The federal government must aggressively bolster primary care and connect more Americans with a dedicated source of care, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine warn in a major report that sounds the alarm about an endangered foundation of the U.S. health system. The urgently worded report, which comes as internists, family doctors and […]
After spending much of the past year tending to elderly patients, doctors are seeing a clear demographic shift: young and middle-aged adults make up a growing share of the patients in covid-19 hospital wards. It’s both a sign of the country’s success in protecting the elderly through vaccination and an urgent reminder that younger generations […]
Después de pasar gran parte del año pasado atendiendo a pacientes de edad avanzada, los médicos están viendo un cambio demográfico claro: los adultos jóvenes y de mediana edad constituyen una parte cada vez mayor de los pacientes en las salas de covid-19 de los hospitales. Es tanto una señal del éxito del país en […]
Una mañana de verano en 2019, Debbie Cook estaba todavía en pijamas cuando recibió una llamada de su hijo: “Algo malo le pasa a la abuela”. Por el miedo en la voz de su hijo supo que se trataba de algo serio. Marcó el 911 de inmediato, sabiendo que una ambulancia podría tardar un buen […]
Debbie Cook was in her pajamas on a summer morning in 2019 when she got a call from her son: “Something bad is wrong with Granny.” The fear in his voice told Cook it was serious. She dialed 911 immediately, knowing it could take time for an ambulance to navigate the country roads in Fentress […]
Two national pharmacy chains that the federal government entrusted to inoculate people against covid-19 account for the lion’s share of wasted vaccine doses, according to government data obtained by KHN. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 182,874 wasted doses as of late March, three months into the country’s effort to vaccinate the masses […]
The quick detection of an ultra-rare blood clotting reaction in some covid-19 vaccine recipients showed the power of a federal warning system for vaccine safety issues, but experts worry that blind spots in the program could hamper detection of other unexpected side effects. Before the pandemic began, the Food and Drug Administration had scaled back […]
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[Correction: This article was revised at 4:15 p.m. ET on May 7, 2021, to reflect that an Odorox distributor, not Pyure, commissioned the ozone test on a Boss XL3. And the article was revised to reflect that Pyure CEO Jean-Francois “JF” Huc said his company provides stringent operating guidelines for use of the company’s air purifiers but did not acknowledge that school staffers […]
Chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Biden’s first 100 days on WAMU/NPR’s “1A” on Wednesday. She also joined Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” to talk about why hospitals aren’t cooperating with price transparency requirements. Click here to hear Rovner on WAMU/NPR Read Rovner’s “The Great Undoing: Which of Trump’s Policies Will Biden Reverse?” Click here […]
