Even in blue states, hospitals have continued to abandon gender-affirming care for young people
One afternoon in late 2024, a sixth-grade boy nicknamed Bug came home from school with an announcement to make. Bug,…
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Journalists highlight medical negligence in ICE detentions and comments about antidepressants by RFK Jr.
KFF Health News Chief Washington Correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s position on…
FDA's green light for an old chemical offers a chance to restore faith in sunscreen
Officials, environmental health advocates and skin care industry groups are expressing hope that the Food and Drug Administration's June 9…
Trump's Medicaid work rules force states to scrap plans, rework systems
The Trump administration's implementation of a federal mandate that millions of Americans on Medicaid must work or risk losing health…
Colorado charts its own vaccine course amid federal pushback
In response to abrupt and politicized changes in federal vaccine policy, concerned Coloradans have taken several steps to bolster support…
Trump bought shares in a pharmaceutical company as his government promoted its anti-obesity drugs
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump bought up to $680,000 in shares of Eli Lilly, the maker of blockbuster obesity…
Kennedy changes vaccine rhetoric for story time, but can't quite change the topic
Here in Washington, we've been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial (but, at…
RFK Jr. Trades Vaccine Talk for Healthy Foods and Reading for Little Ones in Effort to Attract Voters
TOLEDO, Ohio — The boy, dressed in a Toy Story sweatshirt, hugged the nation's health secretary. “What do you want…
Column: There is an unexpectedly strong candidate for governor of California
What am I looking for in a new governor of California? Like a large portion of the state's voters, I'm…
The Make America Healthy Again movement is coming for hospital food
Hospital food rarely gets rave reviews. But the Trump administration's efforts to get hospitals to abandon unhealthy foods face criticism…