KFF Health News
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#DAILYEDITION : California’s population is celebrating its first increase since 2020 — with a net gain of 67,000 residents last year. Officials attributed the rise to a growth in the natural population, the return of mortality rates to long-term trends... californiahealthline.org/morning-briefi…
Pollution is so bad in southwest Memphis that even though a plant that emits a toxic gas planned to close shop, people have been hesitant to celebrate. It’s still a pollution “cesspool,” one environmental advocate said.
Georgia Health News reports. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/t…
Starting today, the window in which women can get an abortion in Florida was reduced from 15 weeks to six. The shift leaves women in much of the South with little or no access to abortion clinics.
Chris O'Donnell reports for Tampa Bay Times & KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article/f…
😍Thrilled with our comic showing risks of Covid infection in a cute neighborhood cafe in NYC.
Numbers calculated w/World Health Organization (WHO)'s new online tool, ARIA.
Art by the incredible Oona Tempest KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article/a…
PT 1...
Today is my 10th anniversary at KFF Health News! What's the biggest change in the nation's health care system in the past decade?
Good morning! Here are some health headlines from today's #MorningBriefing :
- Biennial Breast Cancer Screening Should Start At 40, Task Force Suggests
- Florida's Abortion Ban After 6 Weeks Now In Effect
Read more: kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefi…
NEW: Oregon sends AC units, power banks to #Medicaid patients to ready them for #climatechange .
Samantha Young reports. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/o…
NEW: The WHO says inhalation of pathogens, not the spewing of short-range droplets, is responsible for most airborne transmission of respiratory viruses. Now the CDC must decide whether to take the next steps to prevent it.
Amy Maxmen, PhD reports. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/a…
Today's H5N1 situation highlights the constant possibility of another airborne epidemic.
Policymakers should pay attention to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report on how airborne diseases spread. It looks as tho CDC may not act on it.
My latest KFF Health News / NBC News nbcnews.com/health/health-…
There are nearly two dozen mostly small cities across the U.S. where the U.S. EPA said medical device sterilizing plants emit a toxic gas at high enough levels to increase a person’s risk of developing cancer.
📝: Georgia Health News, KFF Health News & USA TODAY: usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
The Department of Veterans Affairs has long given Vietnam veterans disability compensation for illness connected to Agent Orange. But those exposed to the chemicals at US bases are still waiting for the same benefits.
#Health202 analysis by Hannah Norman: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/h…
Teenagers who regularly puff away on their vape throughout the day could be exposing their bodies to potentially toxic metals.
Read more in our #MorningBriefing : kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefi…
NEW: In this episode of An Arm and a Leg, host @danweissmann explores what the fallout from a cyberattack says about antitrust concerns in health care. kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/t…
NEW: UnitedHealthcare said Smith-Collins’ out-of-network surgery would be “covered,” then it later told him it didn’t owe the reimbursement he had counted on.
After KFF Health News' Katheryn Houghton began reporting, he received a reimbursement. #BilloftheMonth
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