KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Senate Saves PEPFAR Funding — For Now
The Senate narrowly approved the Trump administration’s request to claw back about $9 billion for foreign aid and public broadcasting but refused to cut funding for the international AIDS/HIV program PEPFAR. Meanwhile, a federal appeals court ruled that West Virginia can ban the abortion pill mifepristone, which could allow states to block other FDA-approved drugs. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
Daily Edition for Thursday, July 17, 2025
California Extends Lifeline To LGBTQ+ Community: California will partner with the Trevor Project to provide suicide prevention support to LGBTQ+ youth, state officials announced Wednesday. The “Press 3 option” linking LGBTQ+ youth and young adults with 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline counselors is set to end today. Read more from the Bay Area News Group and The Hill.
Los Angeles Weighs a Disaster Registry. Disability Advocates Warn Against False Assurances.
By Miranda Green
Amid increasingly frequent natural disasters, several states have turned to registries to prioritize help for vulnerable residents. But while some politicians see these registries as a potential solution to a public health problem, many disability advocates say they endanger residents with mobility problems by giving a false sense of security.
Maybe It’s Not Just Aging. Maybe It’s Anemia.
By Paula Span
Significant numbers of older people have the condition. Many find relief with an effective treatment that is being more widely prescribed.
Tal vez no es la edad, quizás tienes anemia
By Paula Span
Los síntomas de la anemia —cansancio, dolor de cabeza, calambres en las piernas, frío, disminución de la capacidad para hacer ejercicio, confusión mental— a menudo se atribuyen al envejecimiento mismo.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Opioid settlement funds, HIV spending, Medicare doc pay, Medicaid and SNAP cuts, cancer screening, veteran health, and more.
Lost in Translation: Interpreter Cutbacks Could Put Patient Lives on the Line
By Vanessa G. Sánchez
Recent federal reductions in funding for language assistance and President Donald Trump’s executive order designating English as the official language of the United States have some health advocates worried that millions of people with limited English proficiency will be left without adequate support and more likely to experience medical errors.
A Million Veterans Gave DNA To Aid Health Research. Scientists Worry the Data Will Be Wasted.
By Darius Tahir
Retired service members donated genetic material to help answer health questions for not only others in the military but all Americans, creating one of the largest repositories of health data in the world. The Trump administration is dragging its heels on agreements to analyze it with supercomputers.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Errors in rehab hospitals, HHS layoffs, covid cases, blood supply shortages, food safety, the homeless crisis, and more.
Even Grave Errors at Rehab Hospitals Go Unpenalized and Undisclosed
By Jordan Rau and Irena Hwang, The New York Times
For-profit hospitals provide most inpatient physical therapy but tend to have worse readmission rates to general hospitals. Medicare doesn’t tell consumers about troubling inspections.
