AI chatbots are supposed to improve health care. But research says some are perpetuating racism
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As hospitals and health care systems turn to artificial intelligence to help summarize doctors’ notes and…
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Feds Try to Head Off Growing Problem of Overdoses Among Expectant Mothers
LAS VEGAS — When Andria Peterson began working as a clinical pharmacist in the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units…
Abortion Coverage Is Limited or Unavailable at a Quarter of Large Employers, KFF Survey Finds
About a quarter of large U.S. employers heavily restrict coverage of legal abortions or don’t cover them at all under…
For People With Sickle Cell Disease, ERs Can Mean Life-Threatening Waits
Heather Avant always dresses up when she goes to the emergency room. “I’ve been conditioned to act and behave in…
A Third of Schools Don’t Have a Nurse. Here’s Why That’s a Problem.
Jodi Bobbitt, the school nurse at William Ramsay Elementary in Alexandria, Virginia, is always ready to see children with a…
Goody Gumdrops! It’s Freakin’ Time to Submit Your Scariest Halloween Health Care Haikus.
Ghosts, ghouls, and readers, beware: Your health care scare is around the corner. Submissions are now open for KFF Health…
Journalists Offer Insights on Mobile Clinics and Suicide Prevention
KFF Health News chief rural health correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble discussed Dollar General mobile clinics on NPR’s “All Things Considered”…
The New Vaccines and You: Americans Better Armed Than Ever Against the Winter Blechs
Last year’s “triple-demic” marked the beginning of what may be a new normal: a confluence of respiratory infections — RSV,…
PrEP, a Key HIV Prevention Tool, Isn’t Reaching Black Women
Alexis Perkins thought her OB-GYN’s office in Atlanta would be just the place to get a prescription for the type…
Feds Hope to Cut Sepsis Deaths by Hitching Medicare Payments to Treatment Stats
Don Smith remembers the moment he awoke in an intensive care unit after 13 days in a medically induced coma….
