Una prueba que ofrece información clave sobre el riesgo de infarto
By Paula Span
Se trata de una tomografía computarizada breve e indolora que indicaría si se estaba desarrollando calcificaciones y placa en las arterias que llegan al corazón.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Next on Kennedy’s List? Preventive Care and Vaccine Harm
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, is eyeing an overhaul of two more key entities as part of his ongoing effort to reshape health policy. And President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week that would enable localities to force some homeless people into residential treatment. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also, Rovner interviews Sara Rosenbaum, one of the nation’s leading experts on Medicaid, to mark Medicaid’s 60th anniversary this week.
Daily Edition for Thursday, July 31, 2025
Newsom Signs Executive Order To Boost Men's Mental Health: Gov. Gavin Newsom called Wednesday for California to better address the “alarming rise in suicides and disconnection among California’s young men and boys” through a sprawling executive order outlining how the state will try “to improve mental health outcomes, reduce stigma, and expand access education, work, and mentorship opportunities” for them. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and The Sacramento Bee.
A Tourist Ended Up With a Wild Bat in Her Mouth — And Nearly $21,000 in Medical Bills
By Tony Leys
Health insurance generally doesn’t cover treatment for injuries sustained shortly before a customer buys a policy. A Massachusetts woman found that out the hard way.
Chronically Ill? In Kennedy’s View, It Might Be Your Own Fault
By Stephanie Armour
In their zeal to “Make America Healthy Again,” top Trump administration officials depict patients and the doctors who treat them as partly responsible for whatever ails them.
Readers Weigh In on Making American Health Care Affordable Again
KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Hospice Workers Hold One-Day Strike: Frustrated by delays in securing their first union contract nearly two years after organizing, workers at one of the Bay Area’s oldest hospice care organizations, Hospice East Bay, went on a one-day strike Tuesday. Read more from KQED.
Tribal Groups Assert Sovereignty as Feds Crack Down on Gender-Affirming Care
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
Native American groups declare that tribal sovereignty trumps state and federal efforts to restrict or ban gender-affirming care for two-spirit and LGBTQ+ tribal citizens. Tribes are analyzing the risk of opposing Trump’s policies, advocates say.
Immigrant Kids Detained in ‘Unsafe and Unsanitary’ Sites as Trump Seeks To End Protections
By Sandy West
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department seeks to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, which since 1997 has required U.S. immigration officials to hold migrant children in facilities that are safe and sanitary, among other protections. Even with the consent decree in place, court records show unsafe conditions for immigrant kids.
Niños inmigrantes están detenidos en sitios “inseguros e insalubres”. El gobierno busca eliminar derechos
By Sandy West
Entre marzo y junio, abogados de menores inmigrantes recopilaron estos testimonios, y otros de jóvenes y familias detenidas, en lo que describen entornos “con apariencia carcelaria” en distintos puntos de Estados Unidos.
