Dr. Joseph Mercola: The Misinformation ‘Superspreader’
A new documentary from The New York Times explores the contentious career and business of the Florida-based physician.
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A GOP Talking Point Suggests Birth Control Is Not at Risk. Evidence Suggests Otherwise.
“In no way, shape, or form is access to contraception limited or at risk of being limited.” Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.), co-chair, Congressional Pro-Life Caucus […]
Las clínicas de salud sexual luchan sin medios contra la viruela del simio
Las clínicas que tratan las enfermedades de transmisión sexual —que ya se enfrentaban a un aumento explosivo de enfermedades como la sífilis y la gonorrea— […]
Patients With Epilepsy Navigate Murky Unregulated CBD Industry
In 2013, Tonya Taylor was suicidal because her epileptic seizures persisted despite taking a long list of medications. Then a fellow patient at a Denver […]
Judge to temporarily block Florida’s 15-week abortion ban
A judge on Thursday was set to temporarily block Florida’s 15-week abortion ban one day before it was set to go into effect. The law, […]
Florida-based Publix says they will not offer vaccine ‘at this time’ to kids under 5
Florida-based grocery chain Publix this week said that it will not offer the COVID-19 vaccine to children under five years of age at this time. […]
Two Florida Men Charged With Profiting Off Fake Prescriptions
Fifteen people have now been charged in a fraud scheme that sold drugs to treat cancer, H.I.V. and psychiatric conditions. One was charged with distributing […]
Two Florida Men Charged With Profiting Off Fake Prescriptions
Fifteen people have now been charged in a fraud scheme that sold drugs to treat cancer, H.I.V. and psychiatric conditions. One was charged with distributing […]
Two Florida Men Charged With Profiting Off Fake Prescriptions
Fifteen people have now been charged in a fraud scheme that sold drugs to treat cancer, H.I.V. and psychiatric conditions. One was charged with distributing […]
Two Florida Men Charged With Profiting Off Fake Prescriptions
Fifteen people have now been charged in a fraud scheme that sold drugs to treat cancer, H.I.V. and psychiatric conditions. One was charged with distributing […]
Two Florida Men Charged With Profiting Off Fake Prescriptions
Fifteen people have now been charged in a fraud scheme that sold drugs to treat cancer, H.I.V. and psychiatric conditions. One was charged with distributing […]
DeSantis escalates feud with White House
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is escalating his feud with the White House over the COVID-19 response as he positions himself for a possible presidential […]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Washington’s Slow Churn
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you […]
Florida health care providers challenge state’s 15-week abortion ban
A group of Florida health care providers filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the state’s 15-week abortion law, which will go into effect next month. The […]
CDC, Florida health officials investigating state’s first presumptive monkeypox case
The Florida Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating a presumptive case of monkeypox that has been identified […]
Estados todavía deben usar el dinero federal que recibieron para zanjar disparidades de salud por covid
La administración Biden anunció en marzo de 2021 que invertiría $2,250 millones para hacer frente a las disparidades de salud por covid, la mayor iniciativa […]
DeSantis signs 15-week abortion ban
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday signed a 15-week abortion ban that does not include exceptions for incest, rape or human trafficking. “We are […]
CDC warns of meningococcal disease outbreak in Florida primarily affecting gay, bi men
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health warning about an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Florida, which the agency said is […]
New Laws Let Visitors See Loved Ones in Health Care Facilities, Even in an Outbreak
Jean White’s mother has dementia and moved into a memory care facility near Tampa, Florida, just as coronavirus lockdowns began in spring 2020. For months, […]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Congress Shelves Covid Funding for Now
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Endo, Florida reach $65M opioid settlement
Endo Pharmaceuticals and Endo Health Solutions, makers of Percocet, Opana, and Percodan, have settled with the State of Florida for $65 million (£47.7 million) to […]
Hospitales enfrentan más casos de covid en personas ya hospitalizadas, con menos personal
