2023-07-21 A Mom Owed Nearly $102,000 for Hospital Care. Her State Attorney General Said to Pay Up. Fred Clasen-Kelly Bridget Narsh’s son, Mason, needed urgent help in January 2020, so she was offered the chance to send him to Central Regional Hospital, a state-run mental health facility in Butner, North Carolina. The teen, […]

    2022-07-20 The Painful Legacy of ‘Law and Order’ Treatment of Addiction in Jail Renuka Rayasam JASPER, Ala. — Megan Dunn, who has struggled with addiction since her teens, points to the moment her life went “deeply downhill.” After dropping out of high school, she gave birth at age 19 to a son she […]

2023-07-19 Mental health disparities in older LGBTQ+ populations: A research roundup by Naseem S. Miller, The Journalist’s Resource In 2017, researchers estimated that 2.4% of the U.S. population 50 years and older identified as LGBTQ+, accounting for 2.7 million people. By 2060, they say, that number is expected to double to 5 million. Even though […]

    2023-07-18 In Older Adults, a Little Excess Weight Isn’t Such a Bad Thing Judith Graham Millions of people enter later life carrying an extra 10 to 15 pounds, weight they’ve gained after having children, developing joint problems, becoming less active, or making meals the center of their social lives. Should they lose this […]

    Explained New views of a cough: From TB and chronic cough to hope for Parkinson’s Scientists are revealing new secrets of the reflex that protects our lungs, spreads disease and irritates us all By Alice Callahan Michael Shiloh had been studying tuberculosis for about two decades when he started wondering about a seemingly […]

    2023-07-17 How a Combination of Covid Lawsuits and Media Coverage Keeps Misinformation Churning Darius Tahir Public health has had its day in court lately. And another day. And another day. Over the course of the pandemic, lawsuits came from every direction, questioning public health policies and hospitals’ authority. Petitioners argued for care to […]

  2023-07-16 Groups Sue to Overturn Idaho ‘Abortion Trafficking’ Law Targeting Teens Sarah Varney, KFF Health News July 11, 2023 Advocates who counsel and aid Idaho teenagers seeking abortion care filed suit Tuesday against Republican Attorney General Raúl Labrador in a bid to overturn the state’s abortion travel ban. The travel ban, which took effect […]

    2023-07-15 Excessive Drinking During the Pandemic Increased Alcoholic Liver Disease Death Rates Phillip Reese Excessive drinking during the covid-19 pandemic increased alcoholic liver disease deaths so much that the condition killed more Californians than car accidents or breast cancer, a KFF Health News analysis has found. Lockdowns made people feel isolated, depressed, and […]

    2023-07-14 Got Milk in School? Farmers Fight Health Advocates Over the Creamy ‘Whole’ Variety Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Amanda Condo works at her family’s Pennsylvania dairy farm, but her son often won’t drink milk at school. He doesn’t like the flavor. That’s because the cafeteria at his elementary school serves only skim […]

    2023-07-13 With More People Giving Birth at Home, Montana Passed a Pair of Laws to Make It Easier Keely Larson Ashley Jones’ three children were born in three different places — a hospital, a birth center, and at home. Jones, who is 31 and lives in Belgrade, Montana, said she had “zero control […]