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If a popular app used by many farmers markets to process federal supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits is no longer offered next spring, consumersā access to fresh produce may be stalled.
Voters in Oregon and Washington will decide whether to strip cities of the ability to tax sugary drinks.
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
With rising college costs, up to half of college studentsā finances are stretched so tight they report that they were either not getting enough to eat or were worried about it, studies find.
In this episode of KHNās āWhat the Health?ā Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico, and Erin Mershon of Stat News discuss a series of health policy court decisions on everything from prescription drug discounts to soda taxes. Plus, Rovner, interviews health care futurist and consultant Jeff Goldsmith.
In this episode of KHNās āWhat the Health?ā Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News discuss the health politics of the latest Supreme Court pick, as well as the Trump administrationās efforts to further undermine the Affordable Care Act. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week.
In a major coup for the beverage industry, California lawmakers agreed to ban cities and counties from adopting soda taxes for the next 12 years. In exchange, the beverage industry agreed to pull an initiative off the November ballot that, if passed, would have made it much harder for local governments to raise taxes.
A small group of insurers offers some members with serious illnesses medically tailored meals to improve their health.
From A to zinc and all the dietary supplements in between, KHN senior correspondent Liz Szabo gives you the dope on whether popping vitamins does you any good.
Restaurants, convenience stores, vending machines and pizza delivery services are among the businesses that will have to provide calories counts to consumers.
Sixty-eight percent of those 65 and older take vitamin supplements. Much of what we once believed about the benefits is wrong.
Some of the safety-net programs set up after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico are being disbanded.
A Bay Area public health campaign harnesses the power of poetry to confront the root causes of a diabetes epidemic that is disproportionately hitting minority youth and those from low-income homes.
For some federal health programs, a shuttered government means business as usual. But the congressional impasse over funding will hit others hard.
A federally funded program is partnering with a Latino grocery chain to reward people who use their food stamps to put more fresh produce on their tables.
Good nutrition has been linked to a boost in senior citizensā cognitive skills.
Once an elite swimmer and a Yale grad, Siphiwe Baleka now coaches 3,000 fellow truckers on the best ways to work out, eat right and stay connected on the road. Drivers say his wellness plan works.
From nutrition assistance programs to preventing food-borne illness, the Agriculture Department is keenly involved in health policy.
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which eschews meat and pushes for nutrition to have a stronger influence in health policy, is suggesting alterations in how food aid to low income people is structured.
After interviewing scores of teenagers, researchers report that many who face hunger are not aware of assistance programs or think they donāt qualify.
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