By Sam Whitehead, KFF Health News Alice Thornton has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, Kentucky. This story also ran on The Washington Post. It can be republished for free. Her team tends to “cringe” anytime they hear about patients having to fill out
By Jordan Rau, KFF Health News Sam Ato Timaloa, a paroled sex offender who also served time for attempted murder, had dementia and an acute intolerance of noise — especially from roommates at Sunrise Post Acute, a nursing home in Banning, California. Over four months in 2025, a state investigative
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. By Tana Carson, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy, Florida International University, and Tania Santiago Perez, Associate Teaching Professor of Rehabilitation and Recreational Therapy, Florida International University During roasting-hot summer days, more and more people make their way to
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. By Gabriel E. Hales, Research Fellow in Media and Information, Michigan State University Concerns surrounding young people’s screen time are widespread. Australia became the first country to ban social media for users under 16 in December 2025, and
This story was originally published by KFF Health News. By Angela Hart, KFF Health News SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana is taking aim at California’s Medicaid program for providing housing assistance, food, and other social services to high-need, low-income patients who tend to rack up big health
by Colleen E. Reid, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder Wildfire smoke from fires burning in Canada and northern Minnesota has been pouring across the Great Lakes and northeastern U.S. states, turning skies an eerie shade of orange. In the West, smoke has also been spreading into communities
This story was originally published by KFF Health News. by Lauren Sausser and Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health News One year after the Trump administration announced that dozens of health insurers had signed a six-part pledge promising to reduce barriers to doctor-recommended care, some insurers now say they won’t implement all
By C. Michael White, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. At the beginning of July 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene therapy for young children with sickle cell disease. While this
Jul 16, 2026 By Rachel Spears, KFF Health News Erica Schwartz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, expressed support for vaccines — including mRNA-based covid shots — in a Senate hearing on Wednesday, though she didn’t dispel concerns the agency has lost any
This story was originally published by KFF Health News. It can be republished for free. By Elisabeth Rosenthal, KFF Health News Thousands of Americans who undergo a common knee surgery might be making their problems worse rather than better. Researchers who followed patients for 10 years after they received either
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