Health
A researcher who was one of many to have their grants terminated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is speaking out about how the halting of such res...
Photographs by Elliott VerdierIn March 2009, after a long night on duty at the hospital, Emmeline Lagrange took a deep breath and prepared to place a devasta...
WASHINGTON -- With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, whic...
KFF Health News editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed bird flu on CBS’ “CBS Mornings Plus” on March 20. Gounder discussed funding cuts a...
For most of the past century, the United States’ track record on infectious disease has been quite good. Thanks to major investments in public health, diseas...
New research found that most of the popular content about ADHD on TikTok is medically inaccurate. Westend61/Getty Images
A new analysis found that m...
An alarming new investigation by the New York Times accuses youth-obsessed tech mogul Bryan Johnson of covering up some grim side effects experienced by part...
Decades of road salt use is taking a toll on New York City’s water reservoirsThe suburban reservoirs that supply 10% of New York City's vaunted drinking wate...
While Congress considers potentially massive cuts to federal Medicaid funding, tribal health leaders are bracing for a crisis.
Indian Country has a un...
Britain’s youth are grappling with worse mental health now than 10 years ago, pushing more of them out of employment than their middle-aged peers and impedin...
https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/031925HHICERAIDS.mp3
A policy change by the Trump administration allows federal immigrati...
Gwyneth Paltrow is "very fascinated" by the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, spearheaded by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.In her recent cover story with V...
The Host
Julie Rovner
KFF Health News
@jrovner
Read Julie's stories.
...
Two new studies highlight the potential risks to heart health among young adults who use cannabis. Olena Bondarenko/Getty Images
A retrospective stu...
To ban or not to ban cellphones in school, that is the perennial question facing parents and educators across the country.
A new study published in T...
Maybe you were one of the 11.7 million people who watched when, on House M.D., the genius diagnostician Gregory House is roused in the middle of the night by...
A new study finds that a common blood test for ovarian cancer may miss some Black and Native American patients, delaying their treatmentA common blood test m...
The first time that Mehmet Oz was questioned by the Senate, in June 2014, the atmosphere was not inviting. He’d been hauled in to defend his habit of promoti...
New research reveals how childhood adversity shapes the brain and behavior.
Early-life adversity affects more than half of the world’s children and is a sig...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A judge has initiated a federal court takeover of California’s troubled prison mental health system by naming the former head of the Fed...
Better sleep hygiene habits may help with insomnia. Tetra Images via Getty ImagesAbout 10% of Americans say they have chronic insomnia, and millions of other...
