KFF Health News senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed how best to prepare for a storm on “CBS News 24/7” on Oct. 9. Click here to watch Gounder on “CBS News 24/7” KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed obesity on WAMU and NPR’s “1A” on Oct. 9. Click…
This year, the Nobel Prize in medicine went to Victor Ambros, currently a Professor of Natural Science at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Gary Ruvkun, a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. The two men won the award for their discovery of microRNA. One of the key questions of science is figuring…
El aborto se ha convertido en el tema más importante de las elecciones de noviembre para las mujeres menores de 30 años, según una encuesta de KFF. Se trata de un cambio notable desde finales de la primavera, antes que la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris entrara en la carrera presidencial.Casi 4 de cada 10 mujeres menores…
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — As principal of Dunaire Elementary School, Sean Deas has seen firsthand the struggles faced by children living in extended-stay hotels. About 10% of students at his school, just east of Atlanta, live in one. The children, Deas said, often have been exposed to violence on hotel properties, exhibit aggression or anxiety…
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — As principal of Dunaire Elementary School, Sean Deas has seen firsthand the struggles faced by children living in extended-stay hotels. About 10% of students at his school, just east of Atlanta, live in one. The children, Deas said, often have been exposed to violence on hotel properties, exhibit aggression or anxiety…
DENVER — On a bustling street corner one recent afternoon outside the offices of the Harm Reduction Action Center, employees of the education and advocacy nonprofit handed out free naloxone kits to passersby. Distributing the opioid reversal medication is essential to the center’s work to reduce fatal overdoses in the community. But how long the…
DENVER — On a bustling street corner one recent afternoon outside the offices of the Harm Reduction Action Center, employees of the education and advocacy nonprofit handed out free naloxone kits to passersby. Distributing the opioid reversal medication is essential to the center’s work to reduce fatal overdoses in the community. But how long the…
Abortion has emerged as the most important issue in the November election for women under 30, according to a survey by KFF — a notable change since late spring, before Vice President Kamala Harris entered the presidential race. Nearly 4 in 10 women under 30 surveyed in September and early October told pollsters that abortion…
Abortion has emerged as the most important issue in the November election for women under 30, according to a survey by KFF — a notable change since late spring, before Vice President Kamala Harris entered the presidential race. Nearly 4 in 10 women under 30 surveyed in September and early October told pollsters that abortion…
That is the question considered by Wouters and Kuha (2024) in a recent Health Affairs article. The authors use IQVIA data between 1982 and 2024 on the timing of drug launches and estimate median delay times using a Kaplan Meier estimates. They find that: From the first launch globally, the median time to availability was…