Immigrant Families Placed In Detention Centers Face Health Care Challenges
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). The White House’s plan to indefinitely detain immigrant families together threatens the care of young children, experts worry, by placing them with an agency with little experience in handling such complex needs. Previously, the administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration stance meant splitting children from parents. Immigration […]
More Nurse Practitioners Now Pursue Residency Programs To Hone Skills
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). The patient at the clinic was in his 40s and had lost both his legs to Type 1 diabetes. He had mental health and substance abuse problems and was taking large amounts of opioids to manage pain. He was assigned to […]
Out-Of-Pocket Costs Put HIV Prevention Drug Out Of Reach For Many At Risk
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). Public health officials are expanding efforts to get the HIV prevention pill into the hands of those at risk, in a nationwide effort to curb infections. But the officials are hitting roadblocks — the drug’s price tag, which has surged in […]
Gastos de bolsillo impiden que más personas reciban la droga que previene el VIH
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). Funcionarios de salud pública […]
Vulnerable Rural Hospitals Face Quandaries Over Questionable Billing Schemes
Two rural Missouri hospitals recently handed over their operations to a private company that promised to turn them around with a billing practice it calls “a lab outreach program.” But the approach that company is using is drawing attention from lawmakers and Missouri’s auditor. It is similar to a tactic underway at 20 rural hospitals […]
What A U.S.-China Trade War Could Mean For The Opioid Epidemic
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). The American struggle to curb opioid addiction could become collateral damage in President Donald Trump’s showdown on trade. Trade tensions with allies were heightened by the White House announcement in March of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Now, another round specifically targeting China […]
Si la Corte Suprema revoca Roe vs Wade, 22 estados podrían prohibir el aborto
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). ¿Cómo se verían los […]
If High Court Reverses Roe V. Wade, 22 States Poised To Ban Abortion
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). What would the U.S. look like without Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide? That’s the question now that President Donald Trump has chosen conservative Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony […]
Hurricane Maria Still Taking A Toll On Puerto Rico’s Seniors
This story also ran on PBS NewsHour. This story can be republished for free (details). The question of who will care for Puerto Rico’s aging population is a growing crisis, says Dr. Angel Muñoz, a clinical psychologist and researcher at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in Ponce. The island’s elderly population is particularly […]
De la cuna a la corte: la administración Trump cita a bebés inmigrantes
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). La administración Trump ha […]