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Business & Finance

California’s medical board can’t pay its bills, but doctors resist proposed fixes

By Annie Sciacca | KFF Health News | August 25, 2023
The bill faces a pivotal vote in the State Assembly’s Appropriations Committee this month.
guns

‘All we want is revenge’: How social media fuels gun violence among teens

By Liz Szabo | KFF Health News | August 25, 2023
When posts that call out rivals go viral, fueled by “likes” and comments, the danger is hard to contain.
COVID-19

Few firm beliefs and low trust: Americans not sure what’s true in age of health misinformation

By Darius Tahir | KFF Health News | August 22, 2023
A new poll from KFF shows many Americans aren’t willing to embrace misinformation — but aren’t willing to reject it either. And they don’t know whom to trust.
Education

Help young people limit screen time — and improve mental health, body image

By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | August 18, 2023
A new study validates what some parents have observed when teens limit screen time.
California

Promising better, cheaper care, Kaiser Permanente’s national expansion faces wide skepticism

By Harris Meyer | KFF Health News | August 17, 2023
With a $5 billion commitment to a new unit called Risant Health, there are questions about the benefit to current KP customers and employees.
COVID-19

‘It’s here to stay’: Experts weigh in on the state of COVID-19 and the new EG.5 variant

By Katy St. Clair | Bay City News Foundation | August 15, 2023
COVID cases are rising once again due to the emergence of a new variant, EG.5.
Featured in Category

New Alzheimer’s drug raises hopes — along with questions

By Judith Graham | KFF Health News | August 11, 2023
Physicians serving Alzheimer’s patients are working out the details of who will get treated with Leqembi.
California

A blood test that screens for cancer: Does it do more harm than good?

By Mark Kreidler | KFF Health News | August 11, 2023
But many cancer researchers, wary of overtesting, argue it’s premature to prescribe the Galleri test widely.
health

The debate over flavored medicine for California kids

By Lynn La | CalMatters | August 4, 2023
Flavoring medicine now falls within the scope of national drug compounding standards.
News

The real costs of the new Alzheimer’s drug, most of which will fall to taxpayers

By Arthur Allen | KFF Health News | August 4, 2023
Medicare and Medicaid patients will make up 92% of the market for lecanemab, according to drug developer Eisai Co.
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