Hospitals Take Shot At Opioid Makers Over Cost Of Treating Uninsured For Addiction
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California Fires Illuminate Trauma And Resilience
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‘Invincible’ Teen Vapers Face Fears, Ask For Help
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Meth Trip Or Mental Illness? Police Who Need To Know Often Can’t Tell
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If Power Outages Are California’s New Normal, What About Home Medical Needs?
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). AUBURN, Calif. ― Fern Brown, 81, sat in the rear of a tent on the windswept fairgrounds of this historic Gold Rush town, drawing deep breaths through the mouthpiece of a nebulizer plugged into a power strip atop a plastic folding table. Afflicted for […]
¿Metanfetamina o trastorno mental? Policías muchas veces no pueden darse cuenta
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. La llamada al departamento de policía de Concord, New Hampshire, fue breve. Una mujer iba […]
Return To Sender: A Single Undeliverable Letter Can Mean Losing Medicaid
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Forty-two boxes of returned mail lined a wall of the El Paso County Department of Human Services office on a recent fall morning. There used to be three times as many. Every week, the U.S. Postal Service brings […]
Una sola carta sin entregar puede implicar perder Medicaid
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. Colorado Springs, Colo.- Cuarenta y dos cajas de correo devuelto descansan sobre una pared de […]
Fumar vs vapear. Investigadora dice que no es una comparación correcta
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). Al principio, Ilona Jaspers […]
Record Number Of Legionnaires’ Cases In 2018 Risk Lives, Cause Cleanup Headaches
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Cases of Legionnaires’ disease reached a record high in 2018 — a more than eight-fold increase since the numbers began to climb nearly two decades ago. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday 9,933 cases in 2018 of Legionellosis, which includes both […]