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COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. — Over two years ago, Kim Hilton and his partner walked out of their home for the final time. The house had sold, and...

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Jen Fisher solo puede hacer ciertas cosas para proteger a su hijo de las infecciones que los niños pueden contraer en la escuela. Dijo que e...

Jen Fisher can do only so much to keep her son safe from the types of infections that children can encounter at school. The rest, she said,...

It takes a lot of courage to grow old.I’ve come to appreciate this after conversations with hundreds of older adults over the past eight...

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988....

Durante la presidencia de Joe Biden, la inscripción en Medicaid alcanzó un nivel récord y la tasa de personas sin seguro médico llegó a su n...

Una de las tareas del oncólogo es preparar a los pacientes con cáncer para tomar decisiones difíciles cuando se acerca el final. Sin embargo...

Throughout her childhood, Julia Lo Cascio dreamed of becoming a pediatrician. So, when applying to medical school, she was thrilled to disco...

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed the Department of Health and Human Services, the federal workforce, an...

Los incendios forestales que se propagan rápidamente y han transformado gran parte del condado de Los Ángeles en un infierno en llamas no so...

The rapidly spreading wildfires that have transformed much of Los Angeles County into a raging hellscape are not only upending the lives of...

Preparing cancer patients for difficult decisions is an oncologist’s job. They don’t always remember to do it, however. At the University of...

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We’ve all read the stories and seen the images: The life-threatening heat waves. The wildfires of unprecedented ferocity. The record-breakin...

HELENA, Mont. — A last-minute change to a 2019 bill put an end date on Montana’s Medicaid expansion program, setting the stage for what is a...

SACRAMENTO, California.— Seis años después de asumir el cargo prometiendo ser el “gobernador de la salud” de California, el demócrata Gavin...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Six years after he entered office vowing to be California’s “health care governor,” Democrat Gavin Newsom has steered t...

When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for prosthetic limbs....

In Pawtucket, Rhode Island, near a storefront advertising “free” cellphones, J.R. sat in an empty back stairwell and showed a reporter how h...

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BAKER CITY, Ore. — In what has become a routine event in rural America, a hospital maternity ward closed in 2023 in this small Oregon town a...

In 2024, our nationwide team of gumshoes set out to answer your most pressing questions about medical bills, such as: Can free preventive ca...

Bill Hall, 71, has been fighting for his life for 38 years. These days, he’s feeling worn out.Hall contracted HIV, the virus t...

MIAMI — When leaders of Florida’s most populous county met in September to pick a site for what could become the nation’s largest trash inci...