Programas de inteligencia artificial te ayudan a interpretar tus resultados de laboratorio
By Kate Ruder
Muchos pacientes están utilizando programas como ChatGPT de OpenAI, Claude de Anthropic y Gemini de Google, para interpretar sus datos médicos
¿Por qué mueren más personas mayores después de sufrir caídas?
By Paula Span
En 2023, el año más reciente con datos disponibles de los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC), más de 41.000 personas mayores de 65 años murieron por caídas.
Daily Edition for Friday, September 12, 2025
LA County Child Dies Of Measles Complications Years After Illness: A school-age child has died from a rare complication of measles after contracting the disease in infancy, public health officials said. The child, who was not old enough to be vaccinated at the time of infection, died from subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a fatal progressive brain disorder that strikes roughly 1 in 10,000 people infected with measles in the U.S. Read more from the Los Angeles Times and CNN.
Under Trump, FDA Seeks To Abandon Expert Reviews of New Drugs
By Arthur Allen
Advisory committee meetings help FDA scientists make decisions and increase public understanding of drug regulation, and abandoning them doesn’t make sense, former officials said.
Watch: Why Is Having a Baby So Expensive in the US?
By Hannah Norman
KFF Health News video producer Hannah Norman breaks down why new parents are getting billed thousands of dollars for births.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Countdown to Government Shutdown
With less than three weeks before the deadline to pass legislation to keep the federal government running, lawmakers are still far apart on a strategy. Democrats hope Republicans will agree to extend expanded tax credits for the Affordable Care Act as part of a compromise, but so far Republicans are not negotiating. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released his long-awaited “Make America Healthy Again” report, with few specific action items. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
Daily Edition for Thursday, September 11, 2025
Remains Of 9/11 Victim From California Identified: Barbara Keating, 72, was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11 who split her time between Palm Springs and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Her remains and those of two other victims were identified last month through DNA analysis. After 24 years, 1,100 victims at the World Trade Center site still have not had their remains identified — but forensics experts haven't given up. Read more from CNN, the Palm Springs Post, and NPR.
Climate Activists Cite Health Hazards in Bid To Stop Trump From ‘Unleashing’ Fossil Fuels
By Jim Robbins
Buoyed by a Montana court ruling upholding state residents’ right to a “clean and healthful environment,” nearly two dozen people ages 7 to 24 hope to block the Trump administration’s executive orders on energy.
Affirmative Action Critics Refuse To Back Down in Fight Over Medical Bias Training
By Ronnie Cohen
A nonprofit fighting affirmative action in medicine and a Los Angeles ophthalmologist have launched a long-shot legal appeal aimed at ending California’s requirement that every continuing medical education class include training to recognize and address unconscious bias.
Watch: Patient Numbers at NIH Hospital Tumble After Trump Cuts
By Rachana Pradhan
Fewer people are seeking care at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, a renowned research hospital, under the second Trump administration.