August 19, 2025

‘Enough Is Enough’—But When?

How Bogalusa, Louisiana became a lens on the US gun violence epidemic—where race, poverty, policy, and profit converge and communities bear the cost.

KFF Health News

August 11, 2025

Why Turning 26 Jeopardizes Health Coverage

A growing number of young Americans lose affordable health insurance at age 26, facing complex Affordable Care Act marketplaces, rising costs, and limited coverage options.

KFF Health News

July 23, 2025

Are Wearables Mining the Mind?

As neurotech devices move from clinics to consumers, states are racing to safeguard brainwave data from earbuds, sleep trackers, and AI-powered apps—raising new questions about privacy, consent, and medical ethics.

KFF Health News

January 16, 2025

Vertigo, Emesis, Auditory Impairment: What's Your Diagnosis?

A patient presents with sudden-onset right-sided otalgia accompanied by vertigo, emesis, and auditory impairment. Your otoscope reveals an unexpected finding. What's your diagnosis?

Conexiant

February 10, 2025

Research Links mTBI in Trauma to PTSD and Symptoms

Veterans with peritraumatic mTBI reported greater PTSD severity and disability, study finds.

Conexiant

July 26, 2024

Healing and Owing: U.S. Health Workers' $150 Billion Debt Dilemma

A new study exposes the alarming levels of medical and educational debt burdening U.S. health care workers, with debt disproportionately affecting women, Black workers, and those in lower-paying fields.

Conexiant

February 27, 2025

Study Finds EVT Does Not Improve Stroke Recovery

EVT did not confer a functional benefit in patients with medium-vessel occlusion stroke, according to key findings from the ESCAPE-MeVO trial.

Conexiant

September 18, 2024

Do Hydrocephalus Shunts Pose Less Pregnancy Risk Than Once Thought?

A 2024 study of 85 pregnancies found no shunt malfunctions during pregnancy and only a 5.9% postpartum revision rate, contradicting decades of data on shunt failure risks for pregnant women.

Conexiant

January 15, 2025

Bertagnolli to Exit NIH Director Role

NIH director, Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli, is stepping down after launching major initiatives in women's health and long COVID research, indicating optimism for their continuation under new leadership.

Conexiant