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Trump’s Picks for Top Health Jobs Not Just Team of Rivals but ‘Team of Opponents’

Stephanie Armour KFF Health News Julie Rovner KFF Health News Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s candidates for federal health a...

/ 4 months ago

California Falling Short of Enrollment Goal as Mental Health Courts Roll Out Statewide

California’s new initiative to compel treatment for some of the state’s most severely mentally ill residents — many of whom are ...

/ 4 months ago

Scientists Fear What’s Next for Public Health if RFK Jr. Is Allowed To ‘Go Wild’

Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the p...

/ 5 months ago

With TV Drug Ads, What You See Is Not Necessarily What You Get

Triumphant music plays as cancer patients go camping, do some gardening, and watch fireworks in ads for Opdivo+Yervoy, a combination of immu...

/ 7 months ago

The New COVID Vaccine Is Out. Why You Might Not Want to Rush to Get It.

The FDA has approved an updated COVID shot for everyone 6 months old and up, which renews a now-annual quandary for Americans: Get the shot ...

/ 8 months ago

Inside Conservative Activist Leonard Leo’s Long Campaign to Gut Planned Parenthood

A federal lawsuit in Texas against Planned Parenthood has a web of ties to conservative activist Leonard Leo, whose decades-long effort to s...

/ 8 months ago

Rescue From Above: How Drones May Narrow Emergency Response Times

The drones are coming. Michelle Andrews KFF Health News Starting in September, if someone in Clemmons, North Carolina, calls 911 to report...

/ 9 months ago

More Women Are Drinking Themselves Sick. The Biden Administration Is Concerned.

When Karla Adkins looked in the rearview mirror of her car one morning nearly 10 years ago, she noticed the whites of her eyes had turned ye...

/ 1 year ago

America’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Surge of Seniors With Disabilities

The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily tasks such a...

/ 1 year ago

Cancer Patients Face Frightening Delays in Treatment Approvals

Marine Corps veteran Ron Winters clearly recalls his doctor’s sobering assessment of his bladder cancer diagnosis in August 2022. Lauren S...

/ 1 year ago

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He Spent Decades Researching Dementia. Trump’s DEI Purge Killed His Grant, and Dozens More

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Other States Do Housing Better Than California; a New Study Shows How They Do It

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel, left, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, testifies as the House Intelligence Committee holds a hearing on worldwide threats, at the Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Trump Administration Task Force to Consider Declassifying COVID-19 Origins Materials

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At the Supreme Court, the Trump Agenda Is Always an ‘Emergency’

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Wing of Plane Carrying 6 Members of Congress Is Clipped at Reagan Airport

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Trump Repeals Biden-Era Limit on Water Flow in Shower Heads

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