Watch: Thinking Big in Public Health, Inspired by the End of Smallpox
A conversation about how the lessons from the victory over smallpox could be applied to public health challenges today.
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Watch: In Emergencies, First Comes the Ambulance. Then Comes the Bill.
This installment of InvestigateTV and 吃瓜不打烊' 鈥淐ostly Care鈥 series delves into the lack of cost protections for patients who find themselves on the hook for an emergency ground ambulance ride.
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How the Texas Trial Changed the Story of Abortion Rights in America
Stark, plaintive testimony from women denied abortion care represents the start of 鈥渢he 50-year fight to get rid of Dobbs,鈥 one historian says.
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Watch: Payback for the Opioid Crisis: How Did the Sackler Family Skirt Liability?
吃瓜不打烊 senior correspondent Aneri Pattani appeared on PBS NewsHour to discuss the ruling surrounding drugmaker Purdue Pharma's role in the opioid crisis and her reporting into the ongoing distribution of opioid settlement funds.
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Watch: 5th Circuit Judges Question Two-Decade-Old Approval of Abortion Pill
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case brought by conservative Christian abortion opponents seeking to revoke FDA approval of mifepristone, a medication used in more than half of abortions in the U.S.
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After Idaho鈥檚 Strict Abortion Ban, OB-GYNs Stage a Quick Exodus
At least two Idaho hospitals are ending labor and delivery services, with one citing the state鈥檚 鈥渓egal and political climate鈥 and noting that 鈥渞ecruiting replacements will be extraordinarily difficult鈥 as doctors leave.
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Watch: Rulings on Abortion Pill Have Far-Reaching Repercussions
Sarah Varney, a senior correspondent for KHN, joins Ali Rogin of PBS NewsHour to discuss the ruling by a federal judge in Texas that threatens nationwide access to the widely used abortion drug mifepristone, and a separate ruling in Washington state that reached the opposite conclusion.
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Sen. Sanders Shows Fire, but Seeks Modest Goals, in His Debut Drug Hearing as Health Chair
The Vermont independent and former presidential candidate was all fire and brimstone at his first hearing on drug prices as head of the Senate HELP Committee. He also pursued a more modest goal of covid vaccine price reductions. It isn鈥檛 clear whether Sanders will succeed in even that, but he has put affordability front and center.
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Judge Signals He Could Rule to Halt Sales of Common Abortion Pill
A U.S. District Court case is being widely followed because the judge鈥檚 decision could overturn the FDA鈥檚 approval of mifepristone two decades ago. With abortion rights polling well even in red states, anti-abortion activists are increasingly turning to the courts to achieve their aims.
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Girls in Texas Could Get Birth Control at Federal Clinics, Until a Christian Father Objected
A Donald Trump-appointed federal judge agreed that even the possibility that the father鈥檚 daughters might access contraception without his permission violated the tenants of his Christian faith.
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Watch: Emergency Room Turns Simple Injury Into a Big Bill
This installment of InvestigateTV and KHN鈥檚 鈥淐ostly Care鈥 series looks at the case of a New Orleans woman whose thumb injury saddled her with a big ER bill for a tetanus shot and some minor care.
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Watch: Walgreens Won’t Sell Abortion Pill in 21 States Under GOP Threat of Legal Action
Under pressure from Republican attorneys general, the nation's second-largest pharmacy chain says it will not dispense the abortion pill mifepristone.
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One Texas Judge Will Decide Fate of Abortion Pill Used by Millions of American Women
鈥淲hat happens in Texas doesn't stay in Texas,鈥 warns an abortion rights advocate bracing for a district judge鈥檚 ruling on whether the abortion pill mifepristone was properly authorized by the FDA. His decision could force the medication off the U.S. market.
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Watch: In Insurers鈥 Eyes, Not All Midwives Are Equal
The first installment of InvestigateTV and KHN鈥檚 鈥淐ostly Care鈥 series explores one California mother鈥檚 experience struggling to get reimbursed for midwifery care and the differences between providers that may determine whether insurance covers them.
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Watch: Covid Increases Risk of Heart Problems, New Data Underlines
C茅line Gounder, KHN editor-at-large for public health, discusses new data showing an excess of deaths in 2020 related to heart disease.
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Watch: Fifty Years after 鈥楻oe,鈥 Abortion Rights Battle Shifts to the States
On the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we asked people across the U.S. what the abrupt upending of abortion rights has meant to them, and we lay out the stakes in the battles ahead.
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Watch: Anti-Abortion Activists Rally in DC in a Watershed Moment for Their Movement
Friday鈥檚 annual March for Life rally in Washington, D.C., held for the first time since Roe v. Wade was overturned, signals a new chapter in the anti-abortion movement.
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Watch: Patient Sent to Collections for Surgery She Never Had
KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss how difficult a clerical error can be to fix and how patients can respond if it happens to them.
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Seasonal Cooks鈥 Secret Sauce: Heaping Nutrition and Cultural Zest
Two 鈥渘utrition ambassadors鈥 from Oldways, an organization that makes tradition and pride centerpiece ingredients in food education, invite KHN into their kitchens for a peek at A Taste of African Heritage dishes to accompany holiday celebrations.
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After Tuition, Books, and Room and Board, Colleges鈥 Rising Health Fees Hit a Nerve
Many colleges require students to have health insurance coverage, and the college option can be costly. In addition, some schools mandate that students pay a fee to cover health services on campus.