Stories by KFF Health News

Vaccines are safe, but they could always be safer—here’s what would make a difference

Ministrokes, also known as transient ischemic attacks, can eventually lead to cognitive declines as steep as those that follow a full-on stroke, new research finds

Despite the fact that vaccines against COVID have already undergone strict safety reviews and that people continue to die from the disease, Trump’s FDA is moving to reduce access to annual COVID boosters for healthy Americans

A disruption in federal funds has jeopardized HIV testing and outreach in the U.S. South, and researchers warn of a resurgence of the epidemic in the region

As the bird flu outbreak continues, public health outreach to farm workers is meeting fear and resistance amid Trump’s attacks on immigrants

As fires burned in Los Angeles this year, newer toxin monitors found contaminants that aren’t measured by standard methods. Now scientists and officials are pushing for better detection

Scientists say that officials from the National Institutes of Health urged them to remove references to mRNA vaccine technology

Almost 40 years ago, Joseph Borzelleca published a study on the food coloring Red No. 3. The FDA cited his work when banning the additive in January. But the researcher says the dye is safe

The Trump administration’s sudden dismissals have stripped training programs across the nation that bolstered state and local public health departments

During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump distanced himself from the conservative governing plan Project 2025. But it’s increasingly viewed as a blueprint for his administration’s plans for federal health programs

Low vaccination rates and undetected infections are driving the measles outbreak in West Texas

Delays in CDC analyses of infectious disease threats and agency silence will harm Americans, doctors and public health experts warn

With hospitalizations and at least nine confirmed cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination

"I call this virus a terrorist," says one egg farmer after millions of chickens have died in recent weeks

Some health professionals have spoken out about President Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for Secretary of Health and Human Services

Despite the hype over artificial intelligence in medicine, the systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in place and maintain

Street medicine providers and homeless outreach workers who travel into Las Vegas’s drainage tunnels have noticed an uptick in the number of people living underground, and it can be difficult to persuade them to come aboveground for medicine and treatment

As the bird flu virus moved into cows and people, sluggish federal action, deference to industry and neglect for worker safety put the country at risk

There is a large population of older adults with physical problems that prevent them from leaving home. Many have significant medical and practical needs that go unmet

Celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz recently held broad investments in health care, tech, and food companies

The Trump administration could embolden Republicans to make sweeping changes to how the affordable care act functions and is enforced

Federal health scientists voice concern over an anticipated takeover by medical skeptics in Trump’s second administration

The new Trump administration is likely to reduce subsidies for Affordable Care Act insurance plans and roll back Medicaid coverage. Public health authorities worry that antivaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., will be empowered

In a health care system that assumes older adults have family caregivers to help them, those facing dementia alone often fall through the cracks