There’s no cure, yet, for Alzheimer’s disease. But dozens of programs developed in the past 20 years can improve the lives of both people living […]

Adetunji T. Toriola, MD, PhD, a William H. Danforth Washington University Physician-Scientist Scholar, has received the 2022 Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research from […]

Four faculty members at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, a part of the […]

The covid-19 pandemic casts a long shadow over the lives of older adults and their family caregivers in the United States, even as many people […]

KHN reporter and producer Heidi de Marco discussed the impact of wildfire trauma on children in Northern California on CapRadio’s “Insight With Vicki Gonzalez” on […]

Suzanne BeHanna initially turned down an experimental but potentially lifesaving cancer treatment. Three years ago, the newlywed, then 62, was sick with stage 4 lymphoma, […]

Fran Seeley, 81, doesn’t see herself as living on the edge of a financial crisis. But she’s uncomfortably close. Each month, Seeley, a retired teacher, […]

In response to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Americans’ constitutional right to abortion, large employers thought they had found a way to help workers living […]

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KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion rights on Deep State Radio on May 5 and again on […]

A subvariant of Omicron, called BA.2, has been sweeping across Europe and Asia in recent weeks, raising questions about if and when it will cause […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized a second booster dose of either mRNA COVID-19 vaccine—Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna—for older Americans and immunocompromised people. […]

By now, you probably know what to do if you have a mild case of COVID-19: Isolate, monitor your symptoms, and seek help if they […]

If you listen to the nation’s largest Alzheimer’s disease advocacy organizations, you might think everyone living with Alzheimer’s wants unfettered access to Aduhelm, a controversial […]

With prospects dim for the U.S. to adopt a single-payer “Medicare for All” program, health care reform advocates turned instead to an insurance plan designed […]

La mayoría de nosotros hemos sentido el agotamiento al tomar decisiones en la era de la pandemia. ¿Debo viajar para ver a un pariente mayor? […]

Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named an associate editor of the […]

Some insurance brokers are enrolling people into Affordable Care Act health plans without their consent, perhaps for the commissions, a move that could put consumers […]