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Con ICE usando datos de Medicaid, hospitales y estados están en medio de una encrucijada: informar o no a sus pacientes inmigrantes
La decisión del gobierno de Trump de dar a funcionarios encargados de deportaciones acceso a los datos de Medicaid está poniendo a los hospitales y a estados en un aprieto, ya que deben decidir si advierten a sus pacientes inmigrantes que toda su información personal, incluida la dirección de su casa, podría utilizarse para expulsarlos…
With ICE Using Medicaid Data, Hospitals and States Are in a Bind Over Warning Immigrant Patients
The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal information, including home addresses, could be used in efforts to remove them from the country. Warning patients could deter them from signing up for…
Effective but Underprescribed: HIV Prevention Meds Aren’t Reaching Enough People
Listen: More than 2 million Americans could benefit from PrEP, but only about a quarter of them are getting the HIV prevention medication. On Feb. 4, during WAMU’s “Health Hub,” KFF Health News reporter Zach Dyer shared tips for overcoming common hurdles to care. Billing mistakes. Stigma. Doctors who aren’t keeping up with the latest…
What the Health? From KFF Health News: HHS Gets Funding, But How Will Trump Spend It?
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A…
Newsom ajusta su discurso sobre la salud de inmigrantes enfocado en una posible candidatura presidencial
El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, que aspira a presentarse en las elecciones presidenciales, ha enfurecido tanto a demócratas como a republicanos por su posición sobre la atención médica para los inmigrantes en su estado. La situación revela el delicado camino político que tiene por delante. Por segundo año, el demócrata pidió a los legisladores…
Poison at Play: Unsafe Levels of Lead Found in Half of New Orleans Playgrounds
NEW ORLEANS — Sarah Hess started taking her toddler, Josie, to Mickey Markey Playground in 2010 because she thought it would offer a refuge from lead. After a routine doctor visit revealed Josie had lead poisoning, Hess quickly traced the source to the crumbling paint in her family’s century-old home in the Bayou St. John…
Newsom Walks Thin Line on Immigrant Health as He Eyes Presidential Bid
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is eyeing a presidential bid, has incensed both Democrats and Republicans over immigrant health care in his home state, underscoring the delicate political path ahead. For a second year, the Democrat has asked state lawmakers to roll back coverage for some immigrants in the face of federal Medicaid spending cuts…
How does FDA recommend using Bayesian Statistics to inform Regulatory Decisionmaking around clinical trials?
FDA’s January 2026 draft guidance on Bayesian methodology in drug and biologics trials signals a clear willingness to see Bayesian methods used for regulatory decisionmaking around clinical trials. The guidance lays out how sponsors (i.e., pharmaceutical manufacturers) should pre-specify priors, success criteria, and simulations so that Bayesian designs remain interpretable, control error rates when needed,…
Listen: Many Tents Are Gone, but Washington’s Homeless — And Their Health Problems — Aren’t
LISTEN: In this audio portrait of homeless people displaced by the Trump administration’s crackdown on encampments in the nation’s capital, KFF Health News senior correspondent Angela Hart tells of residents living outside this winter and their search for medical care and shelter. January’s extreme cold has put a spotlight on the conditions homeless people face….