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Navigating Aging Navigating Aging focuses on medical issues and advice associated with aging and end-of-life care, helping America’s 60 million seniors and their families navigate the health care system. To contact Judith Graham with a question or comment, click here. Join the Navigating Aging Facebook Group. See All Columns You’ve turned 65 and exited middle age. […]

This story also ran on VICE News’ Tonic. This story can be republished for free (details). MONTEBELLO, Calif. — Wendy Wan, 31, said American infant formula is advertised in her native China as the most nutritious food for a newborn. “It sounds like it’s premium,” said Wan, who gave birth in early May at Beverly […]

This story is part of a partnership that includes KQED, NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story can be republished for free (details). Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace under the Affordable Care Act, has devised what could be a powerful new way to hold hospitals accountable for the quality of their care. Starting […]

The Friday Breeze Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes, who reads everything on health care to compile our daily Morning Briefing, offers the best and most provocative stories for the weekend. Happy Friday! Ending a week in which I’ve been wondering if we all have been dropped into the first act of a supervillain movie since the […]

This story is part of a partnership that includes Nashville Public Radio, NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story can be republished for free (details). Hospitals around the country have been upgrading their neonatal intensive care units to include personal webcams for each tiny patient. It’s a convenience for parents — and reduces worries about […]

This story also ran on The Washington Post. This story can be republished for free (details). Ralph Stepney’s home on a quiet street in north Baltimore has a welcoming front porch and large rooms, with plenty of space for his comfortable recliner and vast collection of action movies. The house is owned by Joann West, […]

In an interview with Judy Woodruff on “PBS NewsHour” Tuesday, Kaiser Health News senior correspondent Sarah Varney discussed the updated estimates that more than 4,600 people died as a result of Hurricane Maria. Varney and “PBS NewsHour” producer Jason Kane are on assignment in Puerto Rico this week to continue reporting on the aftermath of […]

This story is part of a partnership that includes Side Effects Public Media, NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story can be republished for free (details). One patient’s death changed the course of Dr. Lilia Cervantes’ career. The patient, Cervantes said, was a woman from Mexico with kidney failure who repeatedly visited the emergency room for more […]

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). La muerte de una […]