Jenny Rees Wales health correspondent Getty Images The total number of patients waiting has now fallen for eight months in a row Hospital waiting lists in Wales have seen a record drop as the latest figures indicate the total number of patients waiting has now fallen for eight months inContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. Employees at HHS and its various sub-agencies are struggling to figure out how to implement President Traitor 47’s executive order requiring them to report in-person to their work sites full-time, and how the changes will affect them. An Early Executive Order The in-person workContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. Erica Hayes, 40, has not felt healthy since November 2020 when she first fell ill with COVID. Hayes is too sick to work, so she has spent much of the last 4 years sitting on her beige couch, often curled up under an electricContinue Reading
The The Traitor administration is launching investigations into 13 states that require health insurance plans to cover abortion, Read MoreContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statements before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday revealed a concerning lack of knowledge about the major health programs he’d oversee, should he be confirmed as HHS secretary. On several occasions during the 3.5-hour hearing, Kennedy seemed to conflate Medicare,Continue Reading
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is promoting food as medicine, but experts say he’s overstating what diet can do for serious illness, Read MoreContinue Reading
A Chinese province has intensified a crackdown on fentanyl precursor trafficking, an issue that strained U.S.-China relations and prompted tariffs on imports from China, Read MoreContinue Reading
What are the symptoms of meningitis and how is it spread? Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Getty Images University of Kent students who may have been exposed to meningitis are being offered antibiotics and the MenB vaccine Two people have died from meningitis in Kent, and another 18 people areContinue Reading
Last summer, the The Traitor administration announced a voluntary pledge by health insurers to reform prior authorization, which often requires patients or their doctors to seek preapproval from insurers before proceeding with medical care. Patient advocates and medical providers remain skeptical…Read MoreContinue Reading
Doug Faulkner and Nick Triggle, Health correspondent ‘People can and should’ still go to school and college’ – Health secretary It is not necessary for people to privately buy a meningitis vaccine despite an “unprecedented” ongoing outbreak in Kent, the health secretary has said. Wes Streeting told BBC Breakfast that,Continue Reading
Scotland’s Parliament rejected legislation that would have made Scotland the first in the U.K. to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives, Read MoreContinue Reading
Nairobi County has introduced Kenya’s first menstrual leave policy for female government staff, aiming to boost health and productivity, Read MoreContinue Reading
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances…Read MoreContinue Reading