KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their ...

A product named "Volume" from Primal Supplements Group has been pulled off the shelves after it was found to contain sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra. The ingredient was not listed on the ...

What's changed, and what hasn't, since President Donald Trump declared the U.S. emergency on March 13, 2020. At the time, nearly 2,000 Americans were infected with the virus. But at-home covid tests ...

In fact, the Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee recommended that all three viral strains be changed in this fall's doses. FDA Commissioner Martin Makary must sign off on the ...

Organ procurement organizations and hospitals said the guidelines are already being followed, MedPage Today reported. "Patient care and safety always come first," Jeffrey Trageser, president of the ...

Legislation to license and regulate naturopathic doctors (NDs) has cleared the state Legislature. Florida stopped offering licenses to NDs in 1959. Meanwhile, the American Medical Association and the ...

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is calling on Congress to rein in spending after it found tens of billions of dollars in overpayments. The insurance industry is pushing back on those findings ...

Last summer, the Trump administration announced a voluntary pledge by health insurers to reform prior authorization, which ...

Medicare Advantage insurers say a proposal by the Trump administration to keep their payments nearly flat next year may lead to service cuts that harm seniors struggling to afford health care. A ...

U.S. doctors are getting the word out about how to spot a rare measles complication that had been a relic of the past: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. It affects a person years after a measles ...

For 50 years, the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee that counsels the EPA's leadership on scientific evidence about pollutants has filled the obligatory physician's seat with pulmonologists or ...

As FiercePharma explains, the company is attempting to rebrand itself in the wake of a Justice Department investigation, a class-action lawsuit, and a failed attempt at treating Alzheimer’s. Plus: The ...