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Journalists Cover Air Quality, Tick Risks, and … Brazilian Butt Lifts?
KFF Health News senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed health concerns from hazardous air…
Doctor Lands in the Doghouse After Giving Covid Vaccine Waivers Too Freely
A Tennessee doctor has lost his medical license for issuing covid-19 vaccine waivers to patients he never met in at…
California Schools Start Hatching Heat Plans as the Planet Warms
As hot days become more extreme and common, California education researchers are urging that school districts be…
Find Out How Much Opioid Settlement Cash Your Locality Received
Companies that made, sold, or distributed opioid painkillers are paying out more than $50 billion in settlements over…
Opioid Settlement Payouts to Localities Made Public for First Time
Thousands of local governments nationwide are receiving settlement money from companies that made, sold, or distributed…
Tech Luminaries Give RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Message a Boost
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the latest scion of the Kennedy clan to seek the presidency,…
Foster Kids in Casino Hotels? It Happened in Rural Nevada Amid Widespread…
ELKO, Nev. — Brandy Holbrook spent April driving hundreds of miles across four counties in northeastern Nevada to…
At Least 1.7M Americans Use Health Sharing Arrangements, Despite Lack of…
A new report has provided the first national count of Americans who rely on health care sharing plans — arrangements…
Biden Admin Implores States to Slow Medicaid Cuts After More Than 1M…
Too many Americans are losing Medicaid coverage because of red tape, and states should do more to make sure eligible…
On the Brink of Homelessness, San Diego Woman Wins the Medi-Cal Lottery
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Annie Malloy started getting sick in 2020. Fits of uncontrolled vomiting would hit, causing…