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Recent polling with The Washington Post shows a similar share of adults and teens have taken action to express their views on climate change or global warming in the past three years.
A new KFF/Washington Post survey probes in depth what Americans know and think about climate change, their personal involvement with the issue, and their willingness to accept trade-offs to reduce its impact. A parallel survey of teens ages 13-17 explores how they view the potential effects of climate change on their generation. The poll finds that a large majority of adults and teens believe that human activity is causing changes to the world’s climate. About…
Drew Altman features exclusive polling for this new Axios column showing how far health information technologies are spreading, but still have a long way to go to disrupt the U.S. health care system.
This poll examines the numbers of U.S. adults who use the internet or smartphone apps to research symptoms, track fitness and nutrition, manage their health insurance and health care spending, and engage in other online health-related activity.
While a large share of voters are already firm about how they plan to vote in the 2020 presidential election, three in 10 say they have not made their minds up. This analysis from KFF, in collaboration with the Cook Political Report, examines the demographics of these swing voters and the policy issues that could lead them to vote for either President Trump or the Democratic nominee.
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), recently declared a “public health emergency of international concern” by the WHO Director-General, is now second only to the West Africa outbreak of 2014-2015 in terms of number of cases and deaths. A new KFF explainer reviews the history of the outbreak in the DRC, which U.S. agencies are involved, how U.S. personnel are assisting, global response activities, and the role of vaccination in…
While most Americans believe that antibiotic resistance poses a public health problem, new KFF polling finds nearly half (45%) say they personally have not taken antibiotics as prescribed – one factor contributing to the rise of “superbugs” that are resistant to existing treatment. Those misusing antibiotics includes people who say they took antibiotics without talking to a doctor or other provider (16%) and, more commonly, those who say that they did not finish a course…
This data note examines the public’s knowledge and concerns about antibiotic resistance and also gauges the public’s experiences using antibiotics and their interactions with doctor and health care providers.
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KFF and Public Road Productions announce that Season 2 of An Arm and A Leg podcast will be co-produced in partnership with Kaiser Health News (KHN), KFF’s editorially independent national health and health policy newsroom.
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