Health Journalists Visit Conservative Georgia District and Weigh AI Bioweapon Threat
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
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Angle Health Secures $600M at $2.7B Valuation to Scale AI-Native Small Business Health Plans
What You Should Know Angle Health, an AI-native healthcare benefits platform designed for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), announced a $600M equity financing transaction at a $2.7 billion valuation. The…
Healthcare’s Semantic AI Blind Spot: Why LLMs Cannot Replace Deterministic Data Infrastructure
Healthcare AI has reached an inflection point. AI is rapidly moving from isolated demonstrations to production systems embedded in clinical, operational, and research workflows. A new generation of AI applications…
Harris Poll Reveals 70% of Gen Z Healthcare Workers Eye Departure as U.S. Faces 500,000-Worker Shortage
What You Should Know The 2026 Healthcare Workforce Barometer, conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of Strategic Education, Inc. and its subsidiary Workforce Edge, surveyed 1,514 full-time direct…
Sticker Shock at the Doctor’s Office Could Motivate Midterm Voters
Steep jumps in health insurance premiums and deductibles are top of mind for many voters heading into midterm elections. KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner explains how rising…
The Drugs and Devices Have Been on the Market for Years. But FDA-Ordered Studies Still Aren’t Done.
To get drugs and devices out faster, the FDA lets companies conduct studies of safety or efficacy after the products are approved. In many cases, such “postmarket” studies are behind…
Cost-Saving Medicaid Meal Deliveries Threatened by Cuts, Policy Uncertainty
An experiment to provide meals to some Medicaid recipients shows food can be cost-effective medicine. But even as federal officials tout the power of nutrition, Medicaid budget cuts could lead…
How HonorHealth Embeds Qventus AI Teammates to Automate EHR Workflows
What You Should Know Arizona-based nonprofit health system HonorHealth (operating nine acute-care hospitals, an extensive medical group, and outpatient networks across Greater Phoenix) has expanded its enterprise partnership with automated…
Healthcare AI’s Decision Intelligence Mandate: Turning Predictive Analytics into Timely Clinical and Operational Action
For years, healthcare leaders have asked if artificial intelligence can predict what will happen next, such as who might be readmitted, which patients could get worse, where resources are needed,…
Ferry Health Emerges from Stealth with $9M to Automate Patient Appointment Scheduling
What You Should Know Ferry Health emerged from stealth, securing $9M in seed funding to deploy an autonomous, agentic AI personal assistant that handles complex healthcare logistics for patients. The…