Stories by KFF Health News

Food and drinks containing unwashed poppyseeds can make people test positive for opioids—and can in some cases be fatal

Polls show an increased number of Black women voters back Kamala Harris. Her emphasis on maternal mortality, reproductive rights and gun control may be contributing

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo told Floridians to avoid mRNA vaccines, citing false safety concerns

As Democrats convene in Chicago to make official their presidential and vice presidential nominees, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz together are raising the prominence of health care as a 2024 election issue

Privacy concerns were one of the most common reasons for seeking a self-managed abortion, a recent study found

Dairy workers in Texas show signs of prior, undetected bird flu infections in a new study

Flaws in the CDC's H5N1 test highlight the risks of relying on a single test supplier, some experts say

If Harris becomes the Democratic presidential nominee, reproductive rights will likely be a key focus of her campaign, experts say

Finland has decided to vaccinate farmworkers against bird flu—and experts say the U.S. should do the same

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a condition triggered by hormonal changes that can cause severe symptoms such as despair and suicidal thoughts

Following the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion remains a top issue for many voters

This year’s first presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump featured clashes over insulin costs, inflation, abortion, immigration, and January 6

The FDA has authorized just one type of avian flu test, and it is only available to livestock workers

Anthony Fauci, who led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases early in the COVID pandemic, is facing a congressional committee about questionable e-mails from agency officials

Detecting bird flu signs in dairy cows sooner could have helped staunch the virus's spread

A decade after Congress told the FDA to expedite the approval of more effective sunscreens, the federal government still has not approved sunscreen ingredients that are safely being used around the world

Two medical devices that mechanically pump blood to the heart have caused hundreds of injuries and more than a dozen deaths

The urban-rural mortality rate gap in the U.S. is increasing, especially among young women and Native Americans. Limited access to health care could help explain why

A cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a company owned by UnitedHealth Group, had a wide impact that's expected to grow

The Food and Drug Administration is scheduled to release a proposal to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products a decade after it was classified as a carcinogen

A spillover of the neurological disease to humans from deer, elk, and other animals could be devastating

A new variant of the COVID-causing virus SARS-CoV-2 is behind the latest surge in infections this winter, but it doesn't appear to cause more severe disease

Self-driving cars could give people who live outside big cities and are unable to drive more mobility, but the technology must still overcome some hurdles

Critics push back on proposed CDC guidelines that they say leave health care facilities free to cut corners on N95 masks and other measures that protect workers against airborne diseases such as COVID