El 11 de enero, la Clínica Cleveland de Weston, en el sur de la Florida, estaba tratando a 80 pacientes con covid-19, 10 veces más […]
Incidental Cases and Staff Shortages Make Covid’s Next Act Tough for Hospitals
The Cleveland Clinic in Weston, Florida, on Jan. 11 was treating 80 covid-19 patients — a tenfold increase since late December. Nearly half were admitted […]
Record Number of Americans Sign Up for ACA Health Insurance
A record 13.6 million Americans have signed up for health coverage for 2022 on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, with nearly a month remaining to […]
Crash Course: Injured Patients Who Sign ‘Letters of Protection’ May Face Huge Medical Bills and Risks
Jean Louis-Charles couldn’t afford spine surgery to ease nagging neck and back pain after a car crash. So he signed a document, promising to pay […]
NICU Bill Installment Plan: That’ll Be $45,843 a Month for 12 Months, Please
Close to midnight on Nov. 12, 2020, Bisi Bennett was sitting on the couch in her pajamas and feeling uncomfortable. She was about seven months […]
Florida Sen. Rick Scott Off Base in Claim That Rise in Medicare Premiums Is Due to Inflation
An increase in Medicare Part B premiums means “America’s Seniors Are Paying the Price for Biden’s Inflation Crisis” — The headline of a press release […]
Live Performers Find Red State Rules a Tough Act to Follow
MISSOULA, Mont. — There was something a little different on stage at a recent performance of the musical “Sister Amnesia’s Country Western Nunsense Jamboree,” the […]
Patients Went Into the Hospital for Care. After Testing Positive There for Covid, Some Never Came Out.
They went into hospitals with heart attacks, kidney failure or in a psychiatric crisis. They left with covid-19 — if they left at all. More […]
Florida Spine Surgeon and Device Company Owner Charged in Kickback Scheme
A Florida orthopedic surgeon and designer of costly spinal surgery implants was arrested Tuesday and charged with paying millions of dollars in kickbacks and bribes […]
Joe Rogan, A Podcasting Giant Who Has Been Dismissive of Vaccination, Has Covid
“I got fevers, sweats, and I knew what was going on,” he said in a video on Instagram on Wednesday, after returning from a series […]
Joe Rogan, A Podcasting Giant Who Has Been Dismissive of Vaccination, Has Covid
“I got fevers, sweats, and I knew what was going on,” he said in a video on Instagram on Wednesday, after returning from a series […]
States Pull Back on Covid Data Even Amid Delta Surge
Two state government websites in Georgia recently stopped posting updates on covid-19 cases in prisons and long-term care facilities, just as the dangerous delta variant […]
Hot Spots Where Covid Vaccination Lags Push Experimental Antibody Treatment
For months, Joelle Ruppert was among the millions of Americans who are covid vaccine holdouts. Her reluctance, she said, was not so much that she […]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Booster Time
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Science Shows Mask-Wearing Is Largely Safe for Children
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is one of a handful of Republican governors trying to block school districts from requiring masks in the classroom. Under DeSantis’ […]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Senate Acts
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DeSantis’ Executive Order Is Misleading About Lack of Scientific Support for Masking in Schools
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance on students and masking “lacks a well-grounded scientific justification.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a July […]
Déjà Vu? Consumers Scramble for Covid Tests in Hard-Hit Areas
Andrea Mosterman, an associate professor of history at the University of New Orleans, was already dismayed that she had to wait three days to secure […]
Hospital ‘Trauma Centers’ Charge Enormous Fees to Treat Minor Injuries and Send People Home
The care was ordinary. A hospital in Modesto, California, treated a 30-year-old man for shoulder and back pain after a car accident. He went home […]
In Alleged Health Care ‘Money Grab,’ Nation’s Largest Hospital Chain Cashes In on Trauma Centers
After falling from a ladder and cutting his arm, Ed Knight said, he found himself at Richmond, Virginia’s Chippenham Hospital surrounded by nearly a dozen […]
Trying to Avoid Racist Health Care, Black Women Seek Out Black Obstetricians
In South Florida, when people want to find a Black physician, they often contact Adrienne Hibbert through her website, Black Doctors of South Florida. This […]
Censorship or Misinformation? DeSantis and YouTube Spar Over Covid Roundtable Takedown.
