Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, and older adults are at higher risk. But only ...

Tens of thousands of organizations that rely on federal funding must now justify each transaction they make before spending is approved. That longer process is leading to a backlog of requests, such ...

More than a million times a year, a U.S. surgeon slices open a knee, strips out worn cartilage, caps the leg bones with metal, and drops in a plastic spacer to allow the new joint to glide. This story ...

The decision not to hear an appeal from abortion opponents lets a law stand that allows local governments to create demonstration-free areas around health care facilities. More abortion news comes ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the episode made him "more determined than ever to fight alongside you to make health care a human right." The heart attack is likely to heighten scrutiny on age in a ...

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

Conservatives who have long pushed for Medicaid work requirements often said vulnerable people would get a pass. But the ...

Ahead of Medicaid work requirements, a health plan in California hopes to stanch the number of people losing coverage by ...

The Department of Justice in June issued a legal opinion saying states aren’t required to provide services that help people ...

Yes, they’ve heard all the poop jokes. Public health staffers are painstakingly tracing the sources of this massive outbreak, ...

A 2024 state law reclassified misoprostol and mifepristone as controlled substances. That affects how hospitals can access ...

The city wants to stop health crises before they happen and is creating a new service to do that when people call 911.