Health

Sick of Fighting Insurers, Hospitals Offer Their Own Medicare Advantage Plans

Ever since Larry Wilkewitz retired more than 20 years ago from a wood products company, he’s had a commercial Medicare Advantage plan from the insurer Humana. But two year...

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An Arm and a Leg: Charity-Care Nonprofit Scales Up and Doubles Down

As premium payments for Affordable Care Act insurance plans soar and cuts to Medicaid start to affect hospitals and patients, many people in 2026 will need help paying medical bills. And charity ca...

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To-Go Coffee Cups Release Thousands of Microplastics: How to Stay Safe

Research shows that to-go coffee cups can release microplastics, depending on the temperature of the beverage. Image credit: Vradiy Art/Stocksy A new study found that heat influences the a...

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And Just Like That... Sarah Jessica Parker Realized Her Vision Was Changing

Sarah Jessica Parker says she won’t let age-related blurry vision get in the way of her love for reading. Photography courtesy of Lenz Therapeutics Sarah Jessica Parker reveals how she is ...

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The $20,000 longevity weekend for those who recognize that more time is the ultimate luxury

On my first day at Canyon Ranch’s $20,000 four-day Longevity8 retreat in November, the schedule sounded dauntingly packed: I received a list of appointments with doctors and wellness specialists ...

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Journalists Mine News for Insights on Tylenol, Obamacare Credits, and Rural Health Funding

Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed a year of changes at the Department of Health and Human Services and its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on ...

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What TV Gets Wrong About CPR and Why It Matters

Television shows often show CPR incorrectly or with outdated methods. Image Credit: Francesco Carta fotografo/Getty Images A recent analysis by the University of Pittsburgh found that scri...

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Colorectal Cancer Is Now Leading Cause of Cancer Deaths in People Under 50

Colorectal cancer is now the top cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, according to a new report. Thomas Northcut/Getty Images Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of ...

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Dems See Opportunities in Republican Embrace of MAHA Movement

There’s a lot going on in Washington right now. While President Donald Trump has been grabbing for Greenland, he’s also talked in the White House about health policy — whether it’s the Rural Health...

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Heart Disease Deaths Decline, but Remain Leading Cause of Death in U.S.

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, while stroke has climbed to the fourth main cause. Busà Photography/Getty Images Deaths from heart disease and stroke...

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A Chance to Learn What Urban Fire Does to the Body

After just a year, the fires that spread around Los Angeles are already the most studied urban wildfires in history. While the Palisades Fire lapped at the edge of UCLA, the Eaton Fire, on the east...

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‘We ran from monsters’: Once welcomed by Germany after IS genocide, Yazidis are now deported to a life of limbo in refugee camps

Khanke IDP (Internally Displaced Person) camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in August 2025. Aleksandra Ancite-JepifanovaThe sun burns down on a small village less than 20 miles north-east of Mosu...

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Why Medication Abortion Is the Top Target for Anti-Abortion Groups in 2026

This week would have marked the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide — that is, until 2022, when the court overturned it. Since then, ...

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These 3 Policy Moves Are Likely To Change Health Care for Older People

Month after month, Patricia Hunter and other members of the Nursing Home Reform Coalition logged onto video calls with congressional representatives, seeking support for a proposed federal rule set...

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America’s Real ‘Secretary of War’

Three days into 2026, the United States military seized a foreign leader: Nicolás Maduro. Four days after that, the U.S. health department freed a longtime prisoner of war: saturated fats.At a rece...

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Gore-obsessed schizophrenic killed gran at bus stop with hunting knife he bought online

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The charity talking suicide prevention at football clubs: ‘We’re scared to speak about it, but we need to’

Wayne Rooney is arguing with the referee.Unhappy at a perceived lack of protection and with his side trailing, he complains as he jogs upfield beyond the official, and the ball is pumped long over ...

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Airport Baristas Share Why They Have One Of The Worst Jobs Ever

To say that airports can get chaotic at times is an understatement. With so many different people passing through them all the time, flights getting delayed, and folks running late, there’s a lot o...

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Health Spending Is Moving in Congress

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. ...

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Can the right diet really cure all our health problems?

MAHA’s new food directives want you to know “food is medicine.” | Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images If there is one universal treatment that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy A...

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How ChatGPT ends up in childrens toys

The fallout over Kumma the bear, a stuffed toy initially powered by ChatGPT and designed to interact with children, began in November. A researcher for U.S. PIRG Education Fund tested the product, ...

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