KFF Health News staffers and contributors made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories.

IV saline and fluids with carbohydrates are used regularly in hospitals and other clinical settings, both for hydration and to deliver medications. The shortage has left facilities scrambling to ...

El futuro gobernante prepara el terreno para hacer cambios potencialmente sísmicos que podrían limitar la expansión de Medicaid, aumentar la tasa de personas sin seguro, debilitar las protecciones par ...

Bloomberg: The Case For Getting The Government To Pay For Wegovy The Biden administration on Tuesday proposed expanding coverage of weight-loss drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly & ...

A new experimental weight loss drug from Amgen — the first in a growing group of drugs aimed at once-a-month injections instead of once a week — helped patients lose up to 20% of their weight in one ...

The president-elect's nominees — particularly those in the health sector — have a history of scrutinizing the government agencies that would be under their purview. However, they have shown that their ...

Also in the news: vaccine hesitancy in Washington and Oregon; the Canadian teen with bird flu; the mpox vaccine in Africa; and more.

Newspapers in China warned the United States not to "take China's goodwill for granted regarding anti-drug cooperation," Reuters reported. China has recently been more willing to share intelligence on ...

Pontiac General Hospital files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; health systems are hiring doctors from PE-backed firms; and more.

The landmark move comes as a report shows new HIV cases are at their lowest numbers since the 1980s. World AIDS Day is Sunday. The Washington Post: U.S. Okays Organ Transplants Between People With HIV ...