Here’s what we’re learning about this debilitating symptom and how to manage it.
Florida Foster Kids Are Given Powerful Medications, but Feds Find State Oversight Lacking
The powerful anti-seizure drug the 5-year-old boy had been taking for more than a year made him “almost catatonic,” his new foster mom from Florida’s Pinellas County worried. And there was no paperwork showing that the boy’s biological mother or a judge had authorized the psychotropic medication, Keppra, as required by state law. “I was …
Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’
Sept. 21 This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Government efforts to recover billions in Social Security overpayments can leave beneficiaries who can’t work because of a disability in a precarious situation, and some health systems have started charging patients fees for physicians’ responses to emailed questions. Sept. 14 This week on the KFF …
What to Know About Covid Rebound After Paxlovid Treatment
Why can Covid symptoms sometimes return after treatment? And what should you do about it?
For ‘The Golden Bachelor’ and Others, What Dating After 60 Looks Like
For ‘The Golden Bachelor’ and other singles of a certain age, there may be bad dates and false starts. But romance can be infinitely better after decades of life experience.
How Much Coffee Is Too Much Coffee?
Coffee is linked with lots of health benefits, but most of the risks come from the caffeine.
A Decades-Long Drop in Teen Births Is Slowing, and Advocates Worry a Reversal Is Coming
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Cicely Wilson’s work doesn’t end when she leaves her day job as a lactation consultant, doula, and child care expert. Wilson founded a nonprofit called Sunnyside Up Youth Pregnancy Services, which connects girls ages 13 to 19 with resources they need to care for their babies. After-hours, she looks for affordable Nashville …
Epidemic: The Tata Way
In June 1974, epidemiologist Larry Brilliant appeared in TISCO News, published by Tata Steel, talking with fellow smallpox eradication workers. The left image’s caption reads: “Vaccination without pricks. A jet gun (seen above), which was also used in the campaign, could give 500 to 700 vaccinations an hour.” The right image’s caption reads: “Preparing for …
Online Marijuana Shops Make It Easy for Minors to Buy, Study Finds
Many online marijuana dispensaries do not enforce age limits on purchases and have other lax policies that enable minors to buy cannabis on the internet.
Massive Kaiser Permanente Strike Looms as Talks Head to the Wire
Kaiser Permanente and union representatives pledged to continue negotiating a new contract up until the last minute as the threat of the nation’s latest large-scale strike looms next month. Unless a deal is struck, more than 75,000 health workers will walk out for three days from Oct. 4-7, disrupting care for KP patients in California, …