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1st Biden-Trump Debate of 2024: What They Got Wrong, and Right
KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, shared a debate stage June 27 for the first time since 2020, in a confrontation…
Abortion Ballot Measures Won’t Automatically Undo Existing Laws
On Tuesday, a judge in Michigan blocked some of the state’s lingering restrictions on abortion access, including a mandatory 24-hour waiting period. The ruling comes 19 months after voters added abortion rights to the state…
$2 Million Disbursed to Victims and Community Groups in Wake of Super Bowl Mass Shooting
Surprised. Blessed. Overwhelmed. Already gone.
Those were reactions from some of the 20 gunshot victims from the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shootings who were awarded $1.2 million from the #KCStrong fund on Thursday,…
Republicans Are Downplaying Abortion, but It Keeps Coming Up
For generations, the GOP campaigned on eliminating the right to an abortion in the United States. Now, torn between a base that wants more restrictions on reproductive health care and a moderate majority that does not, it seems…
Supreme Court Upends Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement
By Aneri Pattani
June 27, 2024
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Aneri Pattani
In a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that the Sackler family cannot be shielded from future claims through…
Federal Budget Constraints May Hurt Older Americans With HIV
Researchers say that by the end of the decade, 70 percent of people in the United States living with HIV will be older than 50. Thanks to advances in medicine, the diagnosis is no longer a death sentence.
“I’ve been…
Rate of Young Women Getting Sterilized Doubled After ‘Roe’ Was Overturned
HELENA, Mont. — Sophia Ferst remembers her reaction to learning that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade: She needed to get sterilized.
Within a week, she asked her provider about getting the procedure done.…
Chorus or Cacophony? Cicada Song Hits Some Ears Harder Than Others
ST. LOUIS — Shhhooo. Wee-uuu. Chick, chick, chick. That’s the sound of three different cicada species. For some people, those sounds are the song of the summer. Others wish the insects would turn it down. The cacophony can…
Battleground Wisconsin: Voters Feel Nickel-and-Dimed by Health Care Costs
Dancing at Birnamwood Polka Days, a festival in Birnamwood, Wisconsin.(Angela Hart/KFF Health News)Polka festivals are common across Wisconsin, especially in the summertime.(Angela Hart/KFF Health News)At Birnamwood Polka…
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June 20
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Some tribal nations are treating addiction with traditional healing ceremonies funded by money from companies accused of fueling the opioid epidemic, and nursing homes weigh…