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Tools and resources for preventing, diagnosing, and treating respiratory illnesses including the common cold, flu, RSV, and COVID-19.
- See the most common signs and symptoms
- Manage your symptoms from home
- Get care
- Stay up-to-date on your vaccines
- Explore COVID-19 testing options or report a home antigen result
- With the right policies and partnerships, artificial intelligence can lead to higher-quality, more equitable care.
- Discusses causes and symptoms of COPD. Looks at chronic bronchitis and emphysema, two diseases that are usually a part of COPD. Covers quitting smoking. Includes treatment with bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids. Offers home treatment tips.
- Advanced medical science improves patient outcomes. We urge lawmakers to continue providing full support for research funding and the agencies that lead research.
- Offers tips to prevent illness and accidental injuries in babies and young children. Covers SIDS. Discusses common safety hazards. Also discusses healthy habits such as safe food preparation, using car seats, and immunizations. Covers safe baby products.
- Enhanced premium tax credits expire at the end of 2025. We urge Congress to keep them permanent.
- What is teen substance use? Many teens try substances like alcohol or drugs. Some try them only a few times and stop. Teens who keep using substances may form a strong need for them. This can lead to substance use disorder. Substances teens may try include tobacco, alcohol, marijuana or other drugs, household products...
- For America to build — and keep — a health care workforce big enough to meet ever-increasing demand, lawmakers need to implement 3 policy strategies.
- Discusses cancer pain management. Discusses causes such as tumor pressing on bones or nerves. Covers types of cancer pain. Discusses treatment with medicine, surgery, radiation, and other treatments.
- Kaiser Permanente is working to address drug shortages and support policies that maintain access, improve patient care, and promote affordability.
- How can you stay healthy on your trip? The best way to stay healthy on your trip is to plan before you go. If you are planning to travel to another country, see a doctor several months before you leave so you will have time for vaccines (immunizations) that you may need to get ahead of time. Also ask your doctor if...
- Our approaches ensure effectiveness and safety, and drive cost savings. We encourage lawmakers to look to our successes to see what’s possible.
- Discusses a form of mental decline (also called dementia). Looks at possible causes. Covers symptoms like memory loss and changes in mood or behavior. Covers treatment with medicines to help with memory and thinking problems. Offers tips for caregivers.
- When public health systems work together with health organizations, community institutions, and businesses short- and long-term public health challenges are much easier to manage.
- Explores ways to relax your mind and your body to release stress.
- It’s time to reform prescription drug pricing policies to increase affordability and better promote innovation.
- Covers how your thoughts can affect your mental and physical health. Offers tips on positive thinking, including having positive expectations.
- Kaiser Permanente is committed to public policies that ensure all people in Oregon and Southwest Washington have access to high-quality, affordable health care.
- What is healthy aging? Healthy aging means different things to different people. For many people it is being healthy enough to keep doing what they enjoy. How healthy you are as you get older depends on many things. These include your relationships and your family health history. If members of your family have health...
- America’s best way forward is to build on the progress our country has made and promote coordinated care that rewards quality over quantity.
- What is premature (preterm) birth? Pregnancy normally lasts about 40 weeks. When delivery occurs between 20 and 37 weeks of pregnancy, it's called a preterm birth. A baby born early is called preterm (or premature). Preterm babies are sometimes called "preemies." Why is preterm birth a problem? When babies are born too...
- Kaiser Permanente relies on personal health information to deliver high-quality care. Protecting the confidentiality of that information is required by federal and state law and is a top priority.
- News and perspectives on public policy in California
- Learn about various exercise and physical activity ideas, including aerobic exercises, ways to stay motivated, and different types of activities that range from moderate to vigorous intensity, and the importance of variety and consistency in maintaining an active lifestyle.
- Kaiser Permanente is committed to public policies that ensure all people in Hawaii have access to high-quality, affordable care.
- Guides you through ways to add nutritious calories and protein to your diet.
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