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Amid Lack of Accountability for Bias in Maternity Care, a California Family Seeks Justice

By Sarah Kwon August 8, 2023 KFF Health News Original

April Valentine’s family wants to know whether racism could have played a role in her death. A KFF Health News analysis shows state regulators are ill-equipped to find discrimination in its many forms.

In California, Abortion Could Become a Constitutional Right. So Could Birth Control.

By Rachel Bluth August 5, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Proposition 1, the constitutional amendment that would enshrine abortion in California’s constitution, would also lock in a right that has gotten less attention: the right to “choose or refuse” contraception.

Mental Health Crisis Teams Aren’t Just for Cities Anymore

By Tony Leys and Arielle Zionts October 3, 2022 KFF Health News Original

In many cities, social workers and counselors are responding to mental health emergencies that used to be solely handled by police. That approach is spreading to rural areas even though mental health professionals are scarcer and travel distances are longer.

An Arm and a Leg: Revisiting ‘Christmas In July’

By Dan Weissmann December 23, 2024 Podcast

From the archives of “An Arm and a Leg”: a family tragedy, a 40-year tradition, and a million dollars in medical debt erased.

‘MAHA’ Update: FDA Dumps 8 Food Dyes; CDC Rethinks Kids’ Covid Vax

April 23, 2025 Morning Briefing

The additives that will be phased out — but not outright banned — are Blue 1 and 2, Green 3, Red 40, Yellow 5 and 6, Orange B, and Citrus Red 2. In other “Make America Healthy Again” news: The CDC might pull the covid vaccine off its list of recommended vaccines for kids, and the NIH says it won’t have answers about the cause of autism until next year.

‘True Cost of Aging’ Index Shows Many Seniors Can’t Afford Basic Necessities

By Judith Graham July 25, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The Elder Index, developed by researchers at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, shows that nearly 5 million older women living alone, 2 million older men living alone, and more than 2 million older couples have incomes that make them economically insecure.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Roe v. Wade’s (Possibly Last) Anniversary

January 20, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Jan. 22 marks the 49th — and very likely last — anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark abortion decision, Roe v. Wade. The court’s conservative supermajority seems poised to overturn later this year the ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. Also this week, the Biden administration turns 1, with much of its domestic and health agenda yet unrealized. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Shefali Luthra of the 19th, and Kimberly Leonard of Insider join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, about what a post-Roe world might look like.

High-Tech’s Business Model Hasn’t Worked for the Cue Covid Test

By Eric Taub May 20, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Cue got attention with a Super Bowl ad for a stylish high-tech covid-testing machine to use at home. But the product is expensive, which has limited the San Diego company’s market.

$38,398 for a Single Shot of a Very Old Cancer Drug

By Arthur Allen October 26, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Lupron, a drug patented half a century ago, treats advanced prostate cancer. It’s sold to physicians for $260 in the U.K. and administered at no charge. Why are U.S. hospitals — which may pay nearly as little for the drug — charging so much more to administer it?

Silence in Sikeston: Is There a Cure for Racism?

By Cara Anthony October 8, 2024 Podcast

In the finale of “Silence in Sikeston,” Black residents organize a Juneteenth barbecue. The Department of Public Safety chief encourages officers to attend to build trust. But improving relations between Sikeston’s Black community and the police won’t be easy. Host Cara Anthony discusses the possibility of institutional change in Sikeston.

Silence in Sikeston: Trauma Lives in the Body

By Cara Anthony October 1, 2024 Podcast

Denzel Taylor, a young Black father, moved from Chicago to Sikeston, Missouri, for a fresh start in life. There, he proposed to his girlfriend, started a family, and then, in April 2020, was fatally shot by police officers. Taylor had two young daughters and another on the way when he was killed. Pediatrician Rhea Boyd talks about how children process such loss.

Rural Americans Have Difficulty Accessing a Promising Cancer Treatment

By Debby Waldman August 25, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy has eliminated tumors in some late-stage cancer patients, but the cost and complexity of care mean rural Americans have trouble accessing the treatment.

When Mental Illness Leads to Dropped Charges, Patients Often Go Without Stabilizing Care

By Katheryn Houghton August 4, 2022 KFF Health News Original

When criminal suspects are deemed too mentally ill to go through the court process and their charges are dropped, they can be left without stabilizing treatment — and sometimes end up being charged with additional crimes.

CDC Warns Of Surging Fifth Disease

August 14, 2024 Morning Briefing

CNN notes that the proportion of people with recent parvovirus B19 infections climbed to 10% in June, and children ages 5 to 9 had the highest increase. Meanwhile, federal officials concerned about rising H5N1 have been testing retail dairy products and haven’t found live avian flu virus in any samples.

Readers and Tweeters Place Value on Community Services and Life-Sustaining Care

August 19, 2022 KFF Health News Original

KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

As Red States Push Strident Abortion Bans, Other Restrictions Suddenly Look Less Extreme

By Julie Rovner March 30, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has yet to make clear its stand on Roe v. Wade. But state lawmakers aren’t waiting to consider a variety of extreme measures: bills that would ban abortions in cases of ectopic pregnancies, allow rapists’ families to object to terminating a victim’s pregnancy, or prohibit the procedure in the case of fetal disability. Do these proposals make the less extreme restrictions seem more mainstream?

Big Pharma Went All In to Kill Drug Pricing Negotiations

By Arthur Allen August 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

For more than a century, the drug industry has issued dire warnings of plunging innovation whenever regulation reared its head. In general, the threat hasn’t materialized.

Global Vaccine Program COVAX Will End Dec. 31; Gave Out Nearly 2B Doses

December 20, 2023 Morning Briefing

The program is estimated to have averted at least 2.7 million deaths, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. In other covid news, subvariant JN.1 is on the move, and fast.

American Red Cross Warns Of Emergency Blood Supply Shortage

January 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

The American Red Cross said it was experiencing the lowest number of blood donors in 20 years, with hospitals demanding blood products faster than the organization can replenish supplies. Also in the news: Bayer to expand in U.S., despite blood thinner fails; the “better” ApoB cholesterol test; and more.

Majority Of $1.25B Mallinckrodt Opioid Payout At Risk In Bankruptcy Plan

August 24, 2023 Morning Briefing

The company has reached a plan for bankruptcy for the second time in three years, The New York Times says. The plan would cancel the majority of the previous settlement plan in return for a final payout of just $250 million. Also in the news: AI takes a role in tackling opioid addiction.

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