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Doctors Abandon a Diagnosis Used to Justify Police Custody Deaths. It Might Live On, Anyway.

By Markian Hawryluk and Renuka Rayasam October 16, 2023

The American College of Emergency Physicians agreed to withdraw its 2009 white paper on excited delirium, removing the only official medical pillar of support left for the theory that has played a key role in absolving police of culpability for in-custody deaths.

Medicare Enrollees Can Switch Coverage Now. Here’s What’s New and What to Consider.

By Julie Appleby October 16, 2023

Fall is the time when enrollees in the federal program for older people and people with certain disabilities can make changes to their health and drug plans. The decision can be complicated, but here are some key points to keep in mind.

Daily Edition for Friday, October 13, 2023

October 13, 2023

KP labor deal, school nurses shortages, mental health reform, insulin costs, housing, covid vaccines, and more are in the news.

Rare ‘Flesh-Eating’ Bacterium Spreads North as Oceans Warm

By Christopher O’Donnell, Tampa Bay Times October 13, 2023

A rise in cases of Vibrio vulnificus and its spread northward have heightened concern about the bacterium, which can cause human tissue to rot and skin to decay. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to make more doctors aware of the dangerous pathogen.

A Third of Schools Don’t Have a Nurse. Here’s Why That’s a Problem.

By Colleen DeGuzman October 13, 2023

School nurses treat children daily for a wide range of illnesses and injuries, and sometimes serve as a young patient’s only health provider. They also function as a point person for critical public health interventions. Yet many states don’t require them, and school districts struggle to hire them.

The New Vaccines and You: Americans Better Armed Than Ever Against the Winter Blechs

By Amy Maxmen October 13, 2023

Flu, covid, and respiratory viruses kill thousands of Americans each year, but the latest batch of vaccines could save lives.

Goody Gumdrops! It’s Freakin’ Time to Submit Your Scariest Halloween Health Care Haikus.

October 13, 2023

Submissions are open for KFF Health News’ fifth annual Halloween Haiku competition. Send us your best scary poems — if you dare.

California prohíbe el controversial diagnóstico de “delirio excitado”

By Samantha Young October 12, 2023

El gobernador demócrata Gavin Newsom firmó un proyecto de ley el 8 de octubre para prohibir que los forenses, doctores, y examinadores médicos incluyeran el síndrome de “delirio excitado” en certificados de defunción o informes de autopsias.

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Health Funding in Question in a Speaker-Less Congress

October 12, 2023

A bitterly divided Congress managed to keep the federal government running for several more weeks, while House Republicans struggle — again — to choose a leader. Meanwhile, many people removed from state Medicaid rolls are not finding their way to Affordable Care Act insurance, and a major investigation by The Washington Post attributes the decline in U.S. life expectancy to more than covid-19 and opioids. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Victoria Knight of Axios, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews physician-author-playwright Samuel Shem about “Our Hospital,” his new novel about the health workforce in the age of covid.

Daily Edition for Thursday, October 12, 2023

October 12, 2023

“Excited delirium,” tuberculosis, housing issues, covid and RSV vaccines, food safety, gun violence, and more are in the news.

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