Public Health
No enmascares la mejor forma de evitar el aterrador coronavirus: lávate las manos
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Public Health Officials Offer Scant Details On U.S. Coronavirus Patients
Disclosure this week of multiple cases in the United States of a new viral infection emerging from China — including the first confirmed cases of the virus passing from person to person in this country — is fueling public concerns about how easily the deadly virus can spread. It is also raising pointed questions about […]
As VA Tests Keto Diet To Help Diabetic Patients, Skeptics Raise Red Flags
This story also ran on U.S. News & World Report. This story can be republished for free (details). A partnership between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Silicon Valley startup Virta Health Corp. is focusing attention on the company’s claim that it provides treatment “clinically-proven to safely and sustainably reverse type 2 diabetes” without medication […]
Listen: Which Is The Greater Threat — The Coronavirus Or The Flu?
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Trump On ‘Medicare for All’ And The Costs Of Extending Health Care To Undocumented Immigrants
“Over 130 legislators in this chamber have endorsed legislation that would bankrupt our nation by providing free taxpayer-funded health care to millions of illegal aliens, forcing taxpayers to subsidize free care for anyone in the world who unlawfully crosses our borders.” President Donald Trump, during his Feb. 4 State of the Union address This story […]
Listen: Updates On Coronavirus Outbreak And How It Affects Chinese Immigrants
https://kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/AAA_200204_01_edit.mp3 Can’t see the audio player? Click here to download. California Healthline correspondents Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Anna Almendrala appeared on New Hampshire-based WNHN’s “The Attitude w/ Arnie Arnesen” on Tuesday to discuss the latest news about the novel coronavirus outbreak. Because there’s still much scientists don’t know about the virus, also known as 2019-nCoV, […]
When It Comes To The New Coronavirus, Just Who Is A ‘Close Contact’?
This story also ran on USA Today. This story can be republished for free (details). Even as U.S. authorities have taken the drastic steps of quarantining residents returning from China, and temporarily banning foreign visitors who recently traveled to affected Chinese regions, they have urged the vast majority of U.S. residents to go about their […]
Conservative Indiana Adopted Needle Exchanges But Still Faces Local Resistance
This story also ran on Vice. This story can be republished for free (details). Back when Cody Gabbard was shooting heroin, his only significant human contact was with others in the throes of addiction, who only cared to see him when he had drugs. Then he walked into the basement of Fayette County’s courthouse in […]
No Quick Fix: Missouri Finds Managing Pain Without Opioids Isn’t Fast Or Easy
This story also ran on HuffPost. This story can be republished for free (details). More From The Midwest Bureau View More ST. LOUIS — Missouri began offering chiropractic care, acupuncture, physical therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy for Medicaid patients in April, the latest state to try an alternative to opioids for those battling chronic pain. Yet […]
To Fight Chinese Outbreak, Doctors Deploy Drugs Targeting HIV, Malaria And Ebola
This story also ran on Scientific American. This story can be republished for free (details). As the scientific community scrambles to find a drug that can effectively treat tens of thousands of patients sickened by a new respiratory virus, they are trying some surprising remedies: medicines targeting known killers like HIV, Ebola and malaria. American […]