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KHN Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony is interviewed on Illinois Public Media鈥檚 鈥淭he 21st鈥 by Niala Boodhoo about how black pharmacists are helping fill a void for African American patients seeking culturally competent care.
Enrollment among undocumented immigrant children in California鈥檚 Medicaid program started strong before stagnating and then falling. Although this decline is similar to an enrollment decline among all children in Medicaid nationwide, experts believe there are different reasons behind it.
The Affordable Care Act is again being put to the test after a lower court judge ruled the massive health law unconstitutional. Could the case ricochet back to the Supreme Court in the throes of the 2020 presidential campaign season?
A national trend of boozeless bars is cropping up nationwide to create social spaces without the hangovers, DUIs and alcoholism culture. It鈥檚 part of a new push for sober options.
In today鈥檚 era of DIY doctoring, medical advice abounds. The vital question: Whose advice can you trust? Take this tongue-in-cheek quiz to distinguish the 鈥渞eal鈥 doctors from the 鈥減osers.鈥
KHN filed multiple Freedom of Information Act requests over months, and the FDA responded Wednesday saying the data about device malfunctions is now publicly available online.
After a wave of Democratic women were elected in 2018, Maine joins the handful of states that are shoring up the right to an abortion ahead of expected Supreme Court challenges.
Only 41.5% of internal medicine positions were filled by U.S.-trained fourth-year students getting traditional medical degrees, the lowest share on record. Similar trends were seen this year in family medicine and pediatrics.
Need to know more about 鈥淢edicare for All?鈥 It鈥檚 a top issue in the Democratic presidential primary campaign. This holiday week, we are rerunning our explainer on the subject. But first, KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 host Julie Rovner talks to KHN鈥檚 Shefali Luthra about how health played out in the first Democratic candidate debates last week.
The Medical Board of California is investigating at least four doctors for issuing questionable vaccine exemptions for numerous children. The investigations come amid the nation鈥檚 worst measles outbreak in more than a quarter-century.
Florida has struggled for years with opioid overdoses 鈥 and the highest rate of HIV infection in the U.S. Lawmakers now hope needle exchanges and a “harm reduction” approach could help save lives.
A new law took effect Monday that requires anyone buying ammunition in California to undergo a background check at the time of each purchase. Public health leaders hope this, and other provisions of Proposition 63, will help reduce the rate of gun violence.
The doctors鈥 group, which had not been very vocal in recent years on the issue, is taking an assertive stance. The AMA said North Dakota鈥檚 laws interfere with doctor-patient relationships.
As the rural town of Fort Scott, Kan., grapples with the closure of its hospital, cancer patients face new challenges as they try to continue their treatments in different locations.
Medicaid pays for mentoring of mental health patients by 鈥減eer supporters,鈥 but only if they are state-certified. California is one of two states with no certification program. Legislation pending in Sacramento would change that 鈥 if the governor backs it.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.
A draft plan spearheaded by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would allow the federal government for the first time to negotiate prices for 250 drugs for Medicare and apply those prices to all payers, including employers and insurers.
More than 10% of residents in 12 California counties don鈥檛 have safe drinking water, according to a California Healthline analysis of state water data. State lawmakers have pledged $130 million a year to help bring clean drinking water to Californians who need it.
Colorado, Florida and Vermont 鈥 with the support of President Donald Trump 鈥 are exploring plans to bring drugs across the border from Canada to help lower costs.
