Minor interventions are increasingly being rebranded and billed as surgery, for profit. This means a neurologist spending 40 ...

Hypothermia deaths have risen in California and across the nation. Experts point to the growing number of older, unsheltered ...

California’s controversial experiment to order mental illness and drug treatment for some of its sickest residents is rolling out statewide, but the latest data shows the new initiative is falling far ...

Researchers found toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water wells dotting California’s rural farming regions, far from ...

Judith Graham, KFF Health News' "Navigating Aging" columnist, talks with older adults who live alone by choice or circumstance. They share what it means to thrive in later years.

Aging alone, without a spouse, a partner, or children, requires careful planning. New programs for this growing population ...

The push-pull in Montana reflects a national tension as states try to decide what counts as fair checks on tax-exempt ...

Aaron Siri, a lawyer who is helping to vet candidates for top health positions, has a history of challenging vaccine policies in courts. Candidates to fill roles in the incoming administration are ...

Doctors in Boston got tired of writing letters to utility companies asking for assistance for their medically vulnerable patients who need power and heat to stay healthy. So a hospital decided to ...

Many older adults living alone, isolated and vulnerable, struggle with health issues. But a noteworthy slice of this growing ...

About 3.7 million people are at immediate risk of losing health coverage should the federal government cut funding for ...

Former California social services head Will Lightbourne has come out of retirement to lead the state’s mental health ...