December 05, 2025

Fancy Gadgets, Higher Bills: HSA Era

Republican proposals to expand health savings accounts amid expiring ACA subsidies outline potential shifts in coverage costs and limitations in how patients may use HSA funds.

KFF Health News

December 03, 2025

Are New Incentives Boosting Births?

A report on recent federal pronatalist policy initiatives, proposed IVF access measures, and associated government actions involving women’s and children’s health programs in the US.

KFF Health News

December 02, 2025

‘Liver Cancer Has Disappeared in Children’: But for How Long?

A review of the hepatitis B birth-dose recommendation examines vaccination practices, transmission risks, and potential impacts on newborn protection.

KFF Health News

November 24, 2025

‘It Should Have Never Been Published’ Debate Continues

Experts counter Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about aluminum adjuvant safety, noting extensive evidence that aluminum-containing vaccines remain effective and well-validated.

KFF Health News

November 21, 2025

Raman Imaging Tracks Metabolic Aging in Mouse Egg Cells

Label-free spectroscopy reveals mitochondrial dysfunction and lipid shifts in older oocytes

The Analytical Scientist

November 18, 2025

‘Designed to Scare People’? New Contraception Data

Hormonal contraception shows overall safety with a modest, short-term rise in breast cancer risk.

KFF Health News

November 13, 2025

Why Is the US an ‘Outlier’ in Road Safety?

US traffic fatalities have increased over the past decade despite ongoing safety initiatives.

KFF Health News

November 06, 2025

‘Wasteful’? Doctors Call It Essential

Proposed cuts to the Hospital Preparedness Program may limit hospitals’ capacity to manage pandemics, natural disasters, and mass-casualty events affecting U.S. health systems.

KFF Health News

November 05, 2025

Covid Exposure: Why Timing May Matter

“Protecting the mother is protecting the long-term health of the offspring. … The best intervention is vaccination.”

KFF Health News