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Plant foods can have many benefits for our health. marilyn barbone/ ShutterstockThe more plants you include in your diet, the more health benefits you’ll not...
JOHANNESBURG -- Four days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing almost all U.S. foreign aid, an email landed in Claris Madhuku's in...
All travel has been temporally suspended for HHS personnel.The first week of President Donald's Trump's second term came with sweeping changes to federal hea...
Since the 1990s, a race-based method for assessing kidney function placed many Black patients lower on the transplant waitlist. However, thousands of these p...
Ron Johnson may be the most anti-vaccine lawmaker in Congress; he’s the kind of guy who says he’s “sticking up for people who choose not to get vaccinated” w...
Flossing may be a simple way to lower your risk of certain forms of cardiovascular disease, including stroke. DZ FILM/Getty Images
Cardiovascular di...
The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings for secretary of Health and Human Services took place Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, and KFF Health News reporters watche...
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Montana lawmakers are grappling with what they can do to improve patient care and operations at the state’s psychiatric hospital since realizing that the eff...
President Donald Trump ratcheted up his administration’s reversal of transgender rights on Tuesday with an executive order that seeks to intervene in parents...
During her annual OB-GYN visit, Callie Anderson asked about getting off the birth control pill.
“We decided the best option...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist President Donald Trump nominated to lead the nation’s top health agency, did little to win over his ...
The Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants has sown confusion, particularly around how Medicaid could be impacted. adamkaz/Getty Images
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KFF Health News senior correspondent Arthur Allen discussed what to watch for in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings for secretary of Health and Hu...
New research shows that heavy lifetime use of cannabis is associated with reduced activity in areas of the brain involved in working memory. 24K-Production/...
WALHALLA, S.C. — Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a small primary care clinic run by Clemson University draws patients from across the r...
Affordable health care makes the heart grow fonder … or however the saying goes. Make us swoon by sending us your sweetest “health policy valentines.” Submis...
Higher-intensity walking combined with physical therapy could help improve stroke recovery and quality of life. alvarez/Getty Images
In a new study,...
Gloria Sachdev has spent years challenging the health care industry, trying to bring down the high cost of care.
It’s working, even...
SALINAS, Calif. — This coastal valley made famous by the novelist John Steinbeck is sometimes known affectionately as “America’s salad bowl,” though the plan...