In early April, YouTube took down a video featuring Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a group of controversial scientists at a March 18 coronavirus roundtable. […]
Covid Spawns ‘Completely New Category’ of Organ Transplants
In a year when covid-19 shattered the pleas of so many who prayed for miracles, a Georgia man with two new lungs is among the […]
DeSantis Advances Questionable Link Between Lockdowns and Despair
The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair […]
Who Could Get Covered Under Medicaid Expansion? State Fact Sheets
The two-page fact sheets provide a snapshot with key data for those who would become eligible for Medicaid under expansion in non-expansion states.
Tampa’s Mayor vs. a Covid-Era Super Bowl
With its lively music scene and Ybor City historical district full of bars and restaurants, Tampa has a nightlife hard to beat anywhere in Florida. […]
Door to Door in Miami’s Little Havana to Build Trust in Testing, Vaccination
This story is part of a partnership that includes NPR, WLRN and KHN. It can be republished for free. Little Havana is a neighborhood in Miami that, […]
‘Smart pill’ startup etectRx strikes partnership with Pear Therapeutics
EtectRx, which makes wireless sensors embedded in medications, struck a partner with Pear Therapeutics. The companies hope to build products together combining medication adherence data […]
Hospitals’ Rocky Rollout of Covid Vaccine Sparks Questions of Fairness
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. Last week, after finishing inoculations of some front-line hospital staff, Jupiter Medical Center was left with […]
States threaten to crackdown on providers amid Covid-19 vaccine distribution
In an effort to ensure the efficient and orderly distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine, governors from New York, California and Florida are warning that they […]
Florida’s New Hospital Industry Head Ran Medicaid in State and Fought Expansion
With its choice of a new leader, the Florida Hospital Association has signaled that seeking legislative approval to expand Medicaid to nearly 850,000 uninsured adults […]
Workers Who Lost Jobs Due to COVID May Need Help Getting Coverage This Fall
Michelina Moen lost her job and health insurance in April. Only weeks earlier she had begun to feel ill and not her usual energetic self […]
Longtime Health Advocate Donna Shalala Loses House Reelection Race
Rep. Donna E. Shalala of Florida, the first-term Democratic member of Congress and former Health and Human Services secretary in the Clinton administration, lost her […]
How a clinical command center helped Tampa General Hospital save $40M
The Florida-based hospital worked with GE Healthcare to open a command center last year to manage clinical care operations. According to the hospital, the center […]
Florida Fails to Attract Bidders for Canada Drug Importation Program
Florida’s plan to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada — designed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and endorsed by President Donald Trump — has tasted its […]
KHN on the Air This Week
KHN senior correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble appeared on Newsy’s “Morning Rush” on Thursday to discuss rural hospital closures and KHN’s brand-new “Where It Hurts” podcast. […]
Florida’s Cautionary Tale: How Gutting and Muzzling Public Health Fueled COVID Fire
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — On a sweltering July morning, Rose Wilson struggled to breathe as she sat in her bed, the light from her computer illuminating […]
DeSantis Says COVID Is a Lower Risk for School-Aged Kids Than Flu
Even as his state is a hotbed for COVID-19, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been pushing schools to reopen so parents have the choice of […]
Trabajadores agrícolas en alto riesgo de contraer coronavirus y sin protección federal
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee.- Es una época de mucho trabajo para las granjas productoras de tomate en esta parte del estado. Estas plantaciones cuentan con cientos de […]
As Crisis Grows, Farms Try to Balance Health of Field Workers and Food Supply
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It’s a busy time for the tomato-producing farms in this part of the state. Farms have staffed up with hundreds of workers, […]
States Search for Ways to Deal With COVID-19 Testing Backlogs
HELENA, Montana — States frustrated by private laboratories’ increasingly long turnarounds for COVID-19 test results are scrambling to find ways to salvage their testing programs. […]
Walmart Health picks Florida for next planned expansion
After opening four health centers in Georgia and Arkansas, Walmart confirmed that it will expand to Florida next year.
