Archive for category: Covid 19

By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Hannah Norman KFF Health News Amid the challenges of adulthood, one rite of passage is unique to the United States: the need to find your own health insurance by the time yo...

It’s been six months since a now-infamous email presented millions of federal workers with a pivotal decision: They could reply “resign” to give up their job and receive full pay and benefits through ...

By Felice J. Freyer KFF Health News BRISTOL, R.I. — At age 82, Roberta Rabinovitz realized she had no place to go. A widow, she had lost both her daughters to cancer, after living with one and then th...

By Stephanie Armour KFF Health News Dining under palm trees on a patio at Mar-a-Lago in December, President-elect Donald Trump reassured chief executives at pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Pfizer ...

By Rachel Crumpler Since 2020, Josh Dumas’ 14-year-old transgender son has received gender-affirming care — including puberty blockers and testosterone — from an Atrium Health doctor in Charlotte.  Du...

By Taylor Knopf A for-profit psychiatric hospital in Raleigh — regularly sanctioned by regulators and visited by police due to fights, patient escapes and reports of alleged sexual assault — is expand...

By Grace Vitaglione Some employers and health systems in North Carolina are looking to change how they manage prescription drug benefits for their employees.  More employers are considering alternativ...

By Will Atwater Since the start of the Trump administration, federal officials have been rolling back funding to federal environmental programs and scientific research — moves that threaten to leave v...

By Taylor Knopf Just days before Christmas 2024, a group of female teen patients broke into the nurse’s station and medication room at a psychiatric hospital in Raleigh, where they tore down parts of ...

A patient who died in February after calling for help in a Mission Hospital emergency department bathroom went 29 minutes with no response as multiple staff members passed by the door with a call ligh...