KFF Health News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media over the past two weeks to discuss recent stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

In the 2020 elections, then-candidate Joe Biden and many of his congressional colleagues loudly advocated for a federal “public option” health insurance plan. It was framed, at the time, as part of ...

The CDC says the first known cases of HIV transmission likely due to cosmetic injections happened at a New Mexico spa during a procedure known as a "vampire facial." Alert for graphic photos.

Muscle-building supplements are also subject to the new legislation. Separately, Colorado lawmakers advanced efforts to require state-regulated insurers and Medicaid to cover weight loss drugs for ...

Editorial writers examine organ donation, weight-loss drugs, gender-affirming care, and more.

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, a nonprofit company that is part of insurance giant Kaiser Permanente, told HHS that data on over 13 million individuals could have been exposed by a technical ...

California launched two teletherapy apps as part of the governor’s $500 million foray into health technology with private ...

The findings suggest the spread of the disease is greater than what it being reported. Meanwhile, the USDA, FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintain the nation's "commercial milk ...

People with breast cancer are also found to be at higher risk for developing cancer in unaffected breast tissue, plus ovarian cancer and a form of leukemia. Also in the news: high levels of food ...

KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. This week's selections include stories on eyesight, postpartum care, nutrition labels, mosquito nets, and more.

Meanwhile, Acuitas Therapeutics and CureVac reach an agreement in another patent lawsuit regarding technology used in mRNA-based Covid shots. Also, Maine's high court lets stand a mandate that EMS ...

Researchers in Charleston, South Carolina, are trying to build a DNA database of 100,000 people to better understand how ...