Underfunded And Understaffed, FDA Isn't Meeting Foreign Food Inspection Targets (+...)

Underfunded And Understaffed, FDA Isn't Meeting Foreign Food Inspection Targets The cyclosporiasis outbreak has laid bare the shortcomings at the Food and Drug Administration, which lost inspectors during the covid pandemic and never recovered. Food experts say inspectors should have been on-site in Mexico at the farm tied to tainted lettuce sooner, considering the scale and number of people sickened, the AP reported. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/tuesday-september-8-2026/

Scientists, Scholars Pan HHS Report Linking Support For Trans People To Political Violence (+.. +)

https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/tuesday-september-8-2026/ Scientists, Scholars Pan HHS Report Linking Support For Trans People To Political Violence "Where the Clinic Meets the Movement: Does Gender Ideology Arm Left-Wing Authoritarian Psychology?" — essentially a political ideology questionnaire, The Guardian reported — was neither peer-reviewed as required by law nor published by a scientific journal. “What we’re seeing is this broadside attack on the scientific establishment more generally, and trans rights are being used as the vehicle to do this,” one professor noted. Experts worry the administration might use the study to further its anti-trans campaign, The 19th reported. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/administration-news-090826/

With Midterms Looming, Journalists Consider Measles, Food Recalls, and Obamacare Aug. 29, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/on-air/on-air-august-29-2026-measles-vaccination-food-recalls-midterm-elections/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-98psW56O3NNVPsUR0ABg6ffjlaJaXmE3kyRau-gCCz5e5Niw75pA8CMvTyI1OZOIZgdNdfk3sGTKfGdaFYkZWX1Brsqw&_hsmi=437918065&utm_content=437918065&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: With Midterms Looming, Journalists Consider Measles, Food Recalls, And Obamacare Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed fatal measles cases on CBS News 24/7’s Mornings on Aug. 26. Gounder fact-checked Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz’s comments about vaccines and drug prices on CBS News 24/7’s The Daily Report on Aug. 24. She also discussed food recalls this summer on CBS News 24/7’s The Takeout With Major Garrett on Aug. 24. KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed kindergarten vaccination rates on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show on Aug. 25. KFF Health News contributor Mark Kreidler discussed the use of artificial intelligence for Medicaid reenrollment on KVPR’s Central Valley Daily on Aug. 24. KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed the state of the Affordable Care Act on Vox’s Today, Explained podcast on Aug. 24. KFF Health News Georgia correspondent Briah Lumpkins discussed the importance of healthcare policy in upcoming elections on WUGA’s The Georgia Health Report on Aug. 21. (8/29)

The Market Forces Quietly Adding Thousands to Patient Bills By Elisabeth Rosenthal Sept. 8, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/vertical-integration-high-health-costs-prices-hospital-mergers-pharmacies-pbms/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--sZ6tUbJlzDPKPM3XahLR472WEu8DIp5vtci_GNDcRvulhHYWle07dwoDtm2Fo7Az_SzZKiDyudYoFr_zl479-hxzOIQ&_hsmi=437918065&utm_content=437918065&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: The Market Forces Quietly Adding Thousands To Patient Bills After a failed round of in vitro fertilization this year, Anne Hug’s fertility doctor said she had a single polyp in her uterus that should be removed to improve the chance of pregnancy. Hug, a professor of radiology, learned that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says the procedure can be done in a doctor’s office with local numbing. Her doctor referred her to a physician at the same hospital, which is part of a large Ohio health system. That doctor’s plan was to do the procedure in a hospital operating room, with anesthesia administered by an anesthesiologist. Hug balked at the $18,000 estimate. (Rosenthal, 9/8)

‘It’s Triage’: California’s Next Governor Will Face Destabilizing Surge in Uninsured By Christine Mai-Duc Sept. 8, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/elections/xavier-becerra-longtime-health-coverage-champion-california-gubernatorial-race-uninsured-rate/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-83uyNVbgaWLQmlSPgXT8k1FXEDNsRoMvl3Xu0kff9-pmCTlealiIiwc3FVY-9l65o8JyhD6YDwu_ToCRgcVwMTkDXAhg&_hsmi=437918065&utm_content=437918065&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: ‘It’s Triage’: California’s Next Governor Will Face Destabilizing Surge In Uninsured By the time Democrat Xavier Becerra left Washington, D.C., more Americans than ever had health insurance, owing partly to his work over the years to pass, defend, and expand the Affordable Care Act. It’s an achievement the former congressman and former U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services often touts as he campaigns for California governor against Republican Steve Hilton, a former Fox News commentator. (Mai-Duc, 9/8)

Global health and economic impact of expanding the WHO essential medicines list for psoriasis: a health economic modelling study Fatima Alia ∙ Alison K. Wrightb,q ∙ Thomas Graierc ∙ Mahira El Sayedd ∙ Rachel H. Gilese ∙ Jo Lambertf ∙ et al.

Global health and economic impact of expanding the WHO essential medicines list for psoriasis: a health economic modelling study Fatima Alia ∙ Alison K. Wrightb,q ∙ Thomas Graierc ∙ Mahira El Sayedd ∙ Rachel H. Gilese ∙ Jo Lambertf ∙ et al. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(26)00356-1/fulltext

Editorial Breastfeeding in Africa: mothers need enabling environments beyond education The Lancet Regional Health – Africa (+...)

Editorial Breastfeeding in Africa: mothers need enabling environments beyond education The Lancet Regional Health – Africa https://www.thelancet.com/issue/S3050-5011(26)X2006-5