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JoNel Aleccia was a senior correspondent for Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News until October 2022.
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For a generation of LGBTQ people who lived through unprecedented social change, getting older poses new challenges ā lack of services, discrimination, neglect and even abuse.
Justices wonāt alter the rule that prevents active-duty military members from suing the government for negligence. The challenge came from the family of Navy nurse Lt. Rebekah āMoaniā Daniel, who died in 2014 after bleeding to death following childbirth.
Officials in Washington and other states are cracking down on companies that avoid health insurance regulations by masquerading as faith-based care.
Kathy Brandt and Kim Acquaviva are both leaders in the world of hospice and palliative care. When Brandt learned she was dying of ovarian cancer, the couple decided it could be a teachable moment.
In a nation where the suicide rate continues to climb, such deaths among older adults are often overlooked. A six-month investigation by KHN and PBS NewsHour finds that older Americans are quietly killing themselves in nursing homes, assisted living centers and adult care homes.
About 95% of parents in Oregon who skip vaccines opt to use the stateās online education tool to print their own exemption certificates.
No one told a Washington state woman she was racking up massive out-of-pocket charges during a month-long emergency stay in an Oregon hospital. For six months, she and her husband were haunted by looming debt ā and bill collectors.
The number of health clinic orders and shots administered rose sharply in January compared with last year, Washington county officials say.
An Arizona couple played by the rules and bought employer-provided health insurance. But after they had a baby this year, their out-of-pocket hospital costs and doctorsā bills climbed to more than $12,000 ā and medical debt now threatens their new family.
The case of a Michigan woman told to fundraise $10,000 for a heart transplant sparked viral outrage, but experts say āwallet biopsiesā are common.
Thereās no federal requirement that your holiday bird be free of salmonella, so consumers bear the burden of keeping food safe.
The decision aimed at adding folic acid ā a vitamin that can prevent devastating defects of the brain, spine or spinal cord ā to flours, chips and tortillas hasnāt caught on with many makers of widely used corn products.
When a young Navy lieutenant died following low-risk childbirth, her husband claimed military doctors botched her care. But his wrongful death claim was dismissed because of a 1950 ruling that bars active-duty service members from suing the U.S. government ā for any reason.
With Hurricane Florence predicted to slam the Southeast's coastline Friday, health officials scramble to dodge the storm and keep older residents safe.
Up to two-thirds of residents in nursing homes may have impacted earwax, which can worsen hearing loss, falls and cognitive decline.
With its expansion to Hawaii this year, medical aid-in-dying is now approved in eight U.S. jurisdictions. Even when legal, the controversial practice of choosing to die after a terminal diagnosis is difficult, said one Seattle man who shared his final deliberations.
As more Americans are diagnosed with dementia, families who have firearms struggle with ways to stay safe. A KHN investigation uncovered dozens of cases of deaths and injuries.
When a loved one gets dementia, many families get no guidance on what to do about that person's guns. Here are legal and practical steps to stay safe.
Doctors have stopped writing lethal prescriptions and pharmacists have stopped filling them after a court fight over how the law was enacted.
More than a dozen centers nationwide now ask terminal patients to allow speedy study of the diseases that kill them.
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