I recently hobbled to the drugstore to pick up painkillers after minor outpatient knee surgery, only to discover that the pharmacist hadn’t yet filled the prescription. My doctor’s order of 90 generic Percocet exceeded the number my insurer would approve, he said. I left a short time later with a bottle containing a smaller number. […]
This story also ran on The Daily Beast. This story can be republished for free (details). Three years before launching an offshore herpes vaccine trial, an American researcher vaccinated patients in U.S. hotel rooms in brazen violation of U.S. law, a Kaiser Health News investigation has found. Southern Illinois University associate professor William Halford administered 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. Hace poco fui cojeando a la farmacia para retirar una receta de analgésicos, después de […]
Use Our Content This Kaiser Health News story can be republished for free (details). More Stories To Republish Since her son Matt was an infant, Lynda Mitchell knew he had a milk allergy. She controlled the symptoms by switching his baby formula. But when he was 1, Halloween proved horrifying. While trick-or-treating in a pumpkin […]
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). The roast turkey and pecan pie may be the same as always, but growing numbers of families plan to add a tradition to their Thanksgiving holiday this week: a frank talk about their wishes for end-of-life care. Paul Malley, president of […]
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 su hijo Matt todavía era un bebé, Lynda Mitchell ya sabía que era alérgico […]
This story also ran on Bloomberg. This story can be republished for free (details). In April 2014, state and federal drug agents raided Jeffrey Campbell’s medical clinic in Jeffersonville, Ind. Police cars blocked the parking lot as bewildered patients scattered and the agents carted off boxes of records from the doctor’s office. Some of the […]
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). WESTMINSTER, Calif. — After Yarly Raygoza attended the drug prevention program at the Boys & Girls Club here last year, she used what she learned to talk a few friends out of using marijuana. The 14-year-old took the class again this […]
This story also ran on The Daily Beast. This story can be republished for free (details). WASHINGTON — The university that employed a controversial herpes vaccine researcher has told the federal government it learned last summer of the possibility of his illegal experimentation on human subjects. But Southern Illinois University did not publicly disclose the […]
People With HIV Went Weeks Without Meds After Hurricane Harvey This story by KHN senior national correspondent Sarah Varney aired Nov. 24, 2017, on Here & Now. https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/20171124_hereandnow_harvey-texans-hiv-medication.mp3 Can’t see the audio player? Click here to download. Angelia Soloman watched out the window of her ranch house in northeastern Houston as the floodwaters rose up […]
