Health

Journalists Detail Data on Suicide, Primary Care Shortages, and Gun Violence

KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed Louisiana sheriffs’ spending of opioid settlement payouts on Attitude With Arnie Arnesen on Sept. 1. Pattani also discussed addr...

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The AI Pandemic Isn’t On Its Way

Last month, a team of scientists published a high-profile paper describing how they’d taught an AI model to help produce brand-new, deadly viruses. The AI—a “genome-language model” trained on DNA s...

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Love Your Coffee Piping Hot? It May Raise Your Esophageal Cancer Risk

Drinking coffee or tea at very high temperatures could triple your risk of esophageal cancer, researchers say. alvarez/E+/Getty Images Researchers have found a possible link between drinki...

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Indigenous Groups Are Exempt From Medicaid Work Rules, but Native Hawaiians Aren’t

WAIANAE, Hawai‘i — Native Hawaiians will need to comply with new work requirements to qualify for Medicaid after being excluded from exemptions carved out for other Indigenous groups, an omission t...

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Readers Wrestle With Healthcare Inequalities and Want a Word With Congress

Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. Imbalance of Power — And Hea...

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The Los Angeles Rams Are Trying to Defeat Time

Usually, when the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams play, it’s a relatively short commute. But this evening, the teams will kick off the NFL’s first-ever regular-season game in Australia...

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Infectious diseases will seed new ground as the planet warms — here's where they'll spread

Burning UpAs the planet warms, our environment will be transformed, but so will our bodies. In this series, we investigate the health impacts of climate change, fo...

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Even Low Light Exposure During Sleep May Raise Your Risk of Heart Failure, AFib

A new study suggests that light exposure during sleep could raise the risk of cardiovascular disease. Yana Iskayeva/Moment/Getty Images New research shows that even dim light during sleep ...

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What the Aftermath of 9/11 Taught Me

“But is it clean?” asked Elizabeth Berger, a 41-year-old mother of two. It was five months after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and Berger was testifying at a Senate field hearing on ...

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Nearly 1 in 3 Women in Their 20s Have Never Had a Cervical Screening

According to recent research, nearly 32% of females in their 20s have never had a cervical screening. MoMo Productions · DigitalVision/Getty Recent research found that nearly 1 in 3 women ...

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Lawsuit claims sexualized 'torture' of hockey players at U-M

Sexualized abuse akin to "torture" became the norm in ritualistic hazing among members of the University of Michigan's men's hockey team from 1984 to 2001, according to a new federal lawsuit filed ...

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When a Friend Becomes a Caregiver

For several years, Nicole Straight and Patricia Wood, who lived across the street from each other in Sausalito, California, were more neighbors than friends, exchanging sociable greetings and occas...

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Rural Americans Wait After Judge Delivers Mixed Ruling on Digital Equity Dollars

A federal judge in July gave digital equity advocates a partial victory against President Donald Trump, stopping his attempt to unilaterally kill a multibillion-dollar grant program Congress create...

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Planning a K-Beauty Trip? What a Top Aesthetic Doctor Says to Look for Before Booking

Dr. Heewon Suh, a physician and renowned Korean aesthetic medicine expert, assesses a patient’s skin at her clinic in Seoul, Korea. Photo credit: Cheongdam Circle Clinic “Glass skin” has b...

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Healthy Diet and Fitness Program May Improve Prostate Cancer Outcomes

An enhanced diet and exercise program may support men during prostate cancer treatment, according to a new study. Maki Nakamura/DigitalVision/Getty Images Researchers say a monitored progr...

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Three Women Jurors Break Cover In Lindsay Clancy Case, Reveal Explosive Arguments With Male Holdout

After seven days and hours of deliberations ended without a verdict last week in the Lindsay Clancy trial, three female jurors have now broken their silence about the heated disagreement that left ...

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Best Nonfiction Books of the Century So Far

Narrowing down the best nonfiction books of the century so far was no easy feat. Not only is the category broad, but the popularity of true stories has greatly increased over the last 26 years. In ...

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A NY Hospital Tried To Close Its Birthing Center. This City United To Fight Back.

TROY, N.Y. — Like many residents of this aging industrial city on the Hudson River, Starletta Washington was stunned when she heard Troy’s last remaining hospital planned to close its birth...

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Nonprofits Are Helping Musicians Pay for Insurance in Austin, Texas, and Beyond

AUSTIN, Texas — Musician Zack Morgan jokes that when he lost his corporate job in 2015, it was like being pushed off a cliff. For years, he said, he’d been playing both sides of the Austin coin: te...

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Democrats Demand Trump Administration Halt Collection of Patients’ ER Records

A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling for the Trump administration to suspend a new surveillance program it quietly launched to collect the personal and identifiable health data of Americans w...

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Drinking Alcohol Raises Cancer Risk. Is Any Amount Safe for Health?

Research shows that alcohol consumption can raise your risk of cancer and other health conditions, as well as alcohol-related cancer death. Krit of Studio OMG · Moment/Getty Recent researc...

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