“Marijuana has a unique impact on the developing brain. It can prime your brain for addiction to other substances.” Surgeon General Jerome Adams, in remarks at a substance abuse conference Speaking about a recent federal advisory on marijuana, Dr. Jerome Adams, the surgeon general, put a new spin on long-standing admonitions about the drug. This […]

[wpcc-element _tag=”source” type=”audio/mpeg” src=”https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Weber_Wisc_Public_Radio_11-15-19.mp3?_=1″ _close=”0″]https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Weber_Wisc_Public_Radio_11-15-19.mp3 Can’t see the audio player? Click here to download. Kaiser Health News Midwest Correspondent Lauren Weber joined host Kealey Bultena on Wisconsin Public Radio’s news magazine “Central Time” to discuss Republican Sen. Ron Johnson’s role in the politics of vaping. Weber and fellow KHN reporter Rachel Bluth had reported on […]

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). In the Byzantine world of health care pricing, most people wouldn’t expect that the ubiquitous flu shot could be a prime example of how the system’s lack of transparency can lead to disparate costs. The Affordable Care Act requires health insurers to cover all […]

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Four-year-old Betty Schottler starts each morning with the same six sounds: [m], [ah], [oo], [ee], [sh], and [s]. Her mom makes the sounds first, then Betty repeats them to check that her cochlear implant is working. Betty was born profoundly deaf and got her […]

SOBRE NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL Noticias en español es una sección de KFF Health News que contiene traducciones de artículos de gran interés para la comunidad hispanohablante, y contenido original enfocado en la población hispana que vive en los Estados Unidos. Use Nuestro Contenido Este contenido puede usarse de manera gratuita (detalles). En el complicado mundo […]

SOBRE NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL Noticias en español es una sección de KFF Health News que contiene traducciones de artículos de gran interés para la comunidad hispanohablante, y contenido original enfocado en la población hispana que vive en los Estados Unidos. Use Nuestro Contenido Este contenido puede usarse de manera gratuita (detalles). Betty Schottler, de 4 […]

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). It’s free and available everywhere. Yet most Americans skip the annual flu shot ― with the number of dispensed vaccines barely changed in the past decade, despite government removal of cost and access obstacles. “We are kind of spinning our wheels trying to reach […]

KHN Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony was interviewed by Chicago-based host Cliff Kelley on the “America’s Heroes Group” radio show about her recent reporting on how people in low-income neighborhoods are fighting back against crime and spoiled food at their local corner stores. [wpcc-element _tag=”source” type=”audio/mpeg” src=”https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/AHG-12-7-4-430_01_ClipForKHN.mp3?_=1″ _close=”0″]https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/AHG-12-7-4-430_01_ClipForKHN.mp3 Can’t see the audio player? Click here to […]

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). For more than a decade, Raymond Ho has answered calls for California’s poison emergency hotline. One that sticks out came from a panicked mom who feared that she and her child had just eaten a chemical that would give them cancer. Was it arsenic? […]