Latest KFF Health News Stories
Morning Briefing for Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Covid vaccine attitudes, shutdown watch, ARPA-H hubs, Medicare Advantage premiums, abortion law, drug pricing, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Teen birth rates, health worker strikes, long covid, flu vaccine, hunger, fentanyl, Medicare drug prices, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Monday, September 25, 2023
Today’s briefing covers, covid, RSV shots. spending on weight loss drugs, a second pig heart transplant into a human patient, and more.
Morning Briefing for Friday, September 22, 2023
Medical debt initiative, Medicaid enrollment error, covid vaccine snags, primary care legislation, rising obesity, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Thursday, September 21, 2023
Free covid tests, shutdown watch, abortion politics, preparing for the next pandemic, dementia, Medicaid unwinding, and ore are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Medicaid, gun violence, combatting fentanyl, a looming shutdown, covid cases, abortion law, flu vaccines, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Abortion laws, Medicare physician pay, covid vaccines and variants, health worker strike, opioids, obesity, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Monday, September 18, 2023
Mental health parity, Medicare drug pricing, insurance rate jump, masks, covid boosters, abortion bans, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Friday, September 15, 2023
Social Security overpayments, nursing home staffing, looming shutdown, decongestant, ER wait times, opioids, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Thursday, September 14, 2023
Covid vaccines, abortion law, telehealth, drug pricing, the impact of a government shutdown, overdoses, EHRs, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Covid shots, opioids, covid, abortion bans, health industry financial troubles, cancer drug shortages, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Covid boosters, misinformation, HIV programs, AI, OTC decongestant meds, abortion law, low blood supplies, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Monday, September 11, 2023
Covid shots, medical debt, 9/11 health issues, abortion pill access, patient safety, naloxone, vaccination rates, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Friday, September 8, 2023
The CDC budget, heat-related deaths, covid, masks, abortion law, disability discrimination, medical devices, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Thursday, September 7, 2023
Fall covid boosters, abortion rates, Medicare, nursing home preparedness, extreme heat, psychedelic use, guns, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Mental health stigmas, Medicare spending, covid variants and vaccines, RSV, Narcan, pharmacy mistakes, ADHD, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Nursing home staffing, covid infections and variants, marijuana restrictions, hospital pricing, skin cancer, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Drug pricing and Medicare, NIH nominee, nursing homes, AI, the ‘Pirola’ variant, a data breach, air quality, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Medicare’s selects 10 drugs to negotiate, Medicaid unwinding, abortion, gun violence, and more are in the news. Plus, a new Bill of the Month.
Morning Briefing for Monday, August 28, 2023
Mental health, gun violence, Medicare drug price negotiations, covid, health worker shortages, opioids, extreme heat, and more are in the news.