A transgender health can ban that passed the South Carolina Senate on Thursday now needs Gov. Henry McMaster's signature to become law. The governor has already indicated his support. Michael O’Brien, who testified against the bill before lawmakers, outlines what it includes⬇️

On May 1, U.S. FDA issued its most serious recall yet again for the HeartMate 3 – marking the 3rd time in 2024 that the device has been classified as a potential health hazard. So why is it still safe for patients?
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Oh, Dear! Baby Gear! Why Are the Manuals So Unclear? New dad Darius Tahir tries to decode the inscrutable instructions for parenthood. kffhealthnews.org/MTg0MTM2NA via @kffhealthnews

Kemp on Medicaid expansion in 2025: ‘I’m in the no camp.’ In forceful remarks, the Republican governor says joining 40 other states with expanded Medicaid coverage is ‘not good policy’ for Georgia #gapol ajc.com/politics/kemp-…

Even as UnitedHealth reported $99.8B in first-quarter revenue this week, medical providers told Samantha Liss they are struggling to pay their bills amid the chaos of the company’s billing system cyberattack. kffhealthnews.org/MTg0MjY1OA via @kffhealthnews

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In South Dakota, the gap was 22 years.

'It's almost blasphemy for a physician to say,' but 'the answer to addressing these things is not hiring more doctors+nurses,' a Lakota doctor said. 'The answer is having more community-based preventions.'

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We KFF plan to send John Oliver a job offer as a policy analyst working on Medicaid.

Two heart devices linked to a handful of deaths and hundreds of injuries were recalled Monday. Some patient safety advocates ask: What took the U.S. FDA and Abbott so long to act?
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JUST IN - Colorado now becomes 2nd state in the country to ban use of the term “excited delirium” in autopsy and police reports

Ban signed into law today.

Legislation follows lengthy @9News/KFF Health News investigation that tied 225 deaths across US to the controversial term

🌸A new little project: Maps, math, and musings on cherry blossom peak bloom and finding joy in the flowers close to home, without the crowds.
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Hey, D.C., love cherry blossoms but hate the tidal basin crowds? Hannah Recht created this brilliant dataviz tool for blossom peepers to find the pink: hrecht.com/cherry-blossom…

NEW: The Barton family were at the epicenter of the shooting at the Chiefs Super Bowl parade last month and the pain still permeates their lives.

This year we're following a group of people like the Bartons who are often overlooked in reporting on mass shootings: the injured.

The U.S. EPA released its new regulations today on use of ethylene oxide, which sterilizes half of the medical devices in the U.S. but is also a known carcinogen. (1/7)

Today, Abbott recalled the HeartMate Touch Communication System for unintentional starting and stopping of the HeartMate 3, a mechanical pump for advanced heart failure in patients who can't get a transplant. fda.gov/medical-device…