Skip to content
KFF Health News KFF Health News KFF Health News KFF Health News
Donate
  • Donate
  • Connect With Us:
  • Contact
  • X
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Trump 2.0
    • Agency Watch
    • Medicaid Watch
    • State Watch
    • Rural Health Payout
  • Public Health
  • Race & Health
  • Audio
    • KFF Health News Minute
    • What the Health?
    • Health Care Helpline
    • An Arm and a Leg
    • Silence in Sikeston
    • Epidemic
  • Investigations
    • Bill Of The Month
    • The Body Shops
    • Broken Rehab
    • Dead Zone
    • Deadly Denials
    • Diagnosis: Debt
    • Guns, Race, and Profit
    • Overpayment Outrage
    • Payback: Tracking Opioid Cash
    • Priced Out
    • ALL INVESTIGATIONS
  • More Topics
    • Abortion
    • Aging
    • Climate
    • COVID-19
    • Health Care Costs
    • Insurance
    • Medicaid
    • Medicare
    • Mental Health
    • Pharma
    • Rural Health
    • Uninsured

Search Results

Filter Results

Date
Custom Date Range
Topic
Content Type

Showing 8981-9000 of 131,637 results

CDC Advisory Panel Giving Incorrect Advice For Stopping Hospital Infections: Experts

September 20, 2023 Morning Briefing

Hundreds of health industry experts will send a second letter to the CDC asking the agency to hold public meetings over proposals to update its Isolation Precautions guidance. Also in the news: the NCQA’s 2023 health plan ratings, Medicare Advantage ads, and more.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

Trump Called 6-Week Abortion Bans A ‘Terrible Thing.’ Now GOP Hits Back.

September 20, 2023 Morning Briefing

News outlets report a backlash over former President Donald Trump’s recent comments about abortion bans, with governors of states where six-week bans were passed doubling down on rhetoric about “protecting” life. Meanwhile, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who has been holding up all military promotions over Pentagon abortion policy, is said to be pushing an exception to his blockade.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

As Shutdown Chances Grow, White House Warns Of Potential Fallout

September 20, 2023 Morning Briefing

Food inspections, cancer research, FEMA disaster relief, and others are among the health-related federal programs that would be impacted if the government shuts down. House Republican leaders are revising a proposed stopgap funding measure to try to lure more of their members, but time is running out to overcome the political impasse.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

Covid, Ever Capricious, Is Falling In Some Areas, Rising In Others

September 20, 2023 Morning Briefing

Wastewater data suggest that the recent uptick in covid infections across the U.S. may have peaked … at least in some places. This news arrives even as reports say Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is testing positive, and as multiple Bay Area counties issue mask mandates amid rising cases.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

Homeland Security Reveals Plans To Disrupt Illegal Fentanyl Networks

September 20, 2023 Morning Briefing

The plan, unveiled Tuesday, includes potentially more seizures of illegal fentanyl, and targeting supply and financial networks. Meanwhile, in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams called for a nationwide “assault” on the fentanyl epidemic. News outlets report on the fentanyl crisis across the country.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

Morning Briefing for Wednesday, September 20, 2023

September 20, 2023 Morning Briefing

Medicaid, gun violence, combatting fentanyl, a looming shutdown, covid cases, abortion law, flu vaccines, and more are in the news.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

Biden To Create Federal Office Of Gun Violence Prevention

September 20, 2023 Morning Briefing

President Joe Biden is expected to announce the move on Friday at a White House event. Gun-control groups have long sought a central office to spearhead federal government efforts to curb violence from firearms.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

First Edition: Sept. 20, 2023

September 20, 2023 Morning Briefing

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
A photo of a woman inside of a tent handing a pamphlet to another woman.

How Will Rural Americans Fare During Medicaid Unwinding? Experts Fear They’re on Their Own

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez September 20, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As states review their Medicaid rolls after the expiration of a pandemic-era prohibition against kicking recipients off the government insurance program, experts say the lack of help available to rural Americans in navigating insurance options puts them at greater risk of losing health coverage than people in metropolitan areas.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
A photograph shows a white pill bottle of Harvoni, a drug to treat hepititis C.

Hep C’s Number Comes Up: Can Biden’s 5-Year Plan Eliminate the Longtime Scourge?

