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A young teen girl stands as she scans her diabetic patch on her arm with her phone. She is dressed casually and has a backpack on as she focuses on managing her diabetes.

Schools Aren’t as Plugged In as They Should Be to Kids’ Diabetes Tech, Parents Say

By Phil Galewitz January 28, 2025 KFF Health News Original

With continuous glucose monitors, students with Type 1 diabetes no longer have to visit the school nurse for a finger prick. But some parents say it falls to them to keep an eye on blood sugar levels from home or work — even though they may not be able to quickly reach their child when something’s wrong.

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Since The ’80s, Olympic Snow Sports Have Used Waxes With PFAS. No More.

February 10, 2026 Morning Briefing

This year marks the first winter Olympics without the use of fluorinated ski waxes, which increase speed. Also: self-quarantines among some athletes at the Games; a lack of child care and support for Olympian moms; and more.

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The emblem of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is painted on a wall.

Niños inmigrantes están detenidos en sitios “inseguros e insalubres”. El gobierno busca eliminar derechos

By Sandy West July 30, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Entre marzo y junio, abogados de menores inmigrantes recopilaron estos testimonios, y otros de jóvenes y familias detenidas, en lo que describen entornos “con apariencia carcelaria” en distintos puntos de Estados Unidos.

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Donald Hammen, an 80 year old man, sits on the front steps to his house.

Older Americans Living Alone Often Rely on Neighbors or Others Willing To Help

By Judith Graham November 12, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Diverse networks of friends, former co-workers, neighbors, and extended family are often essential sources of support for older adults living alone. Often it is the elderly caring for the elderly.

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Nuevas alternativas para resolver la crisis del cuidado de salud en casa

By Paula Span January 12, 2026 KFF Health News Original

El cuidado en el hogar ya es una de las ocupaciones de más rápido crecimiento en el país: el año pasado había 3,2 millones de asistentes de salud en el hogar y de cuidado personal, frente a 1,4 millones una década atrás.

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A Boy’s Bicycling Death Haunts a Black Neighborhood. 35 Years Later, There’s Still No Sidewalk.

By Renuka Rayasam and Fred Clasen-Kelly October 8, 2024 KFF Health News Original

John Parker was in first grade when he was struck by a pickup truck driving on Durham’s Cheek Road, which lacks sidewalks to this day. Neighborhoods with no sidewalks, damaged walkways, and roads with high speed limits are concentrated in Black neighborhoods, research finds.

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A woman holds a young child, who is wearing a tie-dye shirt and a bandage, on her hip

Las enfermedades y muertes que previenen las vacunas que los CDC han dejado de recomendar

By Arthur Allen and Jackie Fortiér January 7, 2026 KFF Health News Original

El gobierno federal ha reducido drásticamente la cantidad de vacunas infantiles recomendadas, dejando fuera seis inmunizaciones de rutina que han protegido a millones de personas de enfermedades graves, discapacidades a largo plazo y muertes.

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A woman wearing a transparent yellow rain jacket looks down at a sign stuck into the ground. There are dozens of similar markers in the background and the U.S. Capitol farther in the distance.

The Year in Opioid Settlements: 5 Things You Need to Know

By Aneri Pattani December 21, 2023 KFF Health News Original

In the past year, opioid settlement money has gone from an emerging funding stream for which people had lofty but uncertain aspirations to a coveted pot of billions being invested in remediation efforts. Here are some important and evolving factors to watch going forward.

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Tennessee Gives This Hospital Monopoly an A Grade — Even When It Reports Failure

By Brett Kelman May 29, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Ballad Health, a 20-hospital system in Tennessee and Virginia, benefits from the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in the United States and is the only option for hospital care for a large swath of Appalachia.

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An up-close photograph of a vial of an respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine being held in a green-gloved hand.

Florida’s RSV Season Has Started, and It’s Coming Soon to the Rest of US. Here’s a Primer.

