Dec. 5
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Leaders often fail to address racial health disparities even when they have data showing they exist, and state programs to import cheaper drugs from Canada are struggling to get off the ground.
Nov. 28
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Some hospitals are rethinking IV hydration amid a nationwide IV fluid shortage, and rattlesnake antivenom is cheap to make but expensive to receive.
Nov. 21
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: In states without abortion bans, programs are trying to train more types of medical personnel to offer abortion care. Separately, some OB-GYNs are asking pregnant patients to pay for their deliveries in advance.
Nov. 14
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Some Medicaid recipients with opioid use disorder lost access to life-saving treatment during what has been called the “unwinding,” and some doctors are charging extra for mammograms that include a check for signs of heart disease.
Nov. 7
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: DACA recipients can sign up for health plans under the Affordable Care Act for the first time, and some insurers and health care facilities are paying for ride-hailing services to get patients to appointments.
Oct. 31
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Mobile clinics bring rural areas access to long-acting forms of birth control, and doctors say people have developed opioid addiction from drinking tea made with unwashed poppy seeds.
Oct. 24
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Low-wage health care workers struggle with post-traumatic stress from the covid pandemic and living at home alone as you age can be bad for your physical health.
Oct. 17
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Health care companies and the federal government are teaming up to fund hospitals in rural areas, and Florida’s surgeon general is offering misleading guidance about this year’s covid shots.
Oct. 10
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Doctors are seeing more cases of life-threatening high blood pressure in pregnant and postpartum mothers, and new rules will require more adult-size changing tables in public buildings to accommodate people with disabilities.
Oct. 3
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: New data shows that getting a vaccine while pregnant is a good way to protect newborns from covid, and a Trump victory in November’s presidential election could allow more states to create burdensome work requirements for receiving public assistance.
Sept. 26
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Pediatricians won’t get refunds on all their unused covid vaccines, leaving some parents of children under 3 struggling to find them, and 2023 saw the largest number of abortions in more than a decade despite bans or heavy restrictions in 20 states.
Sept. 18
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Botox could help people with a painful health condition that prevents them from burping, and shooting survivors can face a scarcity of mental health providers as they try to recover from trauma.
Sept. 12
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: The end of Congressional money for covid could leave local health departments struggling to fulfill routine functions, and the error-prone computer systems operated by a private company are kicking eligible people off public assistance.
Sept. 5
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Hundreds of rural hospitals have stopped offering cancer care, and anti-abortion policymakers are targeting clinics as some states weigh legalizing abortion this fall.
Aug. 29
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Public health officials in Montana are turning to vending machines to provide free, lifesaving opioid overdose medication, and lawmakers nationwide struggle to land on a winning legal strategy to curb the mental health risks of social media to kids.
Aug. 22
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: New treatments and vaccines are available for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and fentanyl-laced stimulants are driving a new wave of opioid overdose deaths.
Aug. 15
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Fears about social media may cause policymakers to miss the mental health benefits it can provide teenagers, and nursing home residents are missing out on covid shots that could help keep them safe.
Aug. 8
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: More women are ending their pregnancies without medical assistance since the fall of Roe v. Wade, and some states are taking action to protect workers from deadly heat.
Aug. 1
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Drones could speed up lifesaving treatment in an emergency, and paperwork problems can leave patients with frightening medical bills they may not have to pay.
July 25
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: A new program in Philadelphia hopes to reduce gun violence trauma by making sure the city cleans up quickly after a shooting, and the nation’s 911 system is on the brink of its own emergency.
July 18
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: More young people are asking for sterilization since the end of federal abortion protections, and it’s getting harder to see a doctor without having to pay hundreds of dollars in membership fees.
July 11
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: A new Supreme Court ruling could upend who gets the final word in setting federal health rules, and emergency room branding is creating confusion for patients.
July 4
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: HIV doctors are learning how to care for their aging patients and states that voted to protect abortion rights in their constitutions could still face years of court battles to restore service.
June 27
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: CDC tests aren’t reaching the front lines of the bird flu outbreak, and some medical translators worry artificial intelligence could end up confusing doctors and patients who speak different languages.
