November 06, 2025

‘Wasteful’? Doctors Call It Essential

Proposed cuts to the Hospital Preparedness Program may limit hospitals’ capacity to manage pandemics, natural disasters, and mass-casualty events affecting U.S. health systems.

KFF Health News

November 05, 2025

Covid Exposure: Why Timing May Matter

“Protecting the mother is protecting the long-term health of the offspring. … The best intervention is vaccination.”

KFF Health News

November 05, 2025

Shame in Medicine—A Quiet Epidemic

A new movement in medicine aims to teach “shame competence,” helping physicians recognize and manage one of the field’s most corrosive yet overlooked emotions.

KFF Health News

November 04, 2025

‘A Train Wreck’ of Whooping Cough Cases?

Louisiana’s delayed response to a severe whooping cough outbreak highlights concerns about vaccine communication and public health response.

KFF Health News

November 04, 2025

Why Do Women Need Less Exercise for the Same Heart Benefit?

Accelerometer data from over 85,000 UK Biobank participants reveal significant sex differences in physical activity benefits for heart disease prevention and survival.

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October 22, 2025

Fall Vaccines: What’s New, What’s Not

Updated CDC fall vaccine guidance simplifies covid, flu, and RSV shots with broad access and minimal changes from last year.

KFF Health News

October 20, 2025

Tezepelumab FDA Approval Expands Use to Nasal Polyps

AstraZeneca and Amgen’s anti-thymic stromal lymphopoietin biologic reduces nasal polyp burden and corticosteroid use in the phase 3 WAYPOINT trial.

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October 16, 2025

HHS Memo: Fringe Finds a Footing

From wheat fields to Washington: a decades-old fear about skies and 'sprays' rises again, colliding with science, social media, and the machinery of federal policymaking.

KFF Health News

October 16, 2025

Hidden Disparities in Med Schools Uncovered

Researchers found that US medical students with disabilities—especially women of color—face higher rates of discrimination.

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