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This story also ran on Time. This story can be republished for free (details). On the last morning of their lives, Charlie and Francie Emerick held hands. The Portland, Ore., couple, married for 66 years and both terminally ill, died together in their bed on April 20, 2017, after taking lethal doses of medication obtained […]

This story also ran on The Washington Post. This story can be republished for free (details). The flu descended on Connie Gabaldon like a fog, she recalled, clouding her mind and compromising her judgment. It progressed to chest and back pain, the aches perhaps made worse by a fall the 66-year-old had while riding the […]

Use Our Content This Kaiser Health News story can be republished for free (details). More Stories To Republish In June 2016, California became the second state in the country, after Hawaii, to increase the minimum tobacco sales age from 18 to 21. A report published last month in the journal Tobacco Control suggests the new […]

This story is part of a partnership that includes Health News Florida, NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story can be republished for free (details). [UPDATED March 8] A bill passed by the Florida legislature Wednesday has received huge attention because of a controversial provision that would allow some teachers to have guns in schools. But the […]

Use Our Content This Kaiser Health News story can be republished for free (details). More Stories To Republish A dozen doughnut holes. Growing up, that was a typical breakfast for Tassiana Willis, a 24-year-old African-American poet. In her family, moments of joy centered around sweets. Her grandfather, a man of few words, showed affection through […]

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 medio del zumbido […]

This story also ran on The Washington Post. This story can be republished for free (details). Amid the buzz of hair clippers and the beat of hip-hop, barber Corey Thomas squeezes in a little advice to the clients who come into his Inglewood, Calif., shop for shaves and fade cuts. Watch what you eat, he […]

Use Our Content This Kaiser Health News story can be republished for free (details). More Stories To Republish Three people injected with an unauthorized herpes vaccine by a Southern Illinois University researcher have filed suit against his company, demanding compensation for alleged adverse side effects from the experiments. SIU professor William Halford, who died in […]

This story also ran on CNN. This story can be republished for free (details). A statewide tax on the wealthy has significantly boosted mental health programs in California’s largest county, helping to reduce homelessness, incarceration and hospitalization, according to a report released Tuesday. Revenue from the tax, the result of a statewide initiative passed in […]

This story also ran on The Daily Beast. This story can be republished for free (details). A program to give naloxone overdose-antidote kits and training to front-line officers. Funding for pill disposal boxes in pharmacies, clinics and police stations across North Carolina. A radio campaign in Connecticut warning of the dangers of opioid abuse. A […]