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1 week ago | 
kffhealthnews.org | David Hilzenrath |Hannah Norman |Hannah Norman |Oona Zenda
Lining the shelves of American supermarkets are food products with chemicals linked to health concerns. To a great extent, the FDA allows food companies to determine for themselves whether their ingredients and additives are safe. Companies don’t have to tell the FDA about those decisions, and they don’t have to list all ingredients on their product labels.
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2 months ago | 
dothaneagle.com | Aneri Pattani |Hannah Norman |Oona Tempest
The money, which comes from companies like Purdue Pharma, McKesson, CVS, and others that made, distributed, and sold opioid painkillers, is meant as restitution for their roles in fueling the epidemic. KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani breaks down the money’s path – from when it lands to how it’s spent.
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2 months ago | 
physiciansweekly.com | Sam Whitehead |Hannah Norman
Republicans in Congress have suggested big cuts to Medicaid. But what exactly is it? Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities, is integral to the U.S. health care system. It keeps hospitals and other providers afloat, provides a key source of federal funds to states, and helps provide health insurance to people who couldn’t otherwise afford it.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
thederrick.com | Hannah Norman
Juana Valle never imagined she’d be scared to drink water from her tap or eat fresh eggs and walnuts when she bought her 5-acre farm in San Juan Bautista, California, three years ago. Escaping city life and growing her own food was a dream come true for the 52-year-old. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
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Dec 14, 2024 | 
truthout.org | Hannah Norman
Help us Prepare for Trump’s Day OneTrump is busy getting ready for Day One of his presidency – but so is Truthout. Trump has made it no secret that he is planning a demolition-style attack on both specific communities and democracy as a whole, beginning on his first day in office.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
nj.com | Hannah Norman
Juana Valle never imagined she’d be scared to drink water from her tap or eat fresh eggs and walnuts when she bought her 5-acre farm in San Juan Bautista, California, three years ago. Escaping city life and growing her own food was a dream come true for the 52-year-old. Then Valle began to suspect water from her well was making her sick. “Even if everything is organic, it doesn’t matter, if the water underground is not clean,” Valle said.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
thegrio.com | Fred Clasen-Kelly |Renuka Rayasam |Hannah Norman |Maiysha Kai
The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit. KFF Health News undertook a yearlong examination of how government decisions undermine Black health — reviewing court and inspection records and government reports, and interviewing dozens of academic researchers, doctors, politicians, community leaders, grieving moms, and patients.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
kffhealthnews.org | Jordan Rau |Hannah Norman
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
californiahealthline.org | Jordan Rau |Hannah Norman
September 3, 2024 Article HTML We encourage organizations to republish our content, free of charge. Here’s what we ask: You must credit us as the original publisher, with a hyperlink to our californiahealthline.org site. If possible, please include the original author(s) and “California Healthline” in the byline.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
kffhealthnews.org | Hannah Norman
August 12, 2024 Article HTML We encourage organizations to republish our content, free of charge. Here’s what we ask: You must credit us as the original publisher, with a hyperlink to our kffhealthnews.org site. If possible, please include the original author(s) and KFF Health News” in the byline.
