Traumatized by war and sexual assaults, some U.S. veterans and veterans’ spouses are seeking help in a Mexican clinic that treats depression and addiction with potent hallucinogens like toad poison.
Daily Aspirin Regimen May Cause Bleeding
Millions of Americans take aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke. Now, doctors are advising against it — especially for people over 70.
Long Covid Symptoms and Treatment: What We Know So Far
There is no universal definition of the complex condition, but clues about causes and potential treatments are beginning to emerge.
Journalists Explore Affordability of Mental Health Care and Abortion Laws’ Effect on Miscarriages
KHN correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed why finding affordable mental health care is so difficult on NPR’s “A1” on May 18. Freelancer Charlotte Huff discussed how Texas abortion laws complicate miscarriage treatment on “Texas Standard” on May 16. Related Topics Contact Us Submit a Story Tip
Is Sharing Breast Milk Safe?
More families are informally swapping milk during the baby formula shortage. But experts warn there are risks.
High-Tech’s Business Model Hasn’t Worked for the Cue Covid Test
“I’ve got this,” coos Gal Gadot in Cue Health’s Super Bowl TV commercial. Cue hired the “Wonder Woman” actress to be the voice of the company’s new high-tech covid-19 testing device. The ad pushes the notion that the at-home covid test produces results equal in accuracy to a lab-based PCR test and surpasses it in …
Watch: Going Beyond the Script of ‘The G Word’ and How Government Responds to Disease (Or Not)
[embedded content] (Hannah Norman/KHN) KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal joined comedian Adam Conover to discuss his new Netflix series, “The G Word With Adam Conover,” created in partnership with Barack and Michelle Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions. In the hybrid docu-comedy series, Conover pulls back the curtain on the surprising ways the federal government affects our everyday …
Bison Pastrami, Anyone? Preschool Assistant Makes Sure Kids Get to Know Indigenous Foods
MINNEAPOLIS — Bison pastrami is not typical school lunch fare, but it’s a crowd favorite at a preschool in Minneapolis. Fawn Youngbear-Tibbetts — the seemingly always on-the-go coordinator of Indigenous foods at the Wicoie Nandagikendan Early Childhood Urban Immersion Project — is frequently found tweaking recipes in the kitchen or offering homemade goodies like flourless …
No Longer My Mother’s Daughter
“I am transmasculine, which is to say I understand my body even less than I understand my mother.”
What to Know About Fentanyl and Why It’s So Dangerous
Drug overdoses have reached record highs. Experts offer tips to talk about opioids with your family.