers Seek Protections for Patients in ICE Custody
Moving through the California Senate are two bills, informed by KFF Health News reporting, that would strengthen protections for patients brought to health facilities by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
This CDC conference was always open to the public. Until now.
A federal ruling against Kennedy's gender declaration, when food insecure families don't qualify for SNAP, and other health news
Democrats demand Trump administration halt plan to collect federal workers' health data
After KFF Health News reported that the Trump administration is seeking federal workers' medical records, Democratic lawmakers are insisting that the Office of Personnel Management drop its request.
Democrats Demand Trump Administration Halt Plan To Collect Federal Workers’ Health Data
After KFF Health News reported that the Trump administration is seeking federal workers’ medical records, Democratic lawmakers are insisting that the Office of Personnel Management drop its request.
How weed affects adolescent brains
The latest CDC director nominee, the ongoing measles outbreak, and other health news from Morning Rounds
The mental health parity gap is gaping
RFK Jr.'s testimony to Congress, broader access to peptides, and more health news from Morning Rounds
On positioning nurses as health experts
Landmines ahead for Vinay Prasad’s successor, hospitals and chatbots, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Jodi Daniel Quoted by KFF Health News and CNN on Healthcare Privacy Concerns
Wilson Sonsini partner Jodi Daniel was recently quoted in a KFF Health News article, which was also featured by CNN. The piece, titled "Trump’s Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers’ Medical…
GSK says goodbye to leucovorin (again)
A revised ACIP charter, sports betting and gambling addiction, and other health news from Morning Rounds
G7 One Health Summit launches global diagnostics initiative, and other health stories
Top health news: G7 launches global diagnostics initiative; Five actions to end tuberculosis; Middle East conflict impacts healthcare.
C-section rate in 2025 highest in a decade
Why people overeat, how public health survives in war, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Trump’s Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers’ Medical Records
By Amanda Seitz and Maia Rosenfeld | KFF Health News The Trump administration is quietly seeking unprecedented access to medical records for millions of federal workers and retirees, and their families. A brief notice from the Office of Personnel Management could dramatically change which personally ...
What does MAHA look like these days?
A Duchenne breakthrough, missed opportunities in cancer treatment, and more health news from Morning Rounds
If you cap insulin at $35 a month, people with type 2 diabetes stick to treatment, study finds
$35 insulin, more evidence abortion meds are safe OTC, and other health news from Morning Rounds
Journalists Capsulize Weight Loss News and ACA Premium Pressures
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
Supreme Court rules against conversion therapy ban
Fact-checking Jay Bhattacharya, why PCOS might get a new name, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Health News: Headlines and Video on Healthcare, Drug Prices, Vaccines and More
Find the latest news on food & diet, healthcare and healthy living on NBCNews.com. Read headlines and watch videos on medicine, mental illness, and more.
Watch: Affordability Plagues Health Care in Its Shift From Nonprofit to Profit Machine
On “What the Health? From KFF Health News,” distributed by WAMU, chief Washington correspondent and host Julie Rovner sat down with Drew Altman, president and CEO of KFF, to talk about the likelihood of a national health care debate.
Oz Says California’s Not Fighting Health Care Fraud. Data Shows a Larger Battle
By Don Thompson | KFF Health News SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For weeks, Mehmet Oz has been waging a public feud with California leaders over health care fraud, accusing the blue state of failing to adequately combat such abuse. Oz, who heads the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, alleged that
Disabled CDC staff still missing accommodations
The transformation of organ transplantation, an age to start considering statins, and other health news
Make next year’s flu shots, says FDA committee
Vaccine skepticism, FDA-authorized vape flavors, and more health news from Morning Rounds
An NIH whistleblower warning
The doctors behind the telehealth GLP-1 boom, a men's health office moment, and other health news
Red states hit hardest by reduced NIH funding
Epstein's "great friend" returns to biotech, sex differences in suicide, and other health news from Morning Rounds
Amid dueling autism meetings, HHS cancels
Epilepsy med response, a long-awaited fix to the kidney transplant system, and more health news
Reckoning With State and Federal Cuts, L.A. Safety-Net Clinics Push for a New Tax
By Bernard J. Wolfson | KFF Health News LOS ANGELES — Mia Angulo, who is pregnant and due in May, is living in a tent with her boyfriend in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Lingering pain from a car crash two months ago, on top of an already hardscrabble life, has Angulo ...
