Closing of rural hospitals leaves towns with unhealthy real estate
Since 2010, 149 rural hospitals in the United States have either closed or stopped providing in-patient care.
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Young gay Latinos see rising share of new HIV cases, leading to call for targeted funding
Overall, estimated new HIV infection rates declined 23% from 2012 to 2022. But a KFF Health News-Associated Press analysis found the rate has not fallen for Latinos as much as...
A tale of two states: Arizona and Florida diverge on how to expand kids’ health insurance
Their plans to expand coverage illustrate key ideological differences on the government’s role in subsidizing health insurance for kids.
An obscure drug discount program stifles use of federal lifeline by rural hospitals
Nationwide, only about two dozen of the more than 1,500 eligible hospitals have become rural emergency hospitals since the program launched last year.
‘So much death’: Lawmakers weigh stricter speed limits, safer roads for pedestrians
More than 42,500 people died on American roads in 2022.
High price of popular diabetes drugs deprives low-income people of effective treatment
About 54% of adults who had taken a GLP-1 drug, including those with insurance, said the cost was “difficult” to afford, according to a poll.