KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a ...

The FDA will encourage new clinical trials on the widely used vaccines before approving them for children and healthy adults.

A GOP tax-and-spending bill the House approved Thursday would slash federal Medicaid reimbursement for states that offer ...

While charitable dollars have flowed in to plug some gaps, “philanthropy cannot replace federal funding,” said Dustin Sposato ...

As St. Louis deals with more than $1.6 billion in estimated property damage from the May 16 tornado, locals are pouring in to ...

Artificial intelligence products with lifelike voices are being marketed to schedule or cancel medical visits, refill ...

President Donald Trump’s budget office says he’ll continue to fund the new 988 suicide prevention hotline, but documents sent ...

South Carolina Medicaid approved a class of medications known as GLP-1s to treat obesity, placing it among the few state ...

Vaccine advisers to the FDA decided Thursday that only strains of the JN.1 variant should be targeted by updated versions of covid vaccines that will be available next fall and winter. Separately, ...

Studies have found that emulsifiers can alter the mix of bacteria in the gut, known as the microbiome or microbiota; damage ...

While Big Pharma seems ready to weather the tariff storm, independent pharmacists and makers of generic drugs — which account ...

Health groups and news outlets dive into the nitty-gritty of the legislation — provisions related to food stamps, insurance for low-income immigrants, and transgender health care — as well as the big ...