This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). As the federal government penalizes 751 hospitals for having too many infections and patient injuries, some states are feeling the cuts in Medicare payments more than others. This year’s punishments landed the hardest in Connecticut and Delaware, where Medicare penalized half […]

Use Our Content This Kaiser Health News story can be republished for free (details). More Stories To Republish WASHINGTON — A Republican senator is demanding that the Trump administration and a university scrutinize how a researcher was able to inject an experimental herpes vaccine into human subjects without routine safety oversight. In letters sent out […]

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). Cuando en 2014 se […]

Use Our Content This Kaiser Health News story can be republished for free (details). More Stories To Republish The opioid crisis on the East Coast and in the Midwest has fueled a national surge in drug deaths, even as fatal overdoses have decreased or remained stable in parts of the West, new federal data show. […]

This story is part of a partnership that includes Colorado Public Radio, NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story can be republished for free (details). Seven years ago, Robert Kerley, who makes his living as a truck driver, was loading drywall when a gust of wind knocked him off the trailer. Kerley fell 14 feet […]

Use Our Content This Kaiser Health News story can be republished for free (details). More Stories To Republish The federal health law’s efforts to get nonprofit hospitals to provide more community-wide benefits in exchange for their lucrative tax status has gotten off to a slow start, new research suggests. And some experts predict that a […]

Use Our Content This Kaiser Health News story can be republished for free (details). More Stories To Republish The nation is having a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad flu season. Flu is widespread in 46 states, according to reports to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nationally, as of mid-December, at least […]

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). El país está teniendo […]

Ask Emily Senior Editor and Columnist Emily Bazar answers consumers’ questions about California’s changing medical landscape. Send questions for Emily to [email protected] More Columns Susan Inglett’s dental coverage changed just after she got a root canal on one of her top teeth. It was 2009, and California was in the midst of a budget crisis. To cut […]

This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). Related Coverage From Its Counterculture Roots, Haight Ashbury Free Clinic Morphs Into Health Care Conglomerate Fifty-one years ago in San Francisco, a small community clinic opened its doors. Its mission: to treat many of the young people who flocked to the […]