Fresh turmoil at the FDA with Prasad's exit
Prasad out again, generic Ozempic on its way, and more health news from Morning Rounds
KFF Health News: Rural Health Transformation Fund Allocation
KFF Health published a story March 4 detailing concerns from hospital leaders and lawmakers across the country about how states plan to spend new federal rural health funding.
Wildfire pollution linked to higher stroke risk
Ultra-processed diet and behavior, UnitedHealth's latest SEC filing, and other health news
A swine flu case to keep tabs on
The "godfather of vaccines," a case of swine flu, and other health news from Morning Rounds
Vanderbilt Health Pets of the Day: Momo and Smokey
Today’s first Dog of the Day is Momo, submitted by Ginger DeBellis of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center. “Momo is a sweet and super smart blue merle Australian shepard who loves learning new tricks, neighbor watching and snuggles.“ Today’s second Dog of the Day is Smokey, submitted by Haley Villacorta of Population Health. “Smokey is a Pomsky (Pomeranian and Siberian husky mix).” Pets of the Day — what you need to know The Vanderbilt Health Pets of the Day are included in regular editions of the MyVUMC News newsletter, which is posted twice a week by Vanderbilt Health News and Communications. The pets are selected from the hundreds of entries sent to the Voice Pet Photo Contest. For those who submitted a photo to that contest, watch MyVUMC News for Pets of the Day, and in addition, regular collections of pet photos are posted to the Voice site. You can see them all here: https://news.vumc.org/section/voice/pets-vumc/. If you have a pet you would like to nominate for Pet of the Day, the next Pet Photo Contest submission period is coming up later this year, and will be announced in MyVUMC News. Momo and Smokey were featured in the March 3, 2026, edition of MyVUMC News.
Breaking down the health care talk in Trump's State of the Union
Trump touts lower drug costs, states sue HHS, and other can't miss health news of the day
People with intellectual and development disabilities have higher rates of anxiety, depression
And other health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
ACIP meeting postponed, for reasons that are unclear
And other health news from today's Morning Rounds newsletter
Does the world need 'guy-necologists'?
And other health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
Proposed $7.25B settlement to resolve weedkiller cancer lawsuits
And other health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
Checking in on RFK Jr.’s promises, one year later
And other health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
$3.7M to study muscle mass, wildfire smoke risks during pregnancy and more Louisiana health news
Here's the latest Louisiana health news.
Trump cabinet members watching their diets with RFK Jr.
And other health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
Journalists Describe Drivers of High Health Costs and Spell Out the Science of Protein
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
Journalists Describe Drivers of High Health Costs and Spell Out the Science of Protein
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
How diabetes in pregnancy may be linked to epilepsy in babies
And more health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
Measles confirmed at two ICE facilities
And other health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
Video Weekend health news roundup
Is the brutal cold making flu numbers worse? Plus, life expectancy at an all-time high and what doctors say about being a “night owl.”
NIH announces first strategic plan for disability health research
And other health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
A new approach to challenging state abortion bans
And more health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
WSOC-TV & KFF Health News Win Prestigious duPont-Columbia Award
The SSA's practice left millions of Americans, including some in the Carolinas, facing unexpected financial hardship and prompted sweeping policy changes in the nation’s capital.
Syphilis soars among pregnant people
And more health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
These 3 Policy Moves Are Likely To Change Health Care for Older People
By Paula Span | KFF Health News Month after month, Patricia Hunter and other members of the Nursing Home Reform Coalition logged onto video calls with congressional representatives, seeking support for a proposed federal rule setting minimum staff levels for nursing homes. Finally, after decades of ...
Flu updates to start the week
And other health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
The rise of unproven, potentially dangerous autism treatments
And other health news from Morning Rounds today
A $5M university expansion, new tropical disease vaccine and more Louisiana health notes
Here's the latest Louisiana health news.
