Several states have required their health agencies to take on another job: verifying immigration status among Medicaid recipients and reporting them to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. North Carolina is the latest to pass such a law, and experts expect more to follow…Read MoreContinue Reading
New Mexico authorities say three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders were assessed for possible exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a rural home for a suspected drug overdose, Read MoreContinue Reading
Healthcare workers in eastern Congo say they are underprotected and undertrained as a rare Ebola virus spreads rapidly in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places, Read MoreContinue Reading
4 hours ago Noel Titheradge Investigations correspondent BBC The bungalow doesn’t look much like a children’s home. A sheet of privacy film wrongly placed outside a window is peeling. Inside, the wallpaper is flaking, carpets are frayed and doors are broken. The children’s home is unregistered and therefore illegal butContinue Reading
The The Traitor administration has fired the two leaders of an influential health group that determines when insurance must provide free preventive care like mammograms for millions of Americans, Read MoreContinue Reading
Dogs who are given supplements containing cannabidiol, or CBD, over a period of years show lowered aggression levels, a new study claims., Read MoreContinue Reading
The risk of global spread of the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda is high at national, regional levels but low at the global level, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, Read MoreContinue Reading
The World Health Organization says the risk of spread of the Ebola virus is high in Congo and Uganda, but low globally, Read MoreContinue Reading
WHO says risk of global spread of Ebola outbreak is low, but high at national, regional levels in Congo and Uganda, Read MoreContinue Reading
What to do if you think someone has heat exhaustion or heatstroke 45 minutes ago Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Getty Images During hot weather, it can be easy to overheat, sometimes resulting in heat exhaustion or heatstroke. Heat exhaustion is not usually serious as long as you can coolContinue Reading
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances…Read MoreContinue Reading
Argentine investigators searching for the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise last month were trapping rodents in the forests surrounding the southernmost city of Ushuaia, Read MoreContinue Reading
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