By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News This story was originally published by KFF Health News. Tammy Chalala, a retired dietitian in New York, was thrilled with the results of her cataract surgeries, which left her with close to 20/20 vision. She said she paid nearly $4,000 out-of-pocket for her two
By Patricia Callahan, ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. The U.S. has reached a grim milestone: as of July 23, more measles cases have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this year than in any year since 1991. It took less than seven months
By Sharon Lerner and Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. What Happened: Citing reporting by ProPublica, eight Democratic U.S. senators have criticized the Trump administration’s demands to access the health data of millions of people as a condition of giving lifesaving aid to other countries.
By Melissa Bailey, KFF Health News This story also ran on NPR. WHITE MESA, Utah — On a hot April day, Malcolm Lehi maneuvered his Jeep Wrangler over a rough dirt road past junipers and sagebrush in search of Entrance Spring on land long connected to his tribe, the Ute
By Angela Hart, KFF Health News SAN FRANCISCO â At a Walgreens in this city’s bustling Japantown neighborhood, pharmacist Margaret On stocks two boxes of long-acting insulin pens from California’s new prescription drug label, CalRx, emblazoned with the state’s iconic grizzly bear. This story also ran on Stat. Although she
By Paula Span, KFF Health News It had been a rough few months. Cynthia Tompkins was hospitalized in May for osteomyelitis — a bone infection — then spent six weeks in a rehabilitation facility. “It was a struggle,” she said. “I didn’t bounce back too well.” Tompkins returned to her
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. One of New York’s largest health insurers is set to pay a multimillion-dollar fine for failing to fix a series of
by Danny G. Winder, Professor and Chair of Neurobiology, UMass Chan Medical School, and Marie Doyle, Instructor in Neurobiology, UMass Chan Medical School For some, abstaining from alcohol can subsequently increase compulsive drinking. Our research team found that, in abstaining mice, this urge to drink is preceded by changes in
by Phil Galewitz, Christine Mai-Duc and Amanda Seitz, KFF Health News A handful of former public health officials are campaigning for top statewide offices across the country, testing whether their experience with covid and other hot-button health issues will appeal to voters in November. The officials, all Democrats, are running
by Arielle Zionts and Darius Tahir, KFF Health News HOT SPRINGS, S.D. — Two of the nation’s most powerful health officials predict artificial intelligence will play a key role in solving rural America’s health challenges. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a panel of U.S. senators that AI nurses
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