Six Federal Scientists Run Out by Trump Talk About the Work Left Undone
Cancer treatments, disease outbreaks, addiction science: Scientists say an exodus from the National Institutes of Health will harm the nation's ability to respond to illness.
Journalists Explain a Spat Over Sugary Coffee and How Measles Fools Doctors
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
The People — And Research — Lost in the NIH Exodus
Government data shows the National Institutes of Health lost about 4,400 people — more than 20% of its staff — as the Trump administration slashed the federal workforce. Hear from six scientists on why they walked out the door and the work they left behind.
This Doctor-Senator Who Backed RFK Jr. Now Faces a Fight for His Job — And His Legacy
A year after Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, warily cast the vote ensuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ascension to Health and Human Services secretary, his life’s work — in medicine and in politics — is unraveling.
As ICE Moved In, Minnesotans Set Up a Shadow Medical System. It’s a Lesson for Other Cities.
President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis forced families into hiding and catalyzed informal medical networks to deliver critical health care services.
What the Health? From KFF Health News: 40 Years of Health Policy
Trump’s Cuts to Medicaid Threaten Services That Help Disabled People Live at Home
Listen: What To Do When Health Insurance Slips Out of Reach
Lawmakers, Health Groups Resist Their States’ Rural Health Fund Plans
Despite Their Successes, Some Mobile Crisis Response Teams Are in Crisis
Federal Aid for Lead Cleanup Is Receding. That’s a Problem for Cash-Strapped Cities.
Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay — And It Costs All of Us
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Readers Lean On Congress To Solve Crises in Research and Rehab
New Medicaid Work Rules Likely To Hit Middle-Aged Adults Hard
Republicans have said new rules requiring many Medicaid participants to work 80 hours a month will pinpoint unemployed young people who should have jobs. Policy researchers say the rules are more likely to disrupt coverage for middle-aged adults, harming their physical and financial health.
