Health

A State Gave Sheriffs 20% of Its Opioid Settlement Cash. We Followed the Money.

KFF Health News worked with three Louisiana news outlets — The Current, Gulf States Newsroom, and Verite News — to ask all 64 sheriffs in the state how they’ve spent their opioid settlement funds...

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$50B Rural Health Transformation Program Needs More Transparency, Groups Say

One year into its creation, a $50 billion federal program aimed at improving rural healthcare lacks transparency, which could make it difficult to protect against fraud, identify successful project...

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Pumpkin Spice Is Back. Healthy Swaps for the Starbucks 2026 Fall Menu

Starbucks has launched its 2026 fall menu. There are healthy swaps you can make to still enjoy your favorite drink. Image Credit: Starbucks The Starbucks Fall 2026 menu includes the return...

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The Lights Are Back On in Gary, Indiana

Last night, NIPSCO, an Indiana utility company that provides electricity to half a million people in the northern part of the state, finally made the deadline for restoring power to the city ...

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Tim Curry, Star of ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ Other Iconic Films, Dies at 80

Actor Tim Curry attends the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at Los Angeles City Hall on October 30, 2015, in Los Angeles, CA. Phot...

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In Toss-Up House District, Voters Crave Leadership To Fix Broken Healthcare

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Carlos A. grew up in a family on Medicaid, which made healthcare an afterthought since the public insurance is free for low-income enrollees. But when he received a raise two ...

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Her Breast MRI Was Approved, But That Didn’t Mean Her Insurance Would Pay

Last year, Stephanie Halver’s primary care doctor consulted a risk assessment tool to calculate her chances of one day developing breast cancer. Halver, now 43, remembered the likelihood “popped up...

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Trump Puts Autistic Kids in the Spotlight and Cuts Agencies Built To Protect Them

At Chain of Lakes Elementary School in Winter Haven, Florida, Josette Smith’s 9-year-old son, Ethan, gets to do what he loves most: crafts, math, and science. That is, when he isn’t being pulled ou...

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More American Families Are Refusing Vaccines

As millions of children around the country start another school year, they’ll be confronting new classes, new teachers, and, inevitably, a new slate of germs. And this fall, they’ll be more vulnera...

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Dolly Parton, Country Music Legend, Actor, and Humanitarian, Dies at 80

Dolly Parton speaks onstage during Kicking Off CMA Fest: A Special Conversation With Dolly Parton Hosted By Rachel Smith at Music City Center on June 06, 2024, in Nashville, TN. Photo by Terry Wyat...

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Football is dangerous. Parents are finally steering their kids away from it.

When the NFL season kicks off next month, millions of Americans will gather around their televisions to watch athletes of comic book proportions crash into each other at breathtaking...

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Early Menopause May Lead to Faster Onset of Alzheimer's Disease, Cognitive Decline

Recent research shows that entering menopause early may lead to faster cognitive decline and an earlier onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Kathrin Ziegler · DigitalVision/Getty Earlier menopaus...

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Lindsay Clancy case: forensic psychologist testifies that an 18-minute hallucination that lasts as long as 3 murders is not psychosis

Lindsay Clancy did not have acute psychosis when she killed her three children but rather took their lives so they wouldn’t “suffer” after she took her own life, a forensic psychologist testified M...

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