How Medicaid helps mothers, caregivers and children
This story was originally reported by Barbara Rodriguez of The 19th. Meet Barbara and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and...
Urgent CDC Data and Analyses on Influenza and Bird Flu Go Missing as Outbreaks...
By Amy Maxmen
Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with...
Keeping Your Phone Clean Can Help Prevent You From Getting Sick
By Jasmin Cheairs/Indiana University School of Medicine
Newswise — We often overlook how many germs our cell phones carry. From the number of surfaces we...
In Mississippi, systemic failures mean Black women with cervical cancer are more likely to...
By Simeon Gates, Mississippi Today
Systemic failures have led Black women in the Mississippi Delta to have disproportionately high death rates from cervical cancer, a...
Trump’s Funding ‘Pause’ Throws States, Health Industry Into Chaos
By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News
States and the nation’s health industry were thrown into disarray after the Trump administration ordered Monday that the government...
Know Your Respiratory Virus Enemies This Season
By Johns Hopkins Medicine
Newswise — The weather’s frosty, pine mist floats on the wind, and the distinctive aromas of cozy fireplaces, seasonal baking...
What a US Exit From the WHO Means for Global Health
By Amy Maxmen
For decades, the United States has held considerable power in determining the direction of global health policies and programs. President Donald Trump...
COVID-19 Infection Associated With Nearly Eightfold Increase in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
By University of Utah Health
Key findings:
New incident cases of ME/CFS are 15 times higher than pre-pandemic levels.
ME/CFS occurred in 4.5% of infected...
As Pittsburgh ages, Black families shoulder heavy dementia care burden
By Amber Frantz
Velouise Bell, 69, was visiting her son in New York when she received a call that her house was on...
Trump’s Return Puts Medicaid on the Chopping Block
Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News
January 13, 2025
Under President Joe Biden, enrollment in Medicaid hit a record high and the uninsured rate reached a...