California is crafting weaker heat protections for prisons than other workplaces, citing billions in costs to cool aging ...

Not all older people need benzodiazepines, antibiotics, or daily aspirin — and taking them can carry increased risks.

The case was brought by a marketing company that wants to define as employees people who download an app and agree to have their internet activity tracked so they can buy into its employee health plan ...

States are spending rural health dollars on tech startups, betting that untested companies will succeed where doctors have vanished and hospitals have collapsed. Louisiana’s call for innovative ...

As state governments grapple with how to determine who’s sick enough to be excused from new Medicaid work requirements, some ...

Zach Dyer [DYE-er] reads the week’s news: The high cost of fertility treatment is making some Americans look abroad for help getting pregnant. Plus, a nonprofit in Austin, Texas, is trying to keep its ...

Children in immigrant families are facing health threats from President Donald Trump’s policies: separation from parents ...

Native Hawaiians will have to comply with the new work requirements in President Donald Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful ...

With the expiration of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans, thousands of Georgians are paying more for coverage or going uninsured. In one of the state's reddest districts, the ...

The true cost of “vertical integration”: patients directed to a higher-priced location for procedures. Or forced to buy from ...

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a ...

Although the study cannot prove that the medications caused the condition, researchers reported more cases of Wernicke encephalopathy in those taking GLP-1 medications than other drugs. Experts warn ...