New Mexico’s Democratic lawmakers are vowing urgent action to shore up safety net spending in a top state for participation in Medicaid and federal food assistance, Read MoreContinue Reading
Nick Triggle Health correspondent From today, every GP practice in England will have to offer online appointment bookings throughout the day. The move, ordered by the government, is aimed at reducing the so-called ‘8am scramble’ to get through to practices on the phone. Surgeries will have to provide the serviceContinue Reading
The Environmental Protection Agency faces challenges during a government shutdown, Read MoreContinue Reading
Louisiana’s only two Planned Parenthood locations have closed after 40 years, Read MoreContinue Reading
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances…Read MoreContinue Reading
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The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has brought hundreds of fraud cases in the last five years that are heavily reliant on transactional data with the goal of revoking people’s federal food benefits, Read MoreContinue Reading
A Seattle-area nonprofit group called Community Loaves donates home-baked bread and cookies to food banks in four states, Read MoreContinue Reading
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has fired the prime minister and the rest of his government in response to days of deadly protests in the Indian Ocean island over the failure of the electricity and water supplies, Read MoreContinue Reading
BBC Dave Watson, a triple amputee, is one of more than 2,000 former and serving British military personnel bringing the legal case Thousands of British military personnel have started legal action after being given ear protection they say was faulty and led to life-changing injuries such as tinnitus and deafness.Continue Reading
A new study, released Monday, shows most people who suffer heart attacks or strokes have at least one of four major cardiovascular risk factors beforehand., Read MoreContinue Reading
The United Nations’ human rights office says that violence surrounding youth-led anti-government protests in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar over the past several days has killed at least 22 people, Read MoreContinue Reading
The Hillshire meat company said its recall on tens of millions of pounds of its “meat-on-a-stick” products was due to alleged contamination issues., Read MoreContinue Reading