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KHNās Julie Rovner appears on CSPANās Washington Journal Tuesday and compares two key health programs being touted by Democratic presidential candidates: āMedicare for Allā and an optional government health plan, often called a public option.
Studies long have linked urban firefightersā on-the-job exposure to toxins with an increased risk of cancer. More recently, as urban-style development reaches into once remote stretches of Californiaās mountains and forests, wildfire crews are exposed to fuels and carcinogens more typical of urban fires. We talk with Tony Stefani of the San Francisco Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation about the health risks that poses for firefighters.
So-called red flag laws that let police take guns away from people with mental illness have support from both advocates and opponents of gun control. But it wonāt alleviate gun violence.
Known as āauthorized generics,ā in-house spinoffs of brand-name drugs quietly undermine the competition.
Kathy Brandt and her wife, Kim Acquaviva, national experts in hospice and palliative care, shared intimate details of Brandtās experience with terminal cancer before her death Sunday.
Kelley Watson Snyder, a mother who for years opposed mandatory childhood vaccinations and joined with like-minded parents who espoused similar views, today runs a pro-vaccination Facebook page. What changed?
Treatments for baseball pitcher Max Scherzer and other pros may mislead fans about costly, controversial, unapproved stem cell shots.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you donāt have to.
Colorado is on the front lines in dealing with how marijuana use affects surgery. Lessons learned on operating tables and in recovery rooms have prompted calls for more research on marijuana nationwide.
When it comes to physician-administered infusion drugs, doctors sometimes have a financial reason for their choice and patients often arenāt aware of cheaper options.
Health care was a major topic at the Democratic presidential candidate debates in Detroit on Tuesday and Wednesday, but the focus on plan minutiae may have left viewers more confused than edified. Alice Ollstein of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Caitlin Owens of Axios join KHNās Julie Rovner to discuss the points made by the candidates plus a series of Trump administration health initiatives on drug prices and hospital shopping.
As California Attorney General Xavier Becerra cracks down on pharmaceutical companies he said paid competitors to delay generic versions of their drugs, heās also pushing for legislation that would give his department tools to catch more of them. Itās the first of its kind in the nation.
Surgeons are rethinking the old notions of “informed consent.” With older patients especially, a push is on to talk candidly about what a surgery will do, its risks and how it will affect their quality of life.
The Wednesday night event marked the second night in a row for Democratic presidential hopefuls to stake claims on how to fix the health care system.
HHS secretary announces a preliminary plan Wednesday to allow Americans to import certain lower-cost drugs from Canada. Manufacturers were quick to criticize the plan, saying it does not guarantee the safety of drugs coming into the country.
The proposed rules would require hospitals to provide far more detail about the actual prices they charge insurers for patientsā care.
Capitalizing on the growing popularity of genetic testing ā and fears of terminal illness ā scammers are persuading seniors to hand over cheek swabs with their DNA, not knowing it may lead to identity theft and Medicare fraud.
A small health center in Goshen, Ind., near the border with Michigan, puts ālistening to patientsā storiesā first. āThe rest is housekeeping.ā
Candidates used their varying views on how to achieve universal coverage ā whether through Medicare for All or more incremental steps ā as a means to differentiate themselves from the field.
Fitness trackers took off about a decade ago, and itās not unusual for devoted walkers to log several miles a day. But is such a feat necessary?
