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J&J-Vaxxed, mRNA-Boosted, and Pondering a Third Shot

By Bernard J. Wolfson March 1, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Many of the nearly 17 million U.S. members of J&J Nation, myself included, are wondering whether to set aside the current official guidance and get a second booster. Some experts say: Chill out.

As Eating Disorders Spike During Pandemic, Rural Treatment Options Lag

By Carly Graf April 19, 2022 KFF Health News Original

More people have visited emergency departments for eating disorders during the pandemic. Those living in rural areas have limited pathways to treatment.

States Have Yet to Spend Hundreds of Millions of Federal Dollars to Tackle Covid Health Disparities

By Phil Galewitz and Lauren Weber and Sam Whitehead May 16, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A year ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded states and local health departments $2.25 billion to help people of color and other populations at higher risk from covid. But a KHN review shows public health agencies across the country have been slow to spend it.

Health Officials See Bright Future in Poop Surveillance

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester March 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Sewage surveillance is proving so useful in mapping covid trends that many public health officials say it should become standard practice in tracking infectious diseases. Whether that happens will depend on the nation’s ability to make it viable in communities rich and poor.

What the Health? From KFF Health News: A Not-So-Health-y GOP Debate

August 24, 2023 Podcast

The first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 cycle took place without front-runner Donald Trump — and with hardly a mention of health issues save for abortion. Meanwhile, in Florida, patients dropped from the Medicaid program are suing the state for not giving them enough notice or a way to contest their being dropped from the program. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, and Victoria Knight of Axios join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.

Crowdsourced Data on Overdoses Pinpoints Where to Help

By Renuka Rayasam July 5, 2022 KFF Health News Original

University of Texas researchers are testing a program that would allow harm reduction groups to crowdsource data on fatal and nonfatal drug overdoses statewide. While the data relies on word of mouth, they say, it is more comprehensive than anything that exists now and can be used immediately to prevent overdoses.

Some People in This Montana Mining Town Worry About the Dust Next Door

By Katheryn Houghton June 8, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Residents of a Butte neighborhood are concerned about the dust from a nearby open-pit mine that can coat their homes and vehicles. In a city where past mining left a legacy of soil and water pollution, is the air unsafe, too?

National Addiction Treatment Locator Has Outdated Data and Other Critical Flaws

By Aneri Pattani May 9, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Three years after a government site launched to connect Americans to treatment, finding addiction care is still a struggle.

Colorado Doubles Down on Abortion Rights as Other States — And the High Court — Reconsider

By Rae Ellen Bichell March 29, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The Supreme Court is expected to overturn or weaken “Roe v. Wade.” If that happens, Colorado may become an abortion-access island, nearly surrounded by a sea of anti-abortion states. The state is bracing for impact, and advocates are trying to shore up its abortion defenses.

Emergency Contraception Marks a New Battle Line in Texas

By Sarah Varney April 28, 2022 KFF Health News Original

In the shadow of Texas’ austere abortion regulations, grassroots organizers employ stealth tactics to help young women get emergency contraception.

Climate Change May Push the US Toward the ‘Goldilocks Zone’ for West Nile Virus

By Melissa Bailey March 28, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Colorado recently recorded the most West Nile virus deaths and cases of neuroinvasive infections in nearly two decades. Scientists warn that climate change will make conditions ripe for more West Nile transmission.

Why Black and Hispanic Seniors Are Left With a Less Powerful Flu Vaccine

By Arthur Allen April 6, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Federal health officials haven’t taken a clear position on whether a high-dose influenza vaccine — on the market since 2010 — is the best choice for people 65 and older. Many in that group already opt for the costlier enhanced shot. Those who get the standard vaccine are disproportionately members of ethnic and racial minorities.

What Do We Really Know About Vaccine Effectiveness?

By Julie Appleby November 2, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Reports of waning effectiveness and mixed messages about booster shots fuel the politicization of vaccination.

100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt

By Noam N. Levey June 16, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The U.S. health system now produces debt on a mass scale, a new investigation shows. Patients face gut-wrenching sacrifices.

Rural California Hatches Plan for Engineered Mosquitoes to Battle Stealthy Predator

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester May 10, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Tulare County officials hope the region will soon be a testing ground for a new generation of technology in a centuries-old war: Human vs. Mosquito.

Pandemic Poses Short- and Long-Term Risks to Babies, Especially Boys

By Liz Szabo December 21, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A mother’s immune response to covid can be a greater danger to the fetus than the virus itself.

Long-Excluded Uterine Cancer Patients Are a Step Closer to 9/11 Benefits

By Erica Hensley January 13, 2022 KFF Health News Original

More than 20 years after the terrorist attacks, the World Trade Center Health Program is considering covering the most common form of uterine cancer, in what patient advocates say is a key acknowledgment of the women affected by the 9/11 fallout.

HIV Preventive Care Is Supposed to Be Free in the US. So, Why Are Some Patients Still Paying?

By Sarah Varney March 3, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The Department of Labor issued rules in July clarifying that health plans need to cover the costs of prescription drugs proven to prevent HIV infection, along with related lab tests and medical appointments, at no cost to patients. More than half a year later, the erroneous billing continues.

What the Health? From KFF Health News: Slow Your Disenroll

June 15, 2023 Podcast

More than a million Americans have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections ended. The Biden administration is asking states to slow disenrollment, but that does not mean states must listen. Meanwhile, a Supreme Court decision gives Medicaid beneficiaries the right to sue over their care, and a new deal preserves coverage of preventive services nationwide as a Texas court case continues. Rachel Cohrs of Stat, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News’ Mary Agnes Carey to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner interviews Dan Mendelson, CEO of Morgan Health, a new unit of JPMorgan Chase, about employers’ role in insurance coverage.

Battle Lines Are Drawn Over California Deal With Kaiser Permanente

By Bernard J. Wolfson April 18, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A controversial proposal to grant HMO giant Kaiser Permanente a no-bid statewide Medicaid contract is headed for its first legislative hearing amid vocal opposition from a coalition of counties, competing health plans, community clinics, and a national health care labor union.

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