Trans rights are once again at the Supreme Court
And other health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
Judge says HHS move likely had a ‘retaliatory motive’
And other health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
Testosterone in the dietary guidelines?
And other health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
Journalists Update Listeners on Expiration of Insurance Subsidies and New Rural Health Funding
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on local and regional media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
New Year, Same Health Fight
Congress returned from its break facing a familiar question: whether to extend the expanded subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans that expired at the end of 2025. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. broke a promise to Bill Cassidy, the chairman of Senate health committee, by overhauling the federal government’s childhood vaccine schedule to reduce the number of diseases for which vaccines will be recommended. Sarah Karlin-Smith of Pink Sheet, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more.
Health care & policy news you might have missed last week
And more health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
One Big Beautiful Bill Act complicates state health care affordability efforts
This article first appeared on KFF Health News. As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal subsidies that have helped millions of Americans buy health coverage, a crucial underlying reality is sometimes overlooked: Those subsidies are merely a band-aid covering the often unaffordable cost of health care. California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and five other states […]
Think 2025 Was a Big Year for Health News? Fasten Your Seat Belts
Raging measles cases, questions about drug approvals and spiking insurance premiums lie ahead.
Year in review: The standout health stories of 2025, from measles outbreaks to AI-made viruses
Catch up on the latest trends in health news in this roundup of long-reads compiled by Live Science's health channel editor.
Top 5 women’s health news articles of 2025
This year, we explored how innovations in women's health are bridging care gaps, addressing biases and enhancing access to vital treatments and screenings.
What lawmakers advanced, and stalled, on health care this week
Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, on Congress's healthcare stalemate and what it means for ACA marketplace shoppers.
Guns marketed for personal safety fuel public health crisis in Black communities
KFF Health News undertook an examination of gun violence during the pandemic, a period when firearm deaths reached an all-time high.
How mammograms could transform to predict the future
And other health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
Vaccines and access to health insurance: Taking stock of 2025's biggest health news
We review the biggest local headlines in health care for 2025 with WBUR senior health reporter Priyanka Dayal McCluskey and Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers' Michael Curry.
Watch: What Do Republicans Really Want on Health Care?
On “What the Health? From KFF Health News,” distributed by WAMU, chief Washington correspondent and podcast host Julie Rovner sat down with Avik Roy, a GOP health policy adviser, to talk about how health care has evolved as a Republican Party issue.
A Hospital Was Slated To Open in 2025. Amid a Legal Battle, It’s Still a Field of Dirt.
By Andrew Jones | KFF Health News Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people. The ambulances frequently travel back and forth to Mission Hospital in Asheville, the largest and most central hospital in ...
The GOP Still Can’t Agree on a Health Plan
Senate Democrats were promised a vote by mid-December on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, but Republicans still can’t decide whether they want to put forward their own alternative or what that might include. Meanwhile, the CDC and FDA are roiled by debates over vaccines. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Aneri Pattani about her project tracking opioid settlement payments.
Tracking Applications for Rural Health Transformation Funds
KFF Health News is working to collect and post complete application materials, by state, here and will update this repository as new materials, released in response to public records requests, arrive.
Days before ACIP meeting, committee chair gets a new job at HHS
And other health news from the Morning Rounds newsletter
How incoming federal loan caps could impact med students
And other health news from Morning Rounds
Watch: Trump Considers Extending Obamacare Subsidies
Amanda Seitz, KFF Health News’ Washington health policy reporter, appeared on NewsNation’s "NewsNation Live With Connell McShane" on Nov. 24 to discuss President Donald Trump’s latest health proposal.
OTTAWA CHARGE STATEMENTS REGARDING HEAD COACH CARLA MACLEOD’S RECENT HEALTH NEWS
OTTAWA, ON (November 30, 2025) – The Ottawa Charge shared the following statements today regarding Head Coach Carla MacLeod’s recent health news: Statement from Charge Head Coach Carla MacLeod “I want to share some personal news: I was recently diagnos...