Health

It’s almost flu season. Should you still get a shot, and will insurance cover it?

Written by KFF Health News’ Madison Czopek The fall must-do list can seem to be getting longer and longer for parents of school-age children. ...

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Kratom faces increasing scrutiny from states and the feds

According to Amanda Hernández of Stateline.org, State legislators have been in charge of regulating kratom, a contentious herbal supplement used to treat pain, anxiety, ...

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‘A fear pandemic’: Immigration raids push patients into telehealth

Written by KFF Health News’ Christine Mai-Duc Throughout the 1990s federal immigration sweeps, a sitting governor’s push to remove birthright citizenship, and the widely ...

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Experts say rural emergency rooms are increasingly run without doctors

By KFF Health News’ Arielle Zionts Mont. EKALAKA. In early June, a patient arrived at the emergency room of the little hospital at the ...

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This test can see a heart attack in your future

Written by KFF Health News’ Paula Span Many of Lynda Hollander’s paternal family had undergone significant surgery, and a lengthy list of them suffered ...

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Bad diets, too many meds, no exercise: A look inside the latest ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report

By Associated Press’s Amanda Sietz Washington (AP) According to a draft document that The Associated Press was able to access, reports that U.S. Health ...

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Here’s what to know about CTE, the brain disease the NYC shooter blamed for his mental health issues

From the Associated Press, by Jimmy Golen Boston (AP) In the most brutal way yet, the degenerative brain disease that has plagued the National ...

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Amid PFAS fallout, a Maine doctor navigates medical risks with her patients

Published by KFF Health News’ Marina Schauffler Lawrence and Penny Higgins of Fairfield, Maine, were concerned about the potential health effects when they discovered ...

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Georgia shows rough road ahead for states as Medicaid work requirements loom

By Sam Whitehead, Renuka Rayasam, and KFF Health News Ashton Alexander finds it like a kick in the face whenever he watches an advertisement ...

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A doctor sees new hope for Alzheimer’s disease patients and families. He wants you to know why

According to a neurologist and surgeon at Yale New Haven Health, the combination of two drugs that slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease and ...

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