KFF Health News: Feds chop enforcement staff and halt rules meant to curb black lung in coal miners
By Taylor Sisk KFF Health News In early April, President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal miners around him…
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Most of public, including majority of Republicans, oppose Medicaid cuts; MAGA supporters divided
KFF Health News As the Trump administration and Congress pursue broad cuts to federal health agencies and budgets, most of…
Navigating Aging: Judith Graham — I’m moving forward and facing the uncertainty of aging
By Judith Graham KFF Health News It takes a lot of courage to grow old. I’ve come to appreciate this…
Navigating Aging: The LGBTQ+ community relives old traumas as they face aging on their own
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Bill Hall, 71, has been fighting for his life for 38 years. These days,…
Navigating Aging: Resources are expanding for growing number of older adults living alone
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Jeff Kromrey, 69, will sit down with his daughter the next time she visits…
Navigating Aging: Homebound seniors living alone often slip through health system’s cracks
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Carolyn Dickens, 76, was sitting at her dining room table, struggling to catch her…
Navigating Aging: Millions of aging Americans are facing dementia by themselves
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Sociologist Elena Portacolone was taken aback. Many of the older adults in San Francisco…
Navigating Aging: Older men’s connections often wither when they’re on their own
By Judith Graham KFF Health News At age 66, South Carolina physician Paul Rousseau decided to retire after tending for…
Navigating Aging: Historic numbers of Americans are living by themselves as they age
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Gerri Norington, 78, never wanted to be on her own as she grew old….
Navigating Aging: Lack of affordability tops older americans’ list of health care worries
By Judith Graham KFF Health News What weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care?…
Navigating Aging: Older women are different from older men and their health is woefully understudied
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of older women,…
Navigating Aging: New help for dealing with aggression in people with dementia
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or…
Navigating Aging: The burden of getting medical care can be exhausting for older patients
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January…
Navigating Aging: Does our society simply not care about our vulnerable older population?
By Judith Graham KFF Health News The covid-19 pandemic would be a wake-up call for America, advocates for the elderly…
Navigating Aging: Using hearing aids can be frustrating for older adults, but necessary
By Judith Graham KFF Health News It was an every-other-day routine, full of frustration. Every time my husband called his…
Opioid epidemic in ‘fourth wave,’ seeing multiple substance used at same time; fentanyl most common
By Colleen DeGuzman KFF Health News The United States is knee-deep in what some experts call the opioid epidemic’s “fourth…
Early detection may help Kentucky doctors in effort to tamp down on Commonwealth’s lung cancer crisis
By Charlotte Huff KFF Health News Anthony Stumbo’s heart sank after the doctor shared his mother’s chest X-ray. “I remember…
Navagating Aging: America’s health system isn’t ready for the surge of seniors with disabilities
By Judith Graham KFF Health News The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory,…
Lost in the mix of Medicaid ‘unwinding’: Kentucky cut off her health care over a clerical error
By Rachana Pradhan KFF Health News The day her Medicaid coverage ended, Beverly Likens was in the hospital after a…
Gubernatorial candidates quarrel over bragging rights for winning opioid settlements
By Aneri Pattani KFF Health News Opioid settlement cash is not inherently political. It’s not the result of a law…
Let’s have an honest conversation about what to expect from our bodies and minds as we age
By Judith Graham KFF Health News How many of us have wanted a reliable, evidence-based guide to aging that explains…