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You’re pregnant, healthy, and hearing mixed messages: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is not a scientist or doctor, says you don’t need the covid vaccine, but experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Protection still put you in a high-risk group of people who ought to receive boosters. The…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — High school senior Joshua Yang understands sacrifice. When he was midway through 10th grade, his mom survived a terrible car crash. But her body developed tremors, and she lost mobility. After countless appointments, doctors diagnosed her with Parkinson’s disease, saying it was likely triggered by brain injuries sustained in the wreck….
By KIM BELLARD One of my frequent laments is that here we are, a quarter of the way into the 21st century, yet too much of our health care system still looks like the 20th century, and not enough like the 22nd century. It’s too slow, too reactive, too imprecise, and uses too much brute…
Colton George, un niño de 9 años, de Indiana, se sintió enfermo. Les dijo a sus padres que le dolía el estómago. No paraba de correr al baño y se sentía demasiado mal como para terminar un partido de baloncesto. Días más tarde, estaba en una cama de hospital, luchando por su vida. La demanda…
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed covid-19 vaccines and prostate cancer on WAMU’s “1A” on May 27. Click here to hear Gounder on “1A.” Senior correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble discussed how internet dead zones deepen chronic health issues in rural communities on The Commonwealth Fund’s “The Dose” on May 23. Click…
A list of interesting articles to checkout as you head to the weekend. How America Built the World’s Most Successful Market for Generic Drugs.Reference Pricing as a Deterrent to Entry.Will Florida Medicaid cover a hospitalization in South Dakota?Will better data rescue value-based care?The return of COVID?
The Trump administration’s anti-regulatory approach and cost-cutting moves risk unraveling a critical system of checks and balances that helps ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply, industry experts told KFF Health News. An E. coli outbreak that occurred late last year — for which the investigation was concluded in February — signals how, with…
A principios de este año, cuando el presidente Donald Trump comenzaba a remodelar el gobierno, Michael, un médico de emergencias nacido, criado y formado en Estados Unidos, hizo las maletas y se marchó con su familia. Michael trabaja ahora en un pequeño hospital de un pueblo de Canadá. KFF Health News y NPR le han…
Earlier this year, as President Donald Trump was beginning to reshape the American government, Michael, an emergency room doctor who was born, raised, and trained in the United States, packed up his family and got out. Michael now works in a small-town hospital in Canada. KFF Health News and NPR granted him anonymity because of…