In a Q&A, KFF Health News editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder unpacks the "Make America Healthy Again" platform ...

Pregnant women are being asked to make large cash payments months before they deliver their babies. Some patient advocates ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally for President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 1 in Warren, Michigan. (Chip ...

The child tax credit passed by Congress at the height of covid has expired, but states and localities are trying to fill the ...

Diverse networks of friends, former co-workers, neighbors, and extended family are often essential sources of support for ...

With the arrival in California of dengue, a dangerous mosquito-borne disease present mainly in more tropical climates, public ...

California health officials began providing protective clothing to farmworkers months before the state’s first bird flu ...

Victims of the opioid crisis, health advocates, and public policy experts have repeatedly called on state and local ...

Voters in three states — Arizona, Missouri, and Nevada — chose on Tuesday to advance protections for abortion rights in their ...

With new research and updated guidelines in Colorado and 15 other states, physicians and educators are asking parents not to ...

Community health workers are increasingly common in rural areas, where they help patients overcome barriers to accessing care ...