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On May 1, the state will become the first to require people on the government health program to fulfill a work requirement or lose their coverage under a new rule that was a key part of congressional Republicansā One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Some states already donāt have enough staff to quickly process Medicaid applications and answer enrolleesā phone calls. Researchers say they may not be prepared to handle new Medicaid work rules, predicting people will lose coverage as a result.
North Carolina rolled out a $3.1 billion insurance plan for kids in foster care, but many doctors did not accept patients on the plan. The state is one of several experimenting with a model that has left kidsā guardians scrambling to find health care providers.
So youāve decided to go on a GLP-1 to lose weight. These medicines might seem like an easy way to drop unwanted pounds, but youāll likely need to do a few other things to be successful long-term.
Jay Bhattacharya, head of the National Institutes of Health and interim leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told the CDC staff, āI know that it has been such a difficult year.ā
Thousands of employees are gone and last summerās shooting resonates still at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters and among the large public health community in Atlanta.
Trump administration officials say the state allows rampant fraud and have promised to investigate, blaming the āRussian, Armenian mafiaā in the hospice and home health care industry. But data shows hotbeds of health care fraud throughout the country, with California outperforming most other states in recovering fraud dollars.
The worldās largest professional psychiatry organization is preparing for the day when biological indicators can help diagnose and treat mental illness.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News journalists made the rounds on local media recently to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
Florida is not mandated to add work requirements for Medicaid, because the state has not expanded eligibility to more low-income adults. But lawmakers have proposed requiring some adults in the stateās program to work anyway, a policy that could leave many uninsured.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
In Georgia, a high number of callers to the 988 crisis line hang up or disconnect before reaching a counselor. Many other calls are transferred out of state.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News journalists made the rounds on local and regional media recently to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
Some patients who had liposuction or other surgeries later required emergency hospital care ā and some died, court records show.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News journalists made the rounds on regional media recently to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
During the covid pandemic, gun marketers told many Americans they needed firearms to defend against criminals and protesters. Then firearm deaths mounted rapidly in racially segregated and low-income neighborhoods, according to federal data.
Proposals from states that have shared their applications to a new $50 billion rural health program include using drones to deliver medication, installing refrigerators to expand access to healthy produce, and bringing telehealth to libraries, day cares, and senior centers.
Average premium payments in the federal governmentās insurance program for its employees are set to jump more than 12% next year, on top of a 13.5% hike in 2025. The two-year increase is higher than many private employers and their workers are experiencing.
About 1 in 4 American adults got a covid vaccine shot during the 2024-25 virus season, a fraction health care experts warn could be smaller this year as millions wrestle with conflicting advice from the government and trusted medical organizations about the value of a shot.
Immigrant victims of domestic violence have long encountered hurdles when seeking help from police and courts. The Trump administrationās immigration crackdown has made victims without legal status even more afraid to report abuse, advocacy groups say.
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