Public Health
Ahora te verá la Dra. Alexa: ¿Está Amazon preparado para venir al rescate?
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). Ahora que está cambiando […]
Inspector Paints A Rosy Picture Of Migrant Detention Centers — In Contrast To Audits
This story also ran on Los Angeles Times. This story can be republished for free (details). JEFFERSON, Md. — For the past year, the tiny Maryland company employed by the federal government to inspect U.S. immigration detention centers has painted a rosy picture of life in captivity. In dozens of reports filed in the past […]
Inspectores pintan color de rosa a los centros de detención, pero no las auditorías
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). JEFFERSON, Maryland – Durante […]
In The Battle Of The Fitness Trackers, The Most Steps Might Not Win
This story also ran on The Washington Post. This story can be republished for free (details). When Sonia Anderson got her first Fitbit step tracker, her poor pooch, Bronx, had no idea of all the steps that were coming. The device — which counts every step Anderson takes and displays those steps on an app […]
If You Smoke Pot, Your Anesthesiologist Needs To Know
This story also ran on NBC News. This story can be republished for free (details). DENVER — When Colorado legalized marijuana, it became a pioneer in creating new policies to deal with the drug. Now the state’s surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists are becoming pioneers of a different sort in understanding what weed may do to […]
The Real-Life Conversion Of A Former Anti-Vaxxer
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Amid the contentious dispute over immunization requirements for children, Kelley Watson Snyder stands out: She has been both a recalcitrant skeptic and an ardent proponent of childhood vaccines. Snyder, a Monterey, Calif., mother of two, was a so-called anti-vaxxer for many years, adding her […]
Trump quiere quitarles las armas a las personas en crisis, ¿funcionará?
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). En su respuesta del […]
Trump Wants To Take Guns Away From People In Crisis. Will That Work?
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). In his response Monday to mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, President Donald Trump called for an expansion of state laws that temporarily prevent someone in crisis from buying or possessing a gun. A flurry of states have recently passed such […]
Modern Wildfires Pose New Health Risks For Firefighters
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). As California’s wildfire season gets underway in earnest this month — with crews working to contain a 14,000-acre blaze in rugged Modoc County on the Oregon border — new research underscores the risks that modern wildfires pose to firefighters’ long-term health. Studies long have […]
The New West: Smoke In The Sky, A Purifier At Home
This story also ran on Los Angeles Times. This story can be republished for free (details). When the Camp Fire began to rage in Paradise, Calif., last November, the owners of the family-run Collier Hardware store in nearby Chico faced a situation unlike any they’d seen. A business that might welcome 200 customers on an […]