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A North Carolina Hospital Was Slated To Open in 2025. Mired in Bureaucracy, It’s Still a Dirt Field.
Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people.
The ambulances frequently...
Some of the Best Foods to Eat While On Semaglutide, According to an Expert
Semaglutide or GLP-1 medications—like Ozempic and Wegovy—are all the rage in the weight loss community these days.
Not only are people all over social...
Journalists Dig Into Maine HIV Outbreak and Ever-Closer End to Enhanced ACA Subsidies
KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed Maine’s largest HIV outbreak to date, including the challenges in tracking transmission and treating people with...
Essential Guide to GLP-1 Agonists for Weight Loss
Type 2 diabetes is one of the most common and well-studied modern diseases. So, new medications to combat this condition are constantly being developed....
CDC Staff Tell Journalist They Felt Targeted Even Before Atlanta Campus...
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees’ reaction to a deadly shooting at the agency’s Atlanta...
Is Too Much Protein Bad for Your Kidneys?
Key Takeaways
High-protein diets are generally considered safe for healthy people and are not shown to cause kidney damage, according to current evidence (1).
The concern...
