That fidget spinner your kid can’t put down? It turns out it may be putting children at risk for lead exposure. That’s according to a report out Thursday from a consumer advocacy group, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund. The organization tested the toys — which represent the latest iteration of a long […]

San Diego County, battling a deadly outbreak of hepatitis A, is postponing an outreach campaign to provide the second of two inoculations against the contagious liver disease until a national shortage of the vaccine is resolved, the county’s chief public health officer said. “Our goal is to get that vaccine in as many arms as […]

https://kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/11/unsellingopioidsbartolone.mp3 Dr. Mary Meengs remembers the days, a couple of decades ago, when pharmaceutical salespeople would drop into her family practice in Chicago, eager to catch a moment between patients so they could pitch her a new drug. Now living in Humboldt County, Calif., Meengs is taking a page from the pharmaceutical industry’s playbook with […]

This story also ran on U.S. News & World Report. This story can be republished for free (details). As a Ph.D. candidate in the social sciences more than 20 years ago, Duana Welch, 49, had done enough research to know the consequences she’d face by reporting sexual harassment in the workplace. “When women came forward […]

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 era aspirante a un doctorado en filosofía, más de dos décadas atrás, Duana Welch, […]

As children move through adolescence, some face health hurdles like obesity, sexually transmitted infections, depression and drug abuse. Regular checkups could help families address such problems, and the Affordable Care Act paved the way by requiring insurers to fully cover well-child visits, at no charge to patients. But, both before and after the ACA was […]

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. A medida que los niños avanzan en la adolescencia, algunos enfrentan problemas de salud como […]

The Food and Drug Administration last month sent criminal investigation agents with search warrants into nine storefronts across Central Florida that help customers order drugs from pharmacies in Canada and overseas at big discounts. Use Our Content This Kaiser Health News story can be republished for free (details). More Stories To Republish The agents notified […]

This story also ran on USA Today. This story can be republished for free (details). Shingles tried to kill me. Like an insidious invading army, the virus that more commonly causes chickenpox in children attacked the right side of my head, leaving me permanently deaf in my right ear. Shingles almost destroyed my voice box, […]

La culebrilla intentó matarme. Como un ejército invasor insidioso, el virus que causa más comúnmente varicela en los niños atacó el lado derecho de mi cabeza, dejándome sordo de mi oído derecho para siempre. También casi destruyó mi voz, y causó que mi párpado derecho y el labio inferior estuvieran caídos por un tiempo. Use […]