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What’s It Really Like to Be HHS Secretary? Three Who’ve Done It Spill the Beans
As the nation’s top health official and leader of one of the federal government’s largest departments, the secretary of Health and Human Services makes life-or-death decisions every day that affect millions of Americans.
But…
Black, Rural Southern Women at Gravest Risk From Pregnancy Miss Out on Maternal Health Aid
Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News
As maternal mortality skyrockets in the United States, a federal program created to improve rural maternity care has bypassed Black mothers, who are at the highest risk of complications and death…
Drugmakers Are Abandoning Cheap Generics, and Now US Cancer Patients Can’t Get Meds
On Nov. 22, three FDA inspectors arrived at the sprawling Intas Pharmaceuticals plant south of Ahmedabad, India, and found hundreds of trash bags full of shredded documents tossed into a garbage truck. Over the next 10 days, the…
What You Need to Know About the Opioid Settlement Funds
By Aneri Pattani and Hannah Norman and Oona Tempest
June 21, 2023
Aneri Pattani and Hannah Norman, KFF Health News and Oona Tempest
The money, which comes from companies like Purdue Pharma,…
California’s Homelessness Crisis Is Homegrown, Study Finds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s homelessness crisis is a homegrown problem that is deepening amid a shortage of affordable housing and emergency shelter, and it’s often the brutal conditions of living on the street that trigger…
Medical Exiles: Families Flee States Amid Crackdown on Transgender Care
Hal Dempsey wanted to “escape Missouri.” Arlo Dennis is “fleeing Florida.” The Tillison family “can’t stay in Texas.”
They are part of a new migration of Americans who are uprooting their lives in response to a raft of…
Dementia Can Take a Toll on Financial Health, as Some Families Learn the Hard Way
Angela Reynolds knew her mother’s memory was slipping, but she didn’t realize how bad things had gotten until she started to untangle her mom’s finances: unpaid bills, unusual cash withdrawals, and the discovery that, oddly, the…
Journalists Cover Air Quality, Tick Risks, and … Brazilian Butt Lifts?
KFF Health News senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed health concerns from hazardous air quality on CBS’ “CBS Mornings” on June 8. And on May 29, she dug into the number of tick-borne disease cases on…
Doctor Lands in the Doghouse After Giving Covid Vaccine Waivers Too Freely
A Tennessee doctor has lost his medical license for issuing covid-19 vaccine waivers to patients he never met in at least three states. One, it turned out, was a dog named Charlie Kraus.
Robert Coble, 76, of Goodspring,…
California Schools Start Hatching Heat Plans as the Planet Warms
As hot days become more extreme and common, California education researchers are urging that school districts be required to develop heat plans to keep students safe, just as they have policies for severe storms and active…