After a Child’s Death, California Weighs Rules for Phys Ed During Extreme Weather
A California lawmaker wants the state to craft guidelines for how and when schoolchildren can play or exercise during extreme weather, including heat waves. The bill comes after a 12-year-old boy died after a physical education instructor told him to run as the temperature topped 90 degrees.
Tribal Nations Invest Opioid Settlement Funds in Traditional Healing To Treat Addiction
Hundreds of Native American tribes are getting money from settlements with companies that made or sold prescription painkillers. Some are investing it in sweat lodges, statistical models, and insurance-billing staffers.
Why One New York Health System Stopped Suing Its Patients
Most U.S. hospitals aggressively pursue patients for unpaid bills. One New York hospital system decided to work with them instead.
An Arm and a Leg: Digging Into Facility Fees
“An Arm and a Leg” is looking for listener stories about facility fees for a new project.
Nursing Homes Wield Pandemic Immunity Laws To Duck Wrongful Death Suits
More than 172,000 nursing home residents died of covid. In lawsuits, some families who lost loved ones say they were misled about safety measures or told that covid wasn’t a danger in their facilities.
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Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Decried as Biased Against Disabled People
FDA Said It Never Inspected Dental Lab That Made Controversial AGGA Device
San Francisco Tries Tough Love by Tying Welfare to Drug Rehab
First Responders, Veterans Hail Benefits of Psychedelic Drugs as California Debates Legalization
Their First Baby Came With Medical Debt. These Illinois Parents Won’t Have Another.
Democrats Seek To Make GOP Pay for Threats to Reproductive Rights
Medical Residents Are Increasingly Avoiding States With Abortion Restrictions
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Newly Minted Doctors Are Avoiding Abortion Ban States
2020 Coverage of Rubber Bullets
Less-Lethal Weapons Blind, Maim and Kill. Victims Say Enough Is Enough.
Time and again over the past two decades, peace officers have targeted demonstrators with munitions designed only to stun and stop. Protests this year in reaction to George Floyd’s death in police custody have reignited a controversy surrounding their use.
