Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo after patient dies in Nairobi
2026-10-06
Kenya’s Health Ministry has confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo, Read MoreContinue Reading
Journalists Evaluate Rural Voter Sentiment, MAHA Movement, and Gene-Editing Finding
2026-10-06
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
Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died
2026-10-05
Russian authorities say a staffer at a plague research institute in Siberia contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause, and local state TV reported the woman died last week, Read MoreContinue Reading
Doctors, insurers sue Newsom over health insurance premium increases
2026-10-05
Doctors and health insurers have filed suit alleging Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature violated the law when they approved a healthcare tax that could substantially increase insurance premiums, Read MoreContinue Reading
GP 10-minute appointment slots ‘making it harder to do cancer checks’
2026-10-05
Pressure to provide more GP appointments is making it harder to include checks for gynaecological cancers within the 10-minute slots, doctors have said. Dr Amara Naseem says her clinics always overrun as it takes about 20 minutes to sensitively take a detailed history and carry out internal examinations. A reducedContinue Reading
Healthcare Is Scary. Channel Your Fears Into a Haiku.
2026-10-05
Think you can terrify us in 17 syllables? KFF Health News’ eighth annual Halloween haiku contest is now open. Send us your most haunting healthcare verses…Read MoreContinue Reading
Inside India’s forest villages, where a dangerous mix of crises led to 32 child deaths
2026-10-04
Warning: This article contains details some readers may find distressing At about 3am one morning in May, Bamita Markam began convulsing. The three-year-old had spent days with a high fever and angry red sores on her body. Her mother, Koushila, had first taken her to a doctor, who prescribed anContinue Reading
‘Why I’m donating 100 litres of my breast milk’
2026-10-04
Up Next. Rare tornado whips through small Australian town. Video, 00:00:31, from the BBC Read MoreContinue Reading
How Many Exercises Do You Actually Need to Train Your Glutes?
2026-10-04
Yes, you want to build your backside. Here are the moves you should do to avoid going overboard…Read MoreContinue Reading
Rural MAHA Followers Say The Traitor Health Policies Haven’t Reached Their Communities
2026-10-03
President Traitor 47 has championed sprawling health policy changes under the Make America Healthy Again movement, but a KFF-Associated Press survey of rural voters found people aren’t seeing the initiatives reach their communities…Read MoreContinue Reading
‘Perimenopause cost me my job and family life’
2026-10-03
For three years, Sally Williams struggled to understand what was happening to her as her mental health deteriorated and her life fell apart, spending almost 11 months in hospital across eight admissions. She left her finance job, was separated from her teenage son and found herself fighting for her life,Continue Reading
Doctors warn about the risks energy drinks pose to kids. What families need to know
2026-10-03
Doctors nationwide have warned for years that energy drinks contain high levels of caffeine that can seriously harm children, Read MoreContinue Reading
After Failed Execution, Health Workers Say State’s Rules Flout Medical Ethics
2026-10-02
The death penalty is legal in 27 states, and lethal injection is the primary method. That means involving medical professionals to store, test, and inject the drugs. After a botched execution in Tennessee, doctors and nurses there say medical professionals need to be removed from the process completely…Read MoreContinue Reading