Trump Administration’s Halt of CDC’s Weekly Scientific Report Stalls Bird Flu Studies
The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States. One of…
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Readers Offer Their Takes on the Opioid Crisis, Family Doctor Shortage, and Vaccine Policies
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. A…
Telehealth Companies Boost Ad Spending While Taking on More Complex Medicine
Shannon Sharpe was having one of those 15-minutes-of-internet-infamy moments. Social media blew up in September after the retired Denver Broncos tight end — accidentally, he…
Psittacosis: What Bird Owners in Arizona Need to Know About Parrot Fever and Staying Healthy
Psittacosis (“sit-uh-KOH-sis”), sometimes called “parrot fever”, is a zoonotic infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci that is sp…
Led by RFK Jr., Conservatives Embrace Raw Milk. Regulators Say It’s Dangerous.
In summertime, cows wait under a canopy to be milked at Mark McAfee’s farm in Fresno, California. From his Cessna 210 Centurion propeller plane, the…
Fact Sheets Show Children Enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP by Legislative District
In every community across Pennsylvania, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) play a big role in keeping kids covered and heal…
Trump’s Funding ‘Pause’ Throws States, Health Industry Into Chaos
States and the nation’s health industry were thrown into disarray after the Trump administration ordered Monday that the government freeze nearly all federal grants at…
Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’
Jan. 23 This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Stable housing is scarce for a rapidly increasing number of homeless seniors, and insurers sometimes…
What RFK Jr. Might Face in His Nomination Hearings This Week
President Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer with no formal medical or public health expertise, as secretary of Health and…
Frequently Asked Questions for Consumers Whom the Federally-facilitated Marketplace or State-based Marketplaces on the Federal Platform Refers to a State Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agency (SMA) and Who are Awaiting a Final Medicaid or CHIP Eligibility Determination from their SMA
The FAQ applies to consumers who were referred by the Marketplace as potentially eligible for Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI)-based Medicaid/CHI…