Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the ...

A medical residency program designed to train future primary care physicians in outpatient rather than hospital settings has ...

KFF Health News senior correspondent Angela Hart appeared on Spectrum News 1’s “LA Times Today” last week to explain how ...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will drop coverage of GLP-1 obesity drugs like Wegovy for many of its plans, affecting some 10,000 people. The reason: cost. In other news, a research project at the ...

Vaccination can still offer protection from these strains of H1N1 influenza, which have sickened two people in the U.S. Meanwhile, a new nasal swab, produced by Roche Diagnostics, will be available to ...

Editorial writers discuss H5N1, 'Right To IVF', Dr. Fauci, and more.

Meanwhile, Ascension said it thinks a recent cyberattack might have compromised patient health information. That attack was enabled by an employee downloading a "malicious file," the company said.

The CDC says 196 people have now been sickened, with cases reported in three new states. Several varieties of cookie cough are also being recalled due to Salmonella contamination — nearly 30,000 cases ...

A new study compared data from 5,010 people who were severely exposed to building debris in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Plus: A CDC report shows the number of ...

Data show that 93% of Americans — an all-time high — now are covered either by Medicaid, Medicare, or private insurance.

It's the largest decline in more than a decade, the Boston Globe says, and comes after two years of record death rates. Meanwhile, a new study shows that communities closer to marijuana dispensaries ...

Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of health policy studies and briefs. Medical Xpress: Why Many Lung Cancer Patients Who Have Never Smoked Have Worse Outcomes The reason targeted ...