‘I Feel Dismissed’: People Experiencing Colorism Say Health System Fails Them
LOS ANGELES — Jonnae Thompson has felt for a long time that her dark brown skin and natural hair have...
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What’s Behind New Combined Urgent Care-ER Facilities
It’s Saturday afternoon, and your 4-year-old is bleeding from a gash on his face after a playtime mishap. Should you...
Union With Labor Dispute of Its Own Threatened To Cut Off Workers’ Health Benefits
Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News NOTE: On Friday, hours after KFF Health News reported that the National Education Association had...
Battleground Wisconsin: Voters Feel Nickel-and-Dimed by Health Care Costs
Dancing at Birnamwood Polka Days, a festival in Birnamwood, Wisconsin.(Angela Hart/KFF Health News)Polka festivals are common across Wisconsin, especially in...
US Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence ‘a Public Health Crisis’
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared firearm violence a public health crisis, as gun deaths and injuries punctuate daily life...
Live From Aspen: Health and the 2024 Elections
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of...
California Leaders Tussle With Health Industry Over Billions of New Dollars for Medi-Cal
Gov. Gavin Newsom, state lawmakers, and health industry leaders have a small window to reach an agreement on billions of...
Older Women Are Different Than Older Men. Their Health Is Woefully Understudied.
Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of older women, leaving physicians without critically important information...
Americans With HIV Are Living Longer. Federal Spending Isn’t Keeping Up.
DECATUR, Ga. — Malcolm Reid recently marked the anniversary of his HIV diagnosis on Facebook. “Diagnosed with HIV 28 years...
Indiana Weighs Hospital Monopoly as Officials Elsewhere Scrutinize Similar Deals
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Locals in this city of 58,000 are used to having to wait at railroad crossings for...
Watch: California Pays Drug Users To Stay Clean
June 13, 2024 Article HTML KFF Health News senior correspondent Angela Hart appeared on Spectrum News 1’s “LA Times Today”...
