Healthcare is moving toward models that reward outcomes, continuity, and population health management, yet disparities in access to specialized care continue to persist. And while community hospitals are central to…
India has recently introduced a new injectable immunotherapy treatment for lung cancer that can be given in just seven minutes. Unlike traditional intravenous (IV) immunotherapy, which may take hours in…
Immigrant detainees have told courts across the nation that detention officials have failed to treat or stabilize their conditions, from pregnancy to prostate cancer, suggesting that systemic lapses in care…
The Family and Medical Leave Act gives eligible employees up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave for caregiving. But the federal policy has noteworthy limitations. The HealthQ team explains.
More than 180 rural hospitals in the United States have closed since 2005, according to the Chartis Center for Rural Health, while providers spend over $25 billion annually on claims…
Many telehealth companies have emerged in recent years offering easy access to GLP-1 weight loss drugs as demand has exploded. Meanwhile, researchers and doctors are concerned that some of these…
Infectious disease specialists say the viruses are unlikely to become pandemics, but some are still raising concerns about the federal health response and what it portends should a pandemic similar…
Patients’ experiences encapsulate breakdowns in a healthcare system that traps patients in debt. The industry’s key players blame one another.
KFF Health News' editor-at-large for public health discussed peptides, colorectal cancer screening, and Ebola in TV appearances this week.
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