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Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) was indicted Wednesday on federal insider trading charges. Prosecutors alleged that he used information he received while on the board of an Australian biotechnology firm, Innate Immunotherapeutics, to tip off his son and others to sell the company’s stock before a damaging report on the company’s lack of success with a […]

This story also ran on NBC News. This story can be republished for free (details). In the end, it wasn’t easy for Aaron McQ to decide when to die. The 50-year-old Seattle man — a former world traveler, triathlete and cyclist — learned he had leukemia five years ago, followed by an even grimmer diagnosis […]

Kaiser Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby joins a discussion on Cleveland’s WCPN about current thinking on workplace wellness programs. In Ohio, Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike DeWine is pushing a Cleveland Clinic-inspired wellness plan for Ohio’s Medicaid population. Appleby outlines how these wellness plans have historically functioned, their pros, cons and the recent regulatory developments around […]

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). Al final, no fue […]

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). If private-ambulance workers take a break from work, even for 10 minutes, it can mean the difference between life and death. So, they routinely accept emergency calls during their meal and rest breaks — just as firefighters, policemen and other public emergency workers do. […]

This story is part of a partnership that includes KCUR, NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story can be republished for free (details). Dr. Jodi Jackson has worked for years to address infant mortality in Kansas. Often, that means she treats newborns in a high-tech neonatal intensive care unit with sophisticated equipment whirring and beeping. And that is […]

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Two decades ago, Purdue Pharma produced thousands of brochures and videos that urged patients with chronic pain to ask their physicians for opioids such as OxyContin, arguing that concerns over addiction and other dangers from the drugs were overblown, company records reveal. Kaiser Health […]

(Yuta Onoda for The New York Times) This story also ran on The New York Times. This story can be republished for free (details). Dr. Michael Holick’s enthusiasm for vitamin D can be fairly described as extreme. The Boston University endocrinologist, who perhaps more than anyone else is responsible for creating a billion-dollar vitamin D sales […]

San Mateo County health officials say they believe naltrexone, the medication they are providing at the jails, will improve patients’ chances of recovery and reduce the likelihood they will return to jail after release.(Heidi de Marco/KHN) Medication, when paired with counseling and social support, is considered the standard treatment for opioid addiction.(Heidi de Marco/KHN) This […]

This story also ran on The Washington Post. This story can be republished for free (details). Evangelical activist Shepherd Smith has spent more than three decades cultivating relationships with leading AIDS researchers and policymakers to promote abstinence-only sex education. Those connections now could influence government programs and funding within the Trump administration. Among the most […]