The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news.
1,041-1,060 of 3,717 results
In the middle of a measles outbreak in 1977, the Los Angeles school system required students to be inoculated or stay out of class. Other school systems followed the practice. Will it work again now that the county is insisting that teens have their shots against covid?
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereâs a collection of their appearances.
The decision does not address the fate of abortion rights nationally, but the justices took up those arguments in a separate case earlier this month that will likely be decided in the summer.
In West Virginia, older residents often go without dental care, and a quarter of people 65 and older have no natural teeth, the highest rate of any state in the country. But a powerful senator from West Virginia, Joe Manchin, has rebuffed efforts to add a dental benefit to Medicare.
A San Francisco-area group that pushes for healthier internet behavior aims to show that being mean isnât sexy and can lead to mental anguish and unsafe sexual encounters.
The fight over covid vaccines continues to intensify, with Republicans on Capitol Hill pushing â with some success â to cancel President Joe Bidenâs âtest regularly or vaccinateâ requirement for private employers. Meanwhile, abortion is not the only health issue before the Supreme Court this term. Joanne Kenen of Politico and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet and Rachel Cohrs of Stat News join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
Accuracy issues raise red flags because the data is used to plan and direct resources in the nationâs continuing response to the covid-19 pandemic.
KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Inside the Black Equity Coalitionâs novel effort to share community health intel and scrape government data to understand â and document â the life-threatening differences between white and Black Pittsburgh.
Fresno County, one of Californiaâs persistent covid-19 hot spots, is experiencing an autumn surge that once again has overwhelmed area hospitals. KHN spoke with Interim Health Officer Dr. Rais Vohra about leading the charge in a region where many people remain anti-mask and vaccine-wary.
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereâs a collection of their appearances.
Experts weigh in as the federal government urges everyone to get boosted amid concerns over omicron, a new covid variant.
A Supreme Court majority appears ready to overturn nearly 50 years of abortion rights, at least judging by the latest round of oral arguments before the justices. And a new covid variant, omicron, gains attention as it spreads around the world. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Blake Farmer of Nashville Public Radio about the latest KHN-NPR âBill of the Monthâ episode.
Hospitals in Montana and Idaho reported threats and harassment from public officials and family members of patients who were denied treatment with a drug not authorized to treat covid-19.
After her son's death by suicide, a mother promotes mental health for environmentalists. It's part of a larger push to address the burnout and psychological stress that can affect activists.
This new variant has set off alarm bells in the public health community, but much remains to be learned about it.
National paid sick leave provisions for covid expired, and an uncertain covid winter is around the corner. Colorado, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh are among the places trying to fill the gap, but many employees still face financial pressure to go to work while sick.
Dr. Susan Massad created a âhealth teamâ after learning she had metastatic breast cancer. These friends and family members help her make difficult decisions and lead the most fulfilling life possible.
President Joe Bidenâs social spending budget is on its way to the U.S. Senate, where Democratic leaders are (optimistically) hoping to complete work by the end of the year. Meanwhile, covid is surging again in parts of the country, along with the political divides it continues to cause. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and Mary Agnes Carey of KHN join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner previews next weekâs Supreme Court abortion oral arguments with Florida State University law professor Mary Ziegler.
You probably wonât be testing everyone at your Thanksgiving table for covid because the tests are expensive and hard to find. Why? The federal government is partly to blame.
© 2026 51ÊÓÆ”