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SNAP at Risk: What a Shutdown Means for Health and America’s Social Contract

When Federal systems stall, people’s lives don’t pause. The government shutdown has threatened the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation’s largest anti-hunger initiative...

The Chicken and Egg Problem of Fighting Another Flu Pandemic

Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, appeared on “CBS Morning News” on May 30 to discuss concerns that the spread of an avian flu virus has decimated flocks of birds, which may affect consumers’ supply of eggs. Eggs are a major tool in the manufacturing of vaccines that could help protect people from a bird flu outbreak.

Rural Hospitals Are Caught in an Aging-Infrastructure Conundrum

Rural hospitals throughout the nation are facing a conundrum. An increase in costs amid lower payments from insurance plans makes it harder for small hospitals to fund large capital improvement projects

Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving her navy-blue Jeep from one patient’s home to the next, seeing eight in all. Pregnant...