June 20
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Some tribal nations are treating addiction with traditional healing ceremonies funded by money from companies accused of fueling the opioid epidemic, and nursing homes weigh how to care for their residents in a time of increasingly intense wildfires.
June 13
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Bird flu could pose a risk to the egg supply vaccine manufactures rely on, and millions of Americans could lose the internet service they use to access health care as a pandemic-era program expires.
June 6
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Dairy farm workers weigh the risks of testing positive for bird flu and potentially losing a paycheck, and cruise-goers could face costly medical bills if they get sick at sea.
May 30
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: High demand and high prices keep drugs like Ozempic out of reach for diabetes patients on a fixed income, and why changing the kind of respiratory inhaler you use could be a better choice for the planet.
May 23
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: A 1930s law is keeping cutting-edge sunscreen off the shelf in the United States, and survivors of gun violence often have to decide what to do with the bullets still in their bodies.
May 16
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: DIY gel manicures could give you an allergic reaction and some aspiring specialist physicians are avoiding states with strict abortion laws.
May 9
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Beware fine print on a doctor’s agreement that might get in the way of a health insurance reimbursement, and health risks from climate change have Oregon looking to send Medicaid recipients air conditioners and purifiers.
May 2
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Young adults who got hooked on vaping struggle to kick the habit and vehicle tires emerge as a major source of air pollution.
April 25
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Some homeless people who are eligible for Medicaid are losing it as states rush to purge their rolls, and a wave of communities have stopped adding cavity-preventing fluoride to their drinking water.
April 18
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: A shortage of dentists has more primary care doctors taking care of teeth, and providers risk jail time in states that continue to outlaw needle exchanges.
April 11
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Rising attacks on emergency room staffers have nurses demanding harsher penalties, and a loophole in the No Surprises Act left a mom with an air-ambulance bill of more than $97,000.
April 4
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: A tech-powered, faster way to diagnose the disease that causes diabetes-related blindness, and emerging research on alcohol consumption and women’s risks.
March 28
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Questions around abortion rights could be on the ballot in more than a dozen states this November, and a new report points to rising rates of alcohol-related deaths among women.
March 21
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Public health experts worry the anti-vaccine movement pits parental rights against public health, and a Michigan widower joins the fight for minimum staffing levels for hospital nurses.
March 14
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Medicaid expansion could help some rural hospitals stay open, and upcoming rules from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would keep all medical debt off credit reports.
March 6
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Some providers are saving penicillin for pregnant patients amid a shortage of the drug, which is used to treat syphilis, and why bigger hearing aids might be better.
Feb. 28
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Calls for confidential mental health treatment rise as some medical providers put off care for fear of losing their jobs, and lawmakers grapple with how to regulate artificial intelligence in medicine.
Feb. 22
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Pain specialists say injections for kids don’t have to hurt so much, and states overwhelmed by the housing crisis are using Medicaid funds to curb homelessness.
Feb. 15
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Some cities rethink the role of police in responding to someone in a mental health crisis, and the FDA takes aim at a carcinogen commonly found in hair-straightening products.
Feb. 08
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: The Federal Trade Commission says drugmakers are misusing patents to keep prices high on medication delivery devices like inhalers and injectors, and some providers are using a loophole in the Affordable Care Act to charge patients for preventive care that’s supposed to be free.
Feb. 01
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Americans struggle to find a primary care provider, and some experts on aging are calling on older drivers to sign an advance directive to determine when they should stop driving.
Jan. 25
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: The federal government will force some insurers to review prior authorization requests more quickly, and it’s still worth it to get vaccinated for the flu, covid, and RSV in the middle of respiratory virus season.
Jan. 18
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Workers in smoky casinos say they shouldn’t have to gamble with their health on the job, and some Medicare Advantage enrollees feel trapped in their plans as they get older and sicker.
Jan. 11
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: A national shortage of Adderall leaves people with narcolepsy struggling to live normal lives. and researchers find little evidence that mental health courts are keeping those who need them most out of lockup.
Jan. 4
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: In some states, anglers have little guidance about the “forever chemicals” in freshwater fish, and California once again expands access to its Medicaid program, opening the door wider for immigrants regardless of age or legal status.
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