Measles Misinformation Is on the Rise — And Americans Are Hearing It, Survey Finds
By Arthur Allen While the most serious measles epidemic in a decade has led to the deaths of two children and spread to 27 states with no signs of letting…
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Medi-Cal Under Threat: Who’s Covered and What Could Be Cut?
By Don Thompson SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Medi-Cal, California’s complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities. The state enrolls twice…
Amid Plummeting Diversity at Medical Schools, a Warning of DEI Crackdown’s ‘Chilling Effect’
The Trump administration’s crackdown on DEI programs could exacerbate an unexpectedly steep drop in diversity among medical school students, even in states like California, where public universities have been navigating bans on…
Trump Health Care Proposal Billed as Consumer Protection but Adds Enrollment Hoops
The Trump administration issued its first major set of proposed changes to the Affordable Care Act on Monday that federal officials said are intended to crack down on fraud in…
To Patients, Parents, and Caregivers, Proposed Medicaid Cuts Are a Personal Affront
By Bernard J. Wolfson TUSTIN, Calif. — Cynthia Williams is furious with U.S. House Republicans willing to slash Medicaid, the government-run insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities….
Trump Froze Out Project 2025 in His Campaign. Now Its Blueprint Is His Health Care Playbook
Stephanie Armour February 24, 2025 Few voters likely expected President Donald Trump in the first weeks of his administration to slash billions of dollars from the nation’s premier federal cancer…
Los Angeles County Has Cut Homelessness, but Wildfires Threaten To Erase That Gain
By Angela Hart February 26, 2025 ALTADENA, Calif. — As flames engulfed a nearby canyon, dozens of residents in a sober-living home fled to an unoccupied building about 30 miles…
Health Clinic Workers Brush Up on Constitutional Protections as Immigration Raids Loom
By Jackie Fortiér February 26, 2025 The lobby at this St. John’s Community Health clinic in South Los Angeles bustles with patients. But community health worker Ana Ruth Varela is…
Urgent CDC Data and Analyses on Influenza and Bird Flu Go Missing as Outbreaks Escalate
Amy Maxmen Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with coughs, soreness, fevers, vomiting, and other…
Anti-Fraud Efforts Meet Real-World Test During ACA Enrollment Period
Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Unauthorized switching of Affordable Care Act plans appears to have tapered off in recent weeks based on an almost one-third drop in casework associated with…
Republicans Are Eyeing Cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, Again?
Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got…
Trump’s Already Gone Back on His Promise To Leave Abortion to States
Abortion foes worried before his election that President Donald Trump had moved on, now that Roe v. Wade is overturned and abortion policy, as he said on the campaign trail, “has been…
California Housing Officials Recommend State Protect Renters From Extreme Heat
Citing the hundreds of lives lost to extreme heat each year, California state housing officials are urging lawmakers to set residential cooling standards long opposed by landlords and builders who…
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 the studies would reveal whether…
Trump’s Early Health Moves Signal Intent To Erase Biden’s Legacy. What’s Next Is Unclear.
President Donald Trump’s early actions on health care signal his likely intention to wipe away some Biden-era programs to lower drug costs and expand coverage under public insurance programs. The…
What a US Exit From the WHO Means for Global Health
For decades, the United States has held considerable power in determining the direction of global health policies and programs. President Donald Trump issued three executive orders on his first day…
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 the studies would reveal whether…
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 5 p.m. ET Tuesday, a…
What To Know About Trump’s Executive Orders on US Health Care
What To Know About Trump’s Executive Orders on US Health Care From rolling back drug pricing policies to limiting gender-affirming care, President Donald Trump signed several health-related executive orders in…
Junk Food Turns Public Villain as Power Shifts in Washington
The new Trump administration could be coming for your snacks. For years, the federal government has steered clear of regulating junk food, fast food, and ultra-processed food. Now attitudes are…
Trump’s Exit from World Health Organization Undermines U.S. Pandemic Preparedness
BySunita Sohrabji Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University, says the US pullout from the WHO will have a calamitous impact on the country’s ability to tackle public health crises. …
Covered California Hits Record Enrollment, but Key Subsidies in Jeopardy
Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace, has hit a record 1.8 million enrollees and the number could climb higher ahead of a Jan. 31 open enrollment deadline, due in…
Trump’s Return Puts Medicaid on the Chopping Block
Under President Joe Biden, enrollment in Medicaid hit a record high and the uninsured rate reached a record low. Donald Trump’s return to the White House — along with a…
Doctors, Nurses Press Ahead as Wildfires Strain Los Angeles’ Health Care
Aview fromRaviSalgia’s houseon Jan. 7beforethe oncologistand his familyfled tosafetyin lessthansevenminutes. Salgia doesn’t know whether his homeis stillstanding.(Ravi Salgia) by Bernard J. Wolfson and Molly Castle Work and Emily Alpert Reyes,…
Trump’s Return Puts Medicaid on the Chopping Block
By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Under President Joe Biden, enrollment in Medicaid hit a record high and the uninsured rate reached a record low. Donald Trump’s return to the…
Biden Administration Bars Medical Debt From Credit Scores
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington. (J. David Ake/Getty Images) By Noam N. Levey The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday issued new regulations barring medical debts from American…
Caseworkers Coax Homeless People out of Las Vegas’ Tunnels for Treatment
Bryon Johnson (right), a case manager with Shine a Light, walks through a tunnel under the Las Vegas Strip with Nick Freddes, a team leader for the homeless outreach organization. (Angela…
How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic
By Amy Maxmen Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. A livestock veterinarian at the University…
How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic
By Amy Maxmen Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. A livestock veterinarian at the University…
Obamacare Sign-Ups Lag After Trump Election, Legal Challenges
By Julie Appleby New enrollments under the Affordable Care Act are on pace to trail last year’s record numbers by as many as a million as the outgoing Biden administration confronts…