Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo
U.S. Public Health Service doctors and nurses are being deployed to Guantánamo and other detention centers as President Donald Trump escalates mass arrests in his campaign to curb immigration. Some have resigned in protest. Others offer a rare look into bleak conditions.
This Ballad Hospital, Flooded by Hurricane Helene, Will Be Rebuilt for $44M in a Flood Plain
Ballad Health, the nation’s largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly, plans to rebuild Unicoi County Hospital on land that two climate modeling companies say is at risk of flooding.
With fractures emerging in the Make America Great Again movement, some Republicans are looking to capitalize on its “MAHA” counterpart ahead of the midterms.
With ICE Using Medicaid Data, Hospitals and States Are in a Bind Over Warning Immigrant Patients
The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is forcing hospitals and states to consider alerting immigrant patients that information from emergency medical coverage applications could be used in efforts to remove them from the country.
Journalists Describe Drivers of High Health Costs and Spell Out the Science of Protein
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
Effective but Underprescribed: HIV Prevention Meds Aren’t Reaching Enough People
Poison at Play: Unsafe Levels of Lead Found in Half of New Orleans Playgrounds
What the Health? From KFF Health News: HHS Gets Funding, But How Will Trump Spend It?
Newsom Walks Thin Line on Immigrant Health as He Eyes Presidential Bid
When the Doctor Needs a Checkup
Listen: Many Tents Are Gone, but Washington’s Homeless — And Their Health Problems — Aren’t
NIH Grant Disruptions Slow Down Breast Cancer Research
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If You’re Pregnant and Uninsured, Medicaid Might Be Your Answer
Rural Health Payout
Tracking Applications for Rural Health Transformation Funds
KFF Health News is working to collect and post complete application materials, by state, here and will update this repository as new materials, released in response to public records requests, arrive.
