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Kennedy Promised ‘Radical Transparency’ and ‘Gold-Standard Science.’ Trump’s Vaccine Order Promotes Neither. – KFF Health News
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. assumed the role of the nation’s top health official last year, scientists and health professionals were naturally fretting about how the anti-vaccine activist would approach vaccine policy
Supreme court ordered transfer of ex-leader whose health is reportedly deteriorating, but he was returned to prison several hours later
Violence Against Healthcare Workers and Staffing Shortages Fuel Hospital Strikes – KFF Health News
Nurse Crystal Dhooghe is used to dealing with blood and broken bones in the emergency room. But she didn’t expect to witness so much violence against her own colleagues
Many secondary school students in Bangladesh report practicing healthy habits but a new national study finds that stronger systems are needed around them. From formal health education and trained teachers to health services and school facilities
Medicare’s Paying Less for Cataract Surgery. Eye Doctors Are Turning to Lucrative Lasers. – KFF Health News
Tammy Chalala, a retired dietitian in New York, was thrilled with the results of her cataract surgeries, which left her with close to 20/20 vision
Queen Camilla has spoken for the first time about the pressure of keeping King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis secret in the early stages of treatment
It had been a rough few months. Cynthia Tompkins was hospitalized in May for osteomyelitis — a bone infection — then spent six weeks in a rehabilitation facility. “It was a struggle,” she said. “I didn’t bounce back too well.”
Attacks on health care were relentless in 2025. Using data collected by Insecurity Insight, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) recorded 2,546 incidents in 33 countries in which damage to or the destruction of health care facilities was reported on at least 790 occasions, 455 health workers were killed, 218 kidnapped and 263 arrested
Newsom Promotes Affordable Insulin, but California’s Generic Label Off to a Slow Start – KFF Health News
SAN FRANCISCO — At a Walgreens in this city’s bustling Japantown neighborhood, pharmacist Margaret On stocks two boxes of long-acting insulin pens from California’s new prescription drug label, CalRx, emblazoned with the state’s iconic grizzly bear
Superstar Selena Gomez and her mother are accused of defrauding investors of their mental health startup, Wondermind, in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday