This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). With the clock ticking on the current stop-gap bill that funds the federal government through Feb. 8, Congress is steeling itself to consider another must-pass budget bill. And, once again, health care could be caught in the crosshairs. During previous debates […]
This story also ran on The Daily Beast. This story can be republished for free (details). Listen here to Pauline Bartolone’s radio version of this story, which first ran on Here & Now. https://kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/bur2469436108.mp3 Can’t see the audio player? Click here to download. Michael Marquesen first noticed about a year ago that fentanyl, a dangerous […]
This story also ran on USA Today. This story can be republished for free (details). If people can age with class, then Harlene Goodrich, 80, and Dorothy Kelly, 91, should be considered aging’s rock stars. These women — two strangers from opposite ends of the country and the poles of politics — agree on the […]
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). Si se puede envejecer […]
This story also ran on U.S. News & World Report. This story can be republished for free (details). As lawmakers face another deadline this week for passing legislation to keep the federal government open, one of the outstanding issues is long-term funding for a key health care safety-net program. The Community Health Center program serves […]
This story is part of a partnership that includes WAMU, NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story can be republished for free (details). It’s turning out to be a particularly harsh flu season. The epidemic hasn’t hit the University of Maryland College Park yet; students are just getting back from winter break. But in the close […]
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). Está temporada de gripe […]
Jenny Gold, a Kaiser Health News senior correspondent, joined a panel of experts and patients to discuss sickle cell disease on “1A,” the national affairs radio show hosted by Joshua Johnson. The conversation on Feb. 5 tackled how discrimination may affect the level of attention sickle cell disease receives and why only two drugs exist […]
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). Four months after having her second baby, Jessica Porten started feeling really irritable. Little things would annoy her, like her glider chair. “It had started to squeak,” she said. “And so when I’m sitting there rocking the baby and it’s squeaking, […]
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). Cuatro meses después de […]
