SOBRE NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL Noticias en español es una sección de KFF Health News que contiene traducciones de artículos de gran interés para la comunidad hispanohablante, y contenido original enfocado en la población hispana que vive en los Estados Unidos. Cuando Michael Howard llegó para un chequeo con su neumonóloga, le preocupaba cómo su cuerpo […]

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Some welcome news at the height of summer swimming season: Children are far less likely to drown in California than they were in the 1980s — and child drowning rates have continued to fall even in the past decade, according to data from the […]

SOBRE NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL Noticias en español es una sección de KFF Health News que contiene traducciones de artículos de gran interés para la comunidad hispanohablante, y contenido original enfocado en la población hispana que vive en los Estados Unidos. Use Nuestro Contenido Este contenido puede usarse de manera gratuita (detalles). Cuando Karen Schirack, de […]

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). The idea of getting cancer from searching through the rubble of Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks — and then standing guard over it for months — didn’t occur to Kevin Zweigbaum. It did cross his mind that the swirling dust and fumes from […]

This story also ran on The Daily Beast. This story can be republished for free (details). [UPDATED at 2 p.m. ET] When Washington returned from its winter holiday break in January, it seemed everyone was talking about lowering drug prices. Energized by a new class of freshmen and a few weeks away from the office, […]

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). As Wei Wei Lee sat with her doctor to discuss starting a family, she felt a “distance” between them. The physician was busy on the computer and focused on the screen. Podcast An Arm and a Leg May 23 Health care — and how […]

This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). In a former church parsonage in Grundy County, Tenn., Karen Wickham ladled out her lentil stew as people arrived for an evening health education class. Wickham and her husband, Steve, are white-haired, semi-retired nurses who have dedicated the last years of […]

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Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). A growing number of expectant mothers are among the migrants pouring in daily from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador — even Haiti — to more than 30 already overflowing shelters in Tijuana, Mexico. “More women are arriving pregnant or with babies,” said pastor Gustavo Banda […]

SOBRE NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL Noticias en español es una sección de KFF Health News que contiene traducciones de artículos de gran interés para la comunidad hispanohablante, y contenido original enfocado en la población hispana que vive en los Estados Unidos. Un número creciente de mujeres embarazadas se encuentran entre las migrantes que llegan a diario […]