Minor interventions are increasingly being rebranded and billed as surgery, for profit. This means a neurologist spending 40 ...

Hypothermia deaths have risen in California and across the nation. Experts point to the growing number of older, unsheltered ...

Researchers found toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water wells dotting California’s rural farming regions, far from ...

California’s controversial experiment to order mental illness and drug treatment for some of its sickest residents is rolling out statewide, but the latest data shows the new initiative is falling far ...

Judith Graham, KFF Health News' "Navigating Aging" columnist, talks with older adults who live alone by choice or circumstance. They share what it means to thrive in later years.

A federal judge sided with 19 states seeking an injunction against a Biden administration rule allowing recipients of ...

Doctors in Boston got tired of writing letters to utility companies asking for assistance for their medically vulnerable patients who need power and heat to stay healthy. So a hospital decided to ...

Aging alone, without a spouse, a partner, or children, requires careful planning. New programs for this growing population ...

Inoculation campaigns that protect children and adults from dangerous diseases rely on a delicate web of state and federal ...

The push-pull in Montana reflects a national tension as states try to decide what counts as fair checks on tax-exempt ...

Ballad Health, with the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in the nation, has failed for years to meet many ...

About 3.7 million people are at immediate risk of losing health coverage should the federal government cut funding for ...