The former husband of a Massachusetts mother has returned to the witness stand in her murder trial to testify about the day she killed their three children, Read MoreContinue Reading
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances…Read MoreContinue Reading
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of the first hematopoietic stem cell transplant therapy to treat patients with rare but severe aplastic anemia., Read MoreContinue Reading
A multidisciplinary medical team in Peru successfully managed an ectopic pregnancy in which a placenta adhered to the mother’s liver was delivered as a full-term baby after 40 weeks of gestation., Read MoreContinue Reading
Aoísha O’Neill, 18, who is Pearse’s sister says establishing a dedicated minister for women’s safety and health at Stormont would bring together women’s issues “so they can be tackled in a more efficient way”. It would be similar to the minister for women and equalities at Westminster, or the deputyContinue Reading
Ugandan authorities have declared the country “free” of Ebola after the last patient was discharged in mid-June, Read MoreContinue Reading
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has surpassed 3,200 cases, Read MoreContinue Reading
Eimear, Pearse, Aoísha and Devyn from Ballycastle want to see a change in how women are protected in NI., from the BBC Read MoreContinue Reading
Bill Cassidy of Louisiana chairs the Senate’s health committee. In an interview with KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner, he discusses the drug supply, his proposal to defray out-of-pocket costs, and his controversial vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary…Read MoreContinue Reading
A key U.S. government report on mental health, substance use and addiction shows continued improvements in several metrics, especially among young people, Read MoreContinue Reading
There is no “strong independent evidence” that a monitoring system used widely in mental health wards has improved patient safety, an inquiry has heard. The Lampard Inquiry is examining the deaths of more than 2,000 mental health patients in Essex over a 24-year period. The inquiry had previously heard “graveContinue Reading
A Massachusetts woman has gone on trial in a case in which her lawyers are expected to argue that postpartum issues were the reason she killed her three children, Read MoreContinue Reading
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to, and that has been adopted around the world, Read MoreContinue Reading