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“Health Minute” brings original health care and health policy reporting from the KFF Health News newsroom to the airwaves each week.
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In his 2015 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced a precision medicine initiative that would later be known as the All of Us program. The research, now well underway at the National Institutes of Health, aims to analyze the DNA of at least 1 million people across the United States to build a diverse health database. The key word there is “diverse.” So […]
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Mashup Score: 0Biden Team’s Tightrope: Reining In Rogue Obamacare Agents Without Slowing Enrollment - KFF Health News - 2 day(s) ago
Federal regulators face a growing challenge — how to prevent rogue health insurance agents from switching unknowing consumers’ Obamacare coverage without making the enrollment process so cumbersome that enrollment declines.
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Mashup Score: 4The Painful Pandemic Lessons Mandy Cohen Carries to the CDC - 2 day(s) ago
Mandy Cohen, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, earned praise for her leadership and communication as the face of North Carolina’s response to covid-19. People in t…
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Just outside St. Louis, a cemetery for children sits on a hill. A wooden, weather-worn sign welcomes mourners to “Baby Land.” The gravediggers who made the special spot work quietly in the shadows.
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A decade after Congress told the FDA to expedite the approval of more effective sunscreens, the federal government still has not approved sunscreen ingredients that are safely being used around the world. Meanwhile, skin cancer is the nation’s most common cancer.
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Mashup Score: 5Amgen Plows Ahead With Costly, Highly Toxic Cancer Dosing Despite FDA Challenge - KFF Health News - 2 day(s) ago
The FDA told Amgen to test whether a quarter-dose of its lung cancer drug worked as well as the amount recommended on the product label. It did and with fewer side effects. But Amgen is sticking to the higher dose — which earns it an additional $180,000 a year per patient.
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Mashup Score: 6Overpayment Outrage - KFF Health News - 3 day(s) ago
Featured Stories Featured Video “Overpayment Outrage” is a collaboration between KFF Health News and Cox Media Group TV stations Response to Our Reporting Share Your Story Do you have an experience with Social Security overpayments you’d like to share? Click below to contact our reporting team. Justina Worrell’s aunt and caregiver Addie Arnold, who took […]
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Mashup Score: 8Bird Flu Is Bad for Poultry and Dairy Cows. It’s Not a Dire Threat for Most of Us — Yet. - KFF Health News - 3 day(s) ago
Cattle across the country are infected by the H5N1 bird flu. The virus isn’t spreading among people — but if it evolves to do that, fears of another pandemic could be realized.
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Mashup Score: 0Journalists Delve Into Climate Change, Medicaid 'Unwinding,' and the Gap in Mortality Rates - KFF Health News - 3 day(s) ago
KFF Health News and California Healthline staffers made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
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Gone fishing? Depending on the lake, your catch may not be safe to eat, and California once again expands access to its Medicaid program, opening the door wider for immigrants regardless of age or legal status. Listen to the latest KFF Health News Minute: https://t.co/Evs0ygzrG7