Kaiser Health News

Rapid COVID-19 Test

Why you can't find cheap at-home COVID tests

Children's Health

A COVID head-scratcher: Why lice lurk despite physical distancing

Head Lice COVID-19

Patients went into the hospital for care. After testing positive there for COVID, some never came out

COVID-19 Transmission Hospitals

ERs are swamped with seriously ill patients, although many don't have COVID

Emergency Departments COVID-19

COVID-19 testing, turnaround times are still uneven this far into pandemic

COVID-19 Testing Turnaround Time

COVID-19 immunity through infection or vaccination: Are they equal?

COVID-19 Immunity Vaccine

What the stalemate on Capitol Hill means for your drug prices

U.S. Capitol Drug Price Reform

How rape affects memory, and why police need to know about that brain science

Rape Memory Brain

Microbiome startups promise to improve your gut health, but is the science solid?

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Children's Health

Reading, 'rithmetic and resisting COVID: The new 3 R's as kids head back to school

COVID-19 School Safety

Alternative Medicine

COVID-19 renews interest in radiation, but doctors caution against pilgrimages to radon-filled mines

Radon Treatment COVID-19

Doctors weigh pros and cons of prescribing hot-button Alzheimer's drug

Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm

Analysis: Why we'll likely never know whether a COVID lab leak happened in China

Wuhan Institute of Virology

Why your dentist might seem pushy

Dishonest Dentists

The coronavirus 'doesn't discriminate by age:' Serious cases on the rise in younger adults

Severe COVID-19 Millennials

CVS and Walgreens have wasted more vaccine doses than most states combined

CVS Walgreens COVID-19 Vaccine

Yurts, igloos and pop-up domes: How safe is 'outside' restaurant dining this winter?

Winter COVID-19 Dining

Many U.S. health experts underestimated the coronavirus … until it was too late

COVID-19 Pandemic History

Health Insurance

During ACA open enrollment, picking a plan invites new COVID-19 complications

ACA Open Enrollment COVID-19

Health Insurance

Think your health care is covered? Beware of the 'junk' insurance plan

Short-term health insurance

Why employers find it so hard to test for COVID-19

Amazon COVID-19 Testing

Fear of flying is a coronavirus-era conundrum

COVID-19 Airplane Flights

'Breakthrough finding' reveals why certain COVID-19 patients die

COVID-19 breakthrough study

Time to discuss potentially unpleasant side effects of COVID shots? Scientists say yes

COVID-19 shot side effects

Not pandemic-proof: Insulin copay caps fall short, fueling underground exchanges

Insulin Underground Exchanges

We follow laws on seat belts and smoking. Why not on masks?

Face Mask Compliance

Why Black aging matters, too

COVID-19 Racial Disparities

As COVID-19 testing soars, wait times for results jump to a week — or more

COVID-19 testing results time

Born into a pandemic: Coronavirus complicates births for moms and babies

COVID-19 labor delivery

The COVID-19 curve may be flattening, but normalcy is a long way off

COVID-19 peak timeline

Don't toss that e-cig: Vaping waste is a whole new headache for schools and cities

Vaping Waste

Health Insurance

What would happen if Obamacare went away?

U.S. Supreme Court

When teens abuse parents, shame and secrecy make it hard to seek help

Teens abusing parents

Health Insurance

Analysis: Choosing a plan from the impossible health care maze

Health Care Maze

Cosmetic surgery and the secret world of Instagram dolls

Instagram Doll for Cosmetic Surgery

At-home rape kits now off the market

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Years ago, this doctor linked a mysterious lung disease to vaping

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‘Crackhouse’ or ‘safehouse’? U.S. officials try to block Philly’s supervised injection site

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Analysis: How your beloved hospital helps to drive up health care costs

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Starving seniors: How America fails to feed its aging

On social media, more people are coming out about their depression

Depression and mental health on social media

Shopping abroad for cheaper medication? Here’s what you need to know

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Among hurdles for those with opioid addictions: getting the drug to treat it

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