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The routine is familiar for most people: When checking in for an appointment with a doctor or other health care provider, patients typically...

Union Health is making a new bid to Indiana regulators to buy its rival hospital in Terre Haute as the door looks poised to close on such de...

In 2019, Cristina Iglesias filed a lawsuit that changed the course of treatment for herself and other transgender inmates in federal custody...

“Breaking news: The Trump administration just announced that Medicare will stop covering telehealth starting April 1. … We need to stand up...

When the FDA announced in January, before President Joe Biden’s term ended, that it would ban a dye called red dye No. 3 in food and ingeste...

National Institutes of Health officials have urged scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applicati...

KFF Health News senior correspondent David Hilzenrath discussed how the FDA allows risky chemicals in America’s food supply on CBS’ “CBS Mor...

Congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump’s administration are taking aim at a $42 billion infrastructure program launched in 202...

BOSTON — On days when the sun was shining and the air was warm with a gentle, cooling breeze, Ateiya Sowers-Hassell liked to keep the salon...

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California’s Medicaid program has borrowed $3.4 billion from the state’s general fund — and will likely need even more — to cover ballooning...

The prospect of deep Medicaid cuts has become a flashpoint in Congress, with leaders of both parties accusing their counterparts of lying....

DENVER. — Hace siete años, Erica Green se enteró a través de Facebook que le habían disparado a su hermano.Corrió al h...

President Donald Trump’s health officials want you to take your vitamins.Mehmet Oz, the nominee to lead the Centers for Medica...

After a patch of ice sent Marc Durocher hurtling to the ground, and doctors at UMass Memorial Medical Center repaired the broken hip that re...

Kirk Vartan pays more than $2,000 a month for a high-deductible health insurance plan from Blue Shield on Covered California, the state’s Af...

The Trump administration issued its first major set of proposed changes to the Affordable Care Act on Monday that federal officials said are...

If your neighbor is a backyard chicken hobbyist, should you be worried about bird flu? KFF Health News national public health correspondent...

BOLIGEE, Ala. — Green lights flickered on the wireless router in Barbara Williams’ kitchen. Just one bar lit up — a weak signal connecting h...

The U.S. public health system has long been under strain, stymied by declines in funding as well as employees. And so state and local public...

In Washington’s debate over enacting steep funding cuts to Medicaid, words are a central battleground.Many Republican lawmaker...

The HostJulie RovnerKFF Health News@jrovner Read Julie's stories....

A dozen people seated around folding tables clap heartily for a beaming woman: She’s donated two 13-gallon garbage bags full of clothes, inc...

More than three years ago, health insurance giant Centene Corp. settled allegations that it overcharged Medicaid programs in Ohio and Missis...

The Justice Department’s years-long court battle to force UnitedHealth Group to return billions of dollars in alleged Medicare Advantage ove...