Public Health
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States Expand Health Coverage for Immigrants as GOP Hits Biden Over Border Crossings
A growing number of states are opening taxpayer-funded health insurance programs to immigrants, including those living in the U.S. without…
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Medicare drug price negotiations what’s ahead in 2024
Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
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Mental Health Courts Can Struggle to Fulfill Decades-Old Promise
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — In early December, Donald Brown stood nervously in the Hall County Courthouse, concerned he’d be sent back…
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RFK Jr.’s Campaign of Conspiracy Theories Is PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year
As pundits and politicos spar over whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign will factor into the outcome of the…
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Obesity and Alzheimer’s drugs pack one-two punch to lift Eli Lilly
Investor optimism for Eli Lilly ‘s diabetes and obesity treatments in 2023 lifted the stock to its seventh annual gain…
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Health sector themes to watch in 2024
An employee works on the production line of pharmaceutical company Zentiva in Prague, Czech Republic, May 6, 2021. David W.…
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In Year 6, KFF Health News-NPR’s ‘Bill of the Month’ Helps Patients in a Changing System
Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and…
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Bristol Myers Squibb to buy Karuna Therapeutics
Bristol Myers Squibb on Friday announced it agreed to buy biopharmaceutical company Karuna Therapeutics for $14 billion in cash, or…
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Cancer Patients Face Frightening Delays in Treatment Approvals
Marine Corps veteran Ron Winters clearly recalls his doctor’s sobering assessment of his bladder cancer diagnosis in August 2022. “This…
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Bold Changes Are in Store for Medi-Cal in 2024, but Will Patients Benefit?
California’s safety-net health program, Medi-Cal, is on the cusp of major changes that could rectify long-standing problems and improve health…
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