By Sam Ogozalek, Tampa Bay Times July 31, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Florida’s RSV season begins earlier and runs longer than anywhere else in the U.S., according to the University of Florida’s Emerging Pathogens Institute. New vaccines can help, but most older adults, who are vulnerable to RSV, haven’t gotten them yet.

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Why Many Nonprofit (Wink, Wink) Hospitals Are Rolling in Money

By Elisabeth Rosenthal July 29, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Legal maneuvering, industry lobbying, and lax IRS oversight leave lots of room for “operating surpluses.”

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What’s at Stake: A Pivotal Election for Six Big Health Issues

By Arthur Allen and Phil Galewitz and Julie Rovner and Daniel Chang November 1, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Health care has ebbed and surged as an election issue throughout the presidential campaign. Here are the ways some of the most consequential changes in health policies could hinge on whether Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump wins.

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A photo of an ambulance driving by in Washington, D.C. The rotunda of the U.S. Capitol is prominent in the background.

El megaproyecto de ley republicano supondrá más costos de salud para muchos estadounidenses

By Phil Galewitz and Julie Appleby and Renuka Rayasam and Bernard J. Wolfson July 2, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Esto, a su vez, perjudicaría las finanzas de hospitales, residencias de adultos mayores y centros de salud comunitarios, y podría obligarlos a reducir servicios y personal, hasta a cerrar instalaciones.

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A photo of a roofer working on a roof on a sunny day. His hat is covering his face.

How a Proposed Federal Heat Rule Might Have Saved These Workers’ Lives

By Amy Maxmen Updated October 29, 2024 Originally Published October 28, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Laborers have suffered in extreme heat triggered by climate change. Deaths aren’t inevitable, researchers say: Employers can save lives by providing ample water and breaks.

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Zarinah Lomax stands beside portraits she commissioned, mostly of young people who died from gunfire.

These Vibrant, Bigger-Than-Life Portraits Turn Gun Death Statistics Into Indelible Stories

By Christine Spolar July 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

With pop-up art shows in Philadelphia and beyond, Zarinah Lomax’s mission is to show what is routinely lost to gun violence in America: “This is somebody’s child. Somebody’s son, somebody’s daughter who was working toward something.”

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El crecimiento del empleo en salud se ve empañado por medidas contra inmigrantes y recortes a Medicaid

By Phillip Reese September 30, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Según economistas, las medidas del presidente Donald Trump contra la inmigración y los recortes a los programas de seguro público amenazan con frenar el crecimiento del sector.

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A photo of a woman with gloved hands pricking a man's finger to test for diseases.

Mezcla letal: se extiende el uso de fentanilo con sedantes para caballos

By Sam Ogozalek, Tampa Bay Times February 29, 2024 KFF Health News Original

La xilacina se utiliza para sedar a los caballos. Ahora la están mezclando con fentanilo. Es letal y la naloxona no frena las sobredosis.

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An aerial photo shows the entrance and front parking lot of a hospital.

An Obscure Drug Discount Program Stifles Use of Federal Lifeline by Rural Hospitals

By Sarah Jane Tribble May 30, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A disconnect between two federal programs meant to help keep hospitals afloat discourages struggling rural facilities from accepting the aid.

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A woman and man sit on a couch, smiling at each other, with arms intertwined

$2 Million Disbursed to Victims and Community Groups in Wake of Super Bowl Mass Shooting

By Peggy Lowe, KCUR and Bram Sable-Smith June 28, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The United Way of Greater Kansas City gave $1.2 million to victims and $832,000 to 14 community groups Thursday, hoping to reach other victims from the violence at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade, as well as those working to prevent gun violence.

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A photo of a Native American mother holding her daughter.

Native Americans Want To Avoid Past Medicaid Enrollment Snafus as Work Requirements Loom

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez August 22, 2025 KFF Health News Original

As states prepare to implement changes to Medicaid required by President Donald Trump’s recent tax-and-spending law, tribal leaders say they are concerned Native American enrollees could lose their coverage, despite exemptions made by Congress.

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