Publication: KFF Health News
KFF Health News
has 2.4% among publications.
BS Score: 1%.
Articles analyzed: 6.
Words analyzed: 45,936.
Analyzed articles
KFF Health News
- By Stephanie Armour
- 7/2/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 24.4% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 17.9% - Appeal to Emotion 12.8%
As beachgoers flock to water during the busy July Fourth weekend, danger could be lurking in some areas. Researchers this spring discovered flesh-eating bacteria in water in several coastal locations across New York’s Long Island, and town officials in the Hamptons vacation destination posted an alert about the findings. Eight people in... more
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- By David Hilzenrath, Holly K. Hacker
- 7/2/2026, 9:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 21% - Self-Serving Bias 18% - Negativity Bias 10.7%
In September 2016, a distraught mother sent infant formula maker Mead Johnson a message: “REMOVE ME FROM YOUR LIST!!!! DO NOT EMAIL OR MAIL ME ANY MORE! “It is because of your animal based pre-term artificial baby food crap that you peddle to hospital NICU’s that my son is dead from NEC.” more
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- By Bram Sable-Smith
- 6/30/2026, 9:00 AM
Anecdotal 23.4% - Negativity Bias 15% - Hasty Generalization 12.4%
It’s tick season, possibly the <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/05/21/are-tick-bites-rising-in-the-washington-dc-area-tick-season-in-effect/90174457007/">worst in a decade</a>. More and more Americans are being exposed to these parasites as climate change expands the range where they can survive. That means more people... more
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- By Lauren Sausser
- 6/30/2026, 9:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 14.9% - Anecdotal 14.1% - Negativity Bias 11.4%
Benjamin Pinckney, 46, has dreamed of becoming a physician assistant since just after his 20th birthday. He had been targeted by a drive-by shooter in Jacksonville, Florida, and hospitalized with two gunshot wounds. During his weeklong hospitalization, he said, a physician assistant changed the course of his life by visiting his hospital... more
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- By Daniel Chang, Fred Clasen-Kelly, Olga Pierce, The Trace
- 6/29/2026, 9:00 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 13.2% - Appeal to Authority 10.8% - Overconfidence Bias 6.7%
Alea Bates wasn’t ready to leave Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare’s main hospital four days after a stranger shot her seven times at close range. Miraculously, hospital records show, none of the bullets damaged her internal organs. But after surgery, Bates said, she couldn’t get out of bed or walk to the bathroom without help. She... more
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- By Fred Schulte
- 6/26/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 21.2% - Availability Heuristic 9.7% - Appeal to Authority 8.5%
A major Medicare Advantage company has paid the government more than $342 million to help settle allegations that it overcharged the federal healthcare program for years. Elevance Health, which covers about 2 million people on Medicare, sent the money to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services via wire transfer on May 27, court... more