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The Raw Story· 20 hours agoIt’s been nearly three months since the U.S. government announced an outbreak of the bird flu virus on dairy farms. The World Health Organization considers the virus a public ...
A tale of two states: Arizona and Florida diverge on how to expand kids’ health insurance
The State· 2 hours agoArizona and Florida - whose rates of uninsured children are among the highest in the nation - set goals last year to widen the safety net that provides health insurance to ...
A Tennessee mom lost Medicaid after the state launched a Deloitte-run system that managed...
Fortune· 37 minutes agoThe company promotes itself as the industry leader in building sophisticated and efficient systems for states that, among other things, screen who is eligible for Medicaid. The systems have ...
A deadly bacterial infection is spreading in Japan. Here's what to know about causes and prevention.
CBS News· 6 days agoA potentially deadly bacterial infection called streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, or STSS, is...
Super Bowl parade shooting survivors await promised donations while bills pile up
ABC News· 2 days agoThis is a KFF Health News story. Abigail Arellano keeps her son Samuel's medical bills in a blue...
A rare, deadly bacterial infection is on the rise in Japan. What is STSS?
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA record number of cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) in Japan this year has focused...
Older women are different than older men. Their health is understudied
Atlanta Journal-Constitution· 5 days agoMedical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of older women,...
Addiction treatment homes say Montana’s funding fixes don’t go far enough
KPAX Missoula· 5 days agoMontana health officials have started a voucher system to help people with substance use disorders...
Fact check: Biden’s on target about what repealing ACA would mean for preexisting condition...
Boston Herald· 5 days agoIf the Affordable Care Act were terminated, “that would mean over a hundred million Americans will...
It’s called an urgent care emergency center — but which is it?
NPR· 4 days agoIt is closed nights and Sundays. (Parkland’s president and chief executive officer, Frederick Cerise, is a member of KFF’s board of trustees. KFF
