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The abortion issue looms large over the midterm elections, and some in the Republican Party, long associated with efforts to restrict access, are looking to reassure voters they have womenās health in mind.
Lengthy checklists from public health officials on handling emergencies miss vulnerable seniors who canāt always follow the recommendations.
Colorado, Florida, and Idaho are the latest states to opt out of a survey that tracks concerning behaviors in high school students. Officials cite low participation and state laws that require parental permission. But some advocates say dwindling state participation is an āenormous lossā that will make it harder to track signs of poor mental health ā like drug and alcohol misuse and suicidal ideation ā among teens.
Hospitals, boosted by private equity-backed staffing companies, have embraced a new idea: the obstetrics emergency department. Often, it is just a triage room in the labor-and-delivery area, but it bills like the main emergency department.
Creole-speaking public health workers teach women how to test themselves for HPV, the virus that causes some cervical cancers.
Hundreds of medical centers along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts face serious risks from even relatively weak storms as climate change accelerates sea-level rise ā not to mention big ones like Category 4 Hurricane Ian.
Some hospitals notch big profits while patients are pushed into debt by skyrocketing medical prices and high deductibles, a KHN analysis finds.
Investors are banking on increased demand in death care services as 73 million baby boomers near the end of their lives.
Texas is at least the 12th state to settle with St. Louis-based Centene Corp. over allegations that it overcharged Medicaid prescription drug programs.
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
The gay community is disproportionally affected by the monkeypox outbreak, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says public health efforts should prioritize gay and bisexual men. But in the South, some LGBTQ+ advocates fear that this is not happening consistently. They say they are having to take matters into their own hands in the absence of a coordinated response from state governments.
Medicare and Medicaid pay ālook-alikeā health centers significantly more than hospitals for treating patients, and converting or creating clinics can help hospitals reduce their expenses.
A two-year congressional investigation has identified troubling lapses in the nationās organ transplant system. Blood types mismatched, diseased organs transplanted anyway, and ā most often ā organs lost or damaged before they can save a life.
Abortion access is shaping races for legal office across the country, from local district attorneys to attorneys general. But itās also highlighting the boundaries of their offices.
Coming out of the pandemic, many rural hospitals are in even rougher shape than before. So rough that some are now practically being handed to investors for little more than a pledge to keep them open.
Republicans say Democrats are wrong to claim that birth control could be the Supreme Courtās next target. But Democrats have plenty of evidence that it might be.
Sexual health clinics are scrambling to properly track, test, and treat hundreds of monkeypox patients. So far, it isnāt going well.
Spurred on by opposition to pandemic-related health mandates, a coalition of religious liberty groups, conservative think tanks, and Republican state attorneys general has filed a cascade of litigation seeking to rein in the powers of public health authorities.
The FDA has approved a cannabis-derived drug, Epidiolex, to treat some forms of epilepsy. Now people who have other forms of the condition are using over-the-counter CBD products in hopes of taming their seizures. But doctors and patients worry about the unregulated world of CBD, in which product ingredients can be a mystery.
Hospital-acquired pneumonia not tied to ventilators is one of the most common infections that strike within health care facilities. But few hospitals take steps to prevent it, which can be as simple as dutifully brushing patientsā teeth.
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