Colleen DeGuzman - KFF Health News
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Monica Bertagnolli appeared before a Senate committee this week. Her confirmation has been held up by Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has demanded the president work more aggressively to lower prescription prices.
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School nurses often are a young patient’s only health provider. They also function as a point person for critical public health interventions. Yet many states don’t require them, and districts struggle to hire them.
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Unsafe sleep environments are among the main reasons accidental suffocation or strangulation is a hard-to-solve public health problem.
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It's clear the suicide hotline, a network of more than 200 state and local call centers, faces challenges, including public mistrust and confusion. It’s also clear it needs federal and state funding to be sustainable.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has taken steps that effectively eliminate mandated water breaks for construction workers. In response, protesters came to Washington, D.C., to press for federal protections.
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A little-noticed provision of sweeping legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration would make it easier to fly human organs from donor to recipient.
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Some LGBTQ+ advocates say they are having to take matters into their own hands in the absence of a coordinated response from state governments.
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A study published in JAMA leads to questions about the uneven distribution of pediatric nephrologists nationwide. Children with end-stage kidney disease feel the impact.
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Eye exams for children are required under federal law to be covered by most private health plans and Medicaid, and many states mandate school vision screenings.
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A diabetes diagnosis is not always related to a person’s weight or overall health, especially for those with Type 1 diabetes, who are dependent on insulin treatment for life.