Rising Healthcare Costs Have Hit Georgia’s Most Conservative District. But Its Politics Are Unlikely To Change.
Amber Bates of Cohutta, Georgia, is one of thousands of people without health insurance in the 14th Congressional District, home…
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A Cancer Survivor Hoped To Work — Then She Lost Her Medicaid Disability Coverage
Taya Hailstone has been in remission from childhood Hodgkin lymphoma for five years. But the cancer’s lasting damage to her…
Why do I talk in my sleep? A sleep psychologist explains
Talking in your sleep is more common in children than adults. Cavan Images via Getty Images Curious Kids is a…
Why does your brain mix up memories? A new study examines how memories are misplaced in your brain’s filing cabinets
Older people may confuse memories rather than forgetting them altogether. LWA/Stone via Getty Images Old age and forgetfulness seem to…
No matter the congressional map, Missouri voters still have the final say
A polling location in Jefferson City (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Despite having to endure all the judicial filings and appeals about…
JD Vance uses Missouri visit to announce new crackdown on COVID loan fraud
Vice President JD Vance speaks about the administration’s crackdown on fraud during a Monday news conference at the FBI field…
Misinformation, hesitancy could blunt impact of new cancer vaccines
Chase Johnson of Cary, North Carolina, is among the cancer survivors and patients participating in a clinical trial for a…
A Generation of Kids Suffer as Trump Destabilizes Immigrant Families
The little girl stared up at Norma Gómez from the doorway of her neighbor’s apartment, her sad, brown eyes suddenly…
Here’s how teachers and parents can collaborate and help Michigan’s 1.4M students succeed
Family engagement can help students regularly attend classes, according to researchers. Paul Sancya/AP About 1.4 million Michigan students returned to…
Your memories of how you heard about 9/11 may well be wrong – we’ve been asking the same people what they remember for 25 years
Workers at Los Angeles International Airport on 9/11 watch news coverage of the terrorist attacks. Lee Celano/AFP via Getty Images…
Republicans close out GOP midterm convention vowing to keep control of Congress
President Donald Trump speaks on stage on the second day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines…
CDC program is still focusing on care for 9/11 responders, survivors 25 years later
Vicente Benavidez has blood drawn for testing at the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program Oct. 1,…
Mixed-status immigrant households expected to lose benefits under new public charge rule
A 10-year-old Honduran immigrant who came into the United States as an unaccompanied minor carries her baby cousin in 2021…
‘You still live in my heart’: Families mark 9/11 attacks with stories, calls for justice
People hold up photos of their loved who were victims of the 9/11 attacks during the commemoration ceremony on the…
Journalists Detail Data on Suicide, Primary Care Shortages, and Gun Violence
KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed Louisiana sheriffs’ spending of opioid settlement payouts on Attitude With Arnie Arnesen on…
Schools, libraries sound alarm over potential changes to federal internet program
Patrons use free Wi-Fi at a public library in Chicago. For nearly 30 years, the E-Rate program has helped connect…