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California lawmakers are debating whether to tighten the rules on childhood vaccinations and give the ultimate say to state public health officials. But questions are emerging from unexpected quarters: the state medical board and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The widespread availability of naloxone, which reverses overdoses, has radically changed the culture of opioid use on the streets, giving drug users a sense of security and inducing them to seek out the more powerful high of the synthetic opioid fentanyl.
Supporters of the rule say it would strengthen health care professionals鈥 freedom of conscience, but opponents say it 鈥渆mpowers bad actors to be bad actors.鈥
Boomers are aging reluctantly but, for the most part, gracefully. Many even have found the secret to shaving a decade or more off their physical age.
Across the nation, public health departments are redirecting scarce resources to try to control the spread of measles. Their success relies on shoe-leather detective work that is one of the great untold costs of the measles resurgence.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
The scientific use of tissue from aborted fetuses has frequently been a hot point of contention between anti-abortion forces and researchers. It heats up again as federal officials announced this week they were ending NIH research using the tissue.
Children are spending more time on their devices than ever before, despite evidence that excessive screen time puts their minds and bodies at risk. Parents should set limits and stick to them 鈥 and also change their own online behavior, experts say.
School psychologists provide the first line of treatment for children with mental health issues. Quantifying the shortage depends on who鈥檚 counting.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
The FDA reveals that 56,000 malfunctions associated with surgical staplers weren鈥檛 reported through its traditional public reporting system.
For our 100th episode, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Jen Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times and Sandhya Ramen of CQ Roll Call join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to take a deep dive into the abortion debate, discussing everything from the latest news to the history of the Supreme Court鈥檚 jurisprudence as well as how states are trying to further expand or restrict abortion rights and access. Also, Rovner interviews KHN鈥檚 Lauren Weber about the latest 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 installment.
Group prenatal visits are catching on 鈥 they save money and reduce the risk of premature births. It turned out to be the best decision one couple made during their pregnancy.
An array of products 鈥 from mattresses and sensors to sleep trackers and apps 鈥 are catching consumers鈥 attention. But privacy experts are concerned about what becomes of all the personal information these products collect.
A frank conversation with geriatrician and author Dr. Louise Aronson about medicine鈥檚 biased treatment of older adults and what needs to change.
As states struggle to respond to the national drug crisis, officials around the country are watching Oklahoma. The state's attorney general says opioid drugmakers helped ignite a health crisis that has killed thousands of residents.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss the latest Democratic efforts to push 鈥淢edicare for All鈥 in the U.S. House. They also review new initiatives to raise the federal minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21 and new lawsuits challenging the Trump administration鈥檚 actions on reproductive health. Also, for extra credit, the panelists suggest their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.
For Central American migrants who follow U.S. government rules for pursuing asylum, conditions on the Mexican side of the border are sweltering, filled with anxiety and illness. Few people have a clear timetable for when it will get any better.
A former farmworker, now a doctor, runs two clinics in California鈥檚 Central Valley providing care 鈥 often free of charge 鈥 for migrants who don鈥檛 have money and are deeply worried about the federal government鈥檚 hard-line stance on immigration.
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