I’m Moving Forward and Facing the Uncertainty of Aging

Judith Graham It takes a lot of courage to grow old. I’ve come to appreciate this after conversations with hundreds of older adults over the past eight years for nearly…

Beyond Hard Hats: Mental Struggles Become the Deadliest Construction Industry Danger

Katja Ridderbusch If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —…

Doctors, Nurses Press Ahead as Wildfires Strain Los Angeles’ Health Care

Bernard J. Wolfson and Molly Castle Work and Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times The rapidly spreading wildfires that have transformed much of Los Angeles County into a raging hellscape…

Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’

Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and health policy. We distribute our journalism for free and without…

Medicaid Expansion Debate Will Affect Other Health Policy Issues Before Montana Legislature

Mike Dennison and Sue O’Connell HELENA, Mont. — A last-minute change to a 2019 bill put an end date on Montana’s Medicaid expansion program, setting the stage for what is…

I underwent multiple surgeries, including the amputation of several fingers – UK Health Security Agency

Meningococcal group C (MenC) disease cases are down by 99% since the vaccination programme was introduced by UKHSA and NHS England in 1999, but the fight against the deadly diseases…

La salud, un proyecto inconcluso del gobernador de California

SACRAMENTO, California.— Seis años después de asumir el cargo prometiendo ser el “gobernador de la salud” de California, el demócrata Gavin Newsom ha destinado decenas de miles de millones de…

A guide to our most popular blog posts of 2024  – UK Health Security Agency

Lots of people were interested in reading about protecting their health in 2024 – around a million people in fact.   This was the number of readers who came to our…

Caseworkers Coax Homeless People out of Las Vegas’ Tunnels for Treatment

Angela Hart LAS VEGAS — Case manager Bryon Johnson flashed a light into a dark tunnel beneath the glitz of the Las Vegas Strip on a recent fall afternoon. He…

Trash Incinerators Disproportionately Harm Black and Hispanic People

Daniel Chang MIAMI — When leaders of Florida’s most populous county met in September to pick a site for what could become the nation’s largest trash incinerator, so many people…