Public Health

Los reguladores de California están proponiendo establecer un límite estricto a una sustancia química tóxica producida por el hombre que ha contaminado los suministros de agua en todo el estado, particularmente en el corazón de la vasta zona agrícola. California sería el segundo estado, después de Hawaii, en establecer un tope para el ingrediente que […]

The Trump administration’s tough stance on immigration has some local health department officials worried it could spur cuts in federal funding and complicate a wide variety of programs, from efforts to battle the opioid epidemic to domestic violence initiatives. The Department of Justice (DOJ) sent letters April 21 to nine jurisdictions — including the state […]

CAGUAS, Puerto Rico — Myladis Reyes, 26, fell in love with medicine by accident. She was a sophomore at the University of Puerto Rico studying chemistry seven years ago when she visited her aunt, a clinic internist, in New Jersey and witnessed the difference she made with patients. “She was always smiling. She always made […]

CAGUAS, Puerto Rico— Myladis Reyes, de 26 años, se enamoró de la medicina por accidente. Hace siete años estaba en segundo año de la carrera de Química en la Universidad de Puerto Rico cuando visitó a su tía, una clínica internista, en Nueva Jersey y fue testigo de la diferencia que hacía con sus pacientes. […]

La dura posición del gobierno de Trump sobre inmigración tiene preocupados a funcionarios de los departamentos de salud locales ya que podría estimular recortes en la financiación federal y complicar una amplia variedad de programas, desde los esfuerzos para combatir la epidemia de opioides hasta las iniciativas de violencia doméstica. El 21 de abril, el […]

Since retiring four years ago, Barbara Corprew has visited Paris, traveled to a North Carolina film festival and taken Pilates classes, focusing on — as she puts it — just “doing things for me.” Now the former Justice Department lawyer, who worked on white-collar crime cases, is devoting time to something completely different: She visits […]

Money that has helped states with Zika tracking and education may come to an end by this summer, putting at risk efforts to better understand the mostly mosquito-borne virus and the devastating birth defects associated with it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told state health officials in a meeting last month that Zika […]

On an afternoon a few weeks ago, Faithe Craig noticed that her temperature spiked to just above 100 degrees. For most people, the change might not be cause for alarm, but Craig is being treated for stage 3 breast cancer, and any temperature change could signal a serious problem. She called her nurse at the […]

Health officials in Minnesota are scrambling to contain a measles outbreak that has sickened primarily Somali-American children. Officials have identified 34 cases as of Wednesday, and they’re worried there will be more. In Minnesota, the vast majority of children under age 2 get vaccinated against measles. But state health officials said most Somali-American 2-year-olds have not had the vaccine, about […]

The public outrage over high-priced hepatitis C drugs is taking a new twist as Louisiana’s top health official proposes using an obscure federal law to get the medicines at a much lower cost. If successful, other states could reap the benefits. Right now, covering treatment for the 35,000 of Louisiana’s uninsured and Medicaid-dependent residents with […]