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In his first days in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on gender that affects transgender health care. The order aims to directly limit care for trans people incarcerated in federal prisons, but the broader implications on health aren't clear-cut.
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1 day ago · Stay tuned for our new weekly edition, The Week in Brief, coming today.Each Friday, we’ll give you a fresh take on one of our top stories. Plus, we’ll recap our social media coverage and our award-winning KFF Health News journalism.
US To Leave World Health Organization Next January; WHO …
1 day ago · The Washington Post explains how the moves could alter global health and politics. Meanwhile, WHO leaders insist there is time to negotiate with the United States. The United States will exit the World Health Organization on Jan. 22, 2026, Reuters reported Jan. 23. The planned exit comes after ...
Long-Covid Patients Are Frustrated That Federal Research Hasn't …
3 days ago · Erica Hayes holds a box where she keeps the medical supplies she needs to manage her long-covid symptoms, which include chronic fatigue, an irregular heart rate, low blood pressure, hives, migraines, and internal tremors. (Sarah Boden for KFF Health News) Erica Hayes, 40, has not felt healthy since ...
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3 days ago · California and Massachusetts are teaching immigrants their rights while Florida and Texas are collecting patients’ immigration status. As states offer differing guidelines for interacting with immigrant patients, hospitals around the U.S. say they won’t turn people away for care because of their immigration status.
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Jan. 9. This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Small interventions at the doctor’s office, such as removing a splinter, can be billed as surgeries, and billing problems with the Indian Health Service are leaving Native American communities with significantly higher medical debt than the national average.
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Can Medical Schools Funnel More Doctors Into the Primary Care …
Jan 13, 2025 · More medical schools say they will no longer charge tuition, in hopes that more students, graduating free of debt, will choose lower-paying primary care careers. But evidence suggests it will take a lot more than a free ride to replenish the primary care pipeline.
Primary Care Disrupted - KFF Health News
Jun 28, 2023 · Featured Stories Featured Video As States Pass Abortion Bans, OB-GYNs Stage an Exodus KFF Health News senior correspondent Sarah Varney traveled to Idaho to produce a segment in partnership with PBS NewsHour on OB-GYNs leaving the state after it passed a strict abortion ban. More Stories from the Project Credits Reporters Michelle AndrewsJulie ApplebyLynn Arditi, […]
What’s at Stake: A Pivotal Election for Six Big Health Issues
Nov 1, 2024 · Trump and his campaign have been vague about plans on health care policies, though current and former Trump aides have published blueprints that go well beyond reversing programs in force under the Biden administration, to overhauling public health agencies and enabling Trump to quickly fire officials who disagree.. Harris, on the other hand, has staked out positions primarily preserving and ...