RFK Jr. Made Promises in Order To Become Health Secretary. He’s Broken Many of Them.
One year after taking charge of the nation’s health department, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn’t...
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Louisville Found PFAS in Drinking Water. The Trump Administration Wouldn’t Require Any Action.
Every day, the Ohio River sends billions of gallons of water flowing past Louisville’s pumping station, where the Kentucky city’s...
Trabajadores de salud pública renuncian antes de ir a Guantánamo
Rebekah Stewart, enfermera del Servicio de Salud Pública de Estados Unidos (USPHS, por sus siglas en inglés), recibió en abril...
US Cancer Institute Studying Ivermectin’s ‘Ability To Kill Cancer Cells’
The National Cancer Institute, the federal research agency charged with leading the war against the nation’s second-largest killer, is studying...
Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo
Rebekah Stewart, a nurse at the U.S. Public Health Service, got a call last April that brought her to tears....
This Ballad Hospital, Flooded by Hurricane Helene, Will Be Rebuilt for $44M in a Flood Plain
A small Tennessee hospital that was destroyed by a surging river during Hurricane Helene will soon be rebuilt on low-lying...
Journalists Describe Drivers of High Health Costs and Spell Out the Science of Protein
KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed concerns about health care costs following the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care...
Effective but Underprescribed: HIV Prevention Meds Aren’t Reaching Enough People
Listen: More than 2 million Americans could benefit from PrEP, but only about a quarter of them are getting the...
What the Health? From KFF Health News: HHS Gets Funding, But How Will Trump Spend It?
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host...
Poison at Play: Unsafe Levels of Lead Found in Half of New Orleans Playgrounds
NEW ORLEANS — Sarah Hess started taking her toddler, Josie, to Mickey Markey Playground in 2010 because she thought it...
