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Hace años, este doctor relacionó un misterioso mal pulmonar con el “vaping”
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). El doctor John E. […]
Years Ago, This Doctor Linked A Mysterious Lung Disease To Vaping
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). [UPDATED at 3:15 p.m.] Dr. John E. Parker was working at a West Virginia hospital in 2015 when a 31-year-old female patient was admitted with acute respiratory problems. A team of doctors ultimately suspected that her mysterious case of lipoid pneumonia might be related […]
Coming Out About Mental Health On Social Media
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Susanna Harris was sitting in her lab class for her graduate program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when she received an email that told her she had failed what she describes as “the most important exam in grad school,” the […]
Hablando francamente sobre salud mental en las redes sociales
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). Susanna Harris estaba en […]
Judge Cites Opioid ‘Menace,’ Awards Oklahoma $572M In Landmark Case
This story is part of a partnership that includes StateImpact Oklahoma, NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story can be republished for free (details). An Oklahoma judge has ruled that drugmaker Johnson & Johnson helped ignite the state’s opioid crisis by deceptively marketing painkillers and must pay $572 million to the state. Oklahoma sought $17 billion, blaming […]
Mysterious Vaping Lung Injuries May Have Flown Under Regulatory Radar
This story also ran on The Daily Beast. This story can be republished for free (details). It was the arrival of the second man in his early 20s gasping for air that alarmed Dr. Dixie Harris. Young patients rarely get so sick, so fast, with a severe lung illness, and this was her second case […]
In Rural Utah, Preventing Suicide Means Meeting Gun Owners Where They Are
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California Requires Suicide Prevention Phone Number On Student IDs
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Denise Herrmann was only a few months into her new job as principal of a Palo Alto, Calif., high school in fall 2014 when a student took his own life. By the next day, Herrmann said, she and some of her colleagues at Henry […]
How To Get Bargain Dentistry And A Vacation To Boot
This story also ran on The Washington Post. This story can be republished for free (details). “Do you want numbing gel?” the dental technician asked me as she prepared to plunge into my mouth. In the entire history of dentistry, from caveman days to now, who has ever said no to more painkiller? Smear that […]
Cómo viajar a Latinoamérica para ir al dentista, ahorrar dinero y broncearse
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). “¿Quieres gel anestésico?”, me […]