Aug. 22 This week on the KFF Health News Minute: New treatments and vaccines are available for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and fentanyl-laced stimulants are driving a new wave of opioid overdose deaths. Aug. 15 This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Fears about social media may cause policymakers to miss the mental…
The answer may lie in the specialty’s proactive adoption of digital tools and its commitment to patient-first strategies that reduce friction, modernize scheduling, and streamline access. The post Orthopedics Cracked the Code on Wait Times: Here’s How They Did It appeared first on MedCity News.
With Millie’s new perimenopause and menopause offerings, patients receive treatments like hormone therapy, non-hormonal medications, vaginal treatments and lifestyle strategies for symptom relief. The post Millie Introduces Perimenopause and Menopause Program appeared first on MedCity News.
Addressing difficult-to-treat diseases and disorders, quickly, safely, and with little to no side effects is a positive boon to our overburdened health system. The post The Same Processes that Make Smartphones a Risk for Young People Must Be Harnessed to Provide Beneficial Digital Medical Treatments For All appeared first on MedCity News.
This analysis examines how people of color fare compared to White people across 64 measures of health, health care, and social determinants of health using the most recent data available from federal surveys and administrative sets as well as the 2023 KFF Survey on Racism, Discrimination, and Health.
A federal judge in Texas blocked a Biden administration rule to boost staffing at nursing homes, even though many homes lack enough workers to maintain residents’ care. KFF Health News walked through the decision from the judge and what it could mean for nursing home staffing. This slide presentation first appeared on KFF Health News’…
Conventional wisdom holds that alcohol use is part of American culture…but perhaps this is changing. According to a Gallup poll released last week, not only is alcohol use declining but there is an increasing perception that alcohol use is not good for you. While a majority of Americans (54%) still use alcohol, drinking rates are…
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…
That is the topic from my article out today at The Evidence Base. An excerpt is below: On May 12, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order calling for “most favored nation” (MFN) drug pricing in the US. Key questions you may have include: What is MFN pricing? Which countries will be included in the MFN…
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