Billions in opioid settlement money was meant to be spent on treating and preventing addiction — but what happens if it’s ...

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a ...

Children and young adults in the U.S. foster care system suffer from mental health disorders and die by suicide at far higher ...

After spearheading a 34% cut in cancer mortality, the National Cancer Institute at the NIH is bleeding resources and staff ...

Efforts to decrease alarmingly high rates of suicide among construction workers and prevent burnout in health care workers ...

This installment of InvestigateTV and KFF Health News’ “Costly Care” series explores how the type of medical facility where a ...

The estimate, which was previously 1 in 5, is being questioned by scientists who note the absence of a peer-reviewed published paper or raw data, along with the unexplained change in the methodology ...

Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe signed legislation that lifts the sick leave requirement beginning Aug. 28. Other states making news: Michigan, New Mexico, Texas, and California.

Unless Congress — with help from the Democrats — waives PAYGO Act requirements triggered by the legislation Republicans tout as "One Big Beautiful Bill," Medicare could still see as much as $500 ...

Even as states brace for significant reductions in federal Medicaid funding over the next decade, conservative legislatures across the country are passing laws that grant doula access to Medicaid ...

A proposed work requirement would make Medicaid expansion enrollees prove they’re working or meet other criteria. Most ...

Research shows that patients with six or more prescriptions for gabapentin, commonly used to treat lower back pain, were 29% more likely to be diagnosed with dementia and 85% more likely to be ...