August 12, 2025

Advanced-Practice Providers Filling Rural ER Gaps

Rural emergency rooms across the U.S. are increasingly staffed by physician assistants and nurse practitioners instead of physicians, raising debates over care quality, staffing shortages, and access to emergency services.

KFF Health News

August 11, 2025

FDA Grants Priority Review to Gepotidacin for Gonorrhea

First potential oral treatment for gonorrhea supported by positive phase 3 trial results.

Conexiant

August 11, 2025

Why Turning 26 Jeopardizes Health Coverage

A growing number of young Americans lose affordable health insurance at age 26, facing complex Affordable Care Act marketplaces, rising costs, and limited coverage options.

KFF Health News

August 11, 2025

CDC Shooting Deepens Crisis in HIV Prevention

CDC workers describe stalled HIV prevention projects, morale collapse, and heightened safety fears after budget cuts, layoffs, and a deadly shooting at agency headquarters.

KFF Health News

August 04, 2025

Nitazenes: A Hidden Threat Stronger Than Fentanyl

The drug can be hundreds of times stronger than heroin and up to five times more potent than fentanyl.

Conexiant

July 31, 2025

‘Victim-Blaming’ in Public Health?

As Trump’s health officials push personal responsibility, critics warn their rhetoric blames patients, shapes policy, and risks deepening health inequalities.

KFF Health News

July 24, 2025

HHS Ends Thimerosal Use in Flu Vaccines

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has adopted a CDC advisory panel recommendation to remove thimerosal from all influenza vaccines, transitioning entirely to mercury-free, single-dose formulations.

Conexiant

November 22, 2024

FDA Official Expects Tightened Vaccine Review

"I don't necessarily view that as a bad thing."

Reuters

December 03, 2024

Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Cucumbers: FDA

The FDA and the CDC are investigating a multistate outbreak of salmonella typhimurium infections linked to cucumbers grown by Agrotato, S.A. de C.V. in Sonora, Mexico.

Reuters