KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on regional media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of ...

Some Trump insiders are ready to take on the food industry. It remains to be seen whether their entrée will result in any ...

Mississippi, Tennessee, and West Virginia — states with some of the worst health outcomes — also have some of the highest ...

The number of unhoused seniors in the U.S. is expected to triple by 2030. About half of this population is becoming homeless for the first time. Homeless services struggle to help. Finding affordable ...

More medical schools say they will no longer charge tuition, in hopes that more students, graduating free of debt, will ...

On Friday, outgoing President Joe Biden said he was commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 prison inmates serving long terms for nonviolent drug offenses. Gun control and the Equal Rights Amendment ...

Though abortion rights supporters prevailed on ballot measures in seven of the 10 states where abortion was up for a vote on ...

Republicans in Washington are working on plans to shrink Medicaid, the nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance ...

In the first public appearance since Brian Thompson's slaying in early December, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty addressed the public's discontent, skirting responsibility and blaming drug ...

The physical hazards of construction work have long been a focus of safety professionals. Yet attention on the psychosocial ...

When Arkansas previously enacted work requirements in 2018, more than 18,000 people lost coverage. Also in the news: New Hampshire tackles the issue of exorbitant, unexpected ambulance bills; San ...

A check for bird flu should be done within 24 hours of admission, the agency advises. Moreover, patients suspected of having seasonal or bird flu should be treated right away with antivirals.