By Michelle Andrews September 20, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Before covid-19, hepatitis C held the distinction of claiming more American lives each year than any other infectious disease — that’s despite the marketing of several relatively affordable, highly effective treatments.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

Viewpoints: Self-Care Doesn’t Appear To Be Working; Alabama Will Try Cruel New Execution Method

September 19, 2023 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers delve into self-care, death penalty methods, cancer, and more.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

Drugmaker Mallinckrodt May Be Considering Exiting Opioid Business

September 19, 2023 Morning Briefing

The pharmaceutical maker is one of the largest U.S. producers of prescription opioids, the Wall Street Journal reminds us, and it’s in talks with its investors about selling a portion or all of its business units. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, fentanyl overdose deaths are rising again.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

Judge Blocks California Youth Online Safety Law On Constitutional Grounds

September 19, 2023 Morning Briefing

The temporary block happened because the California Age-Appropriate Design Code probably violates the First Amendment, the Washington Post explains. Modeled after UK legislation, it would require digital platforms to verify, before launch, if their products could harm young people.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

Research Shows Obesity As A Cardiac Death Factor Has Been Rising

September 19, 2023 Morning Briefing

Research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association finds the number of adult American deaths from heart disease with obesity cited as a factor soared between 1999 and 2020. Meanwhile, CNN reports on WHO efforts to promote proper treatment for hypertension.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

Med Dosage Errors Among Young People With ADHD Have Soared: Study

September 19, 2023 Morning Briefing

The study warns that over the past two decades, errors involving ADHD medications rose by almost 300% in people under 20 — mostly in cases of taking a medication twice. Separately, a study on MDMA as a treatment for PTSD could result in consideration for FDA approval by 2024.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

House GOP’s Stopgap Funding Plan Opposed By Own Members, Senate Dems

September 19, 2023 Morning Briefing

A Republican House bill to extend federal government funding for an additional 30 days past the Sept. 30 deadline faces stiff opposition from a handful of House conservatives. Even if it passed, Senate Democrats say they do not support such a measure.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

‘Historic’ Health Care Worker Strike At Kaiser Permanente Looms After Vote

September 19, 2023 Morning Briefing

Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Kaiser Permanente employees voted to authorize a strike against unfair labor practices, after recent votes by 68,000 staff members in California, Colorado, Oregon, and Southwest Washington. Also in the news: hospital mergers, environmental sustainability, and more. (Note: KFF Health News is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.)

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

Despite Warnings, New Covid Shot Prices Are Surprising Some

September 19, 2023 Morning Briefing

Covid vaccines were free until the pandemic public health emergency ended. Even though some pharmacies have signs for “free” shots, insurers and patients are being billed for them. Meanwhile, Pfizer expects 1 in 4 in the U.S. will get shots this year.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

Covid BA.2.86 Spreads Across States, But Outnumbered By Other Variants

September 19, 2023 Morning Briefing

The variant is a “highly mutated” version of covid and has now been found in 10 states. It remains a rare source of covid cases, though, being outnumbered by other dominant variants. Meanwhile, the CDC has updated its map showing where covid is spreading through the U.S. population.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

Morning Briefing for Tuesday, September 19, 2023

September 19, 2023 Morning Briefing

Abortion laws, Medicare physician pay, covid vaccines and variants, health worker strike, opioids, obesity, and more are in the news.

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
  • Previous
  • 448
  • 449
  • 450
  • 451
  • 452
  • Next

More From KFF Health News

A man with muscular dystrophy works at a desk with multiple computer monitors.

Oz Escalates Medicaid Fraud Claims Against States After Focus on Minnesota

Journalists Shine Light on Out-of-Reach Insurance Prices, AI’s Role in Claims Disputes, and Susie Wiles

An elderly woman takes her blood pressure at home. Unrecognizable person, hand close-up.

‘How Low Can You Go?’ The Shifting Guidelines for Blood Pressure Control

A woman in a yellow cardigan sits in front of a window, staring out

Listen: Trump’s NIH ‘Reset’ Is Driving Away Scientists

KFF

© 2026 KFF. All rights reserved.

  • About Us
  • Donate
  • Contact Us
  • Editorial Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Staff
  • Republish Our Content
  • Email Sign-Up
  • X
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Powered by WordPress VIP

Thank you for your interest in supporting KFF Health News, the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and health policy. We distribute our journalism for free and without advertising through media partners of all sizes and in communities large and small. We appreciate all forms of engagement from our readers and listeners, and welcome your support.

KHN is an editorially independent program of KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). You can support KHN by making a contribution to KFF, a non-profit charitable organization that is not associated with Kaiser Permanente.

Click the button below to go to KFF’s donation page which will provide more information and FAQs. Thank you!

Continue