Public Health
Treating The New Hep C Generation On Their Turf
This story also ran on Here & Now. This story can be republished for free (details). The Face Of Hepatitis C Is Getting Younger This story by KHN Sacramento correspondent Pauline Bartolone aired Dec. 1, 2017, on Here & Now. https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/bur2303742174.mp3 Can’t see the audio player? Click here to download. UKIAH, Calif. — Once a […]
Cities, Counties and Schools Sidestep FDA Canadian Drug Crackdown, Saving Millions
This story also ran on The Washington Post. This story can be republished for free (details). Schenectady County, N.Y., is on track to pay 20 percent less on prescription drugs for its employees this year than in 2003. Flagler County, Fla., expects to save nearly $200,000 in 2017 on brand-name medicines for its 800 workers, […]
Empeora la salud de trabajadores agrícolas, a medida que la fuerza de trabajo envejece
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). Esa bolsa de coliflor […]
Retirement’s Revolving Door: Why Some Workers Can’t Call It Quits
This story also ran on USA Today. This story can be republished for free (details). In his view, Tim Franson utterly failed at retirement. After 20 years as a high-ranking vice president at drugmaker Eli Lilly, Franson and his wife, Chris, a successful real estate agent, thought they were quietly retiring nearly a decade ago […]
In Era Of Increased Competition, Hospitals Fret Over Ratings
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An Overlooked Epidemic: Older Americans Taking Too Many Unneeded Drugs
This story also ran on The Washington Post. This story can be republished for free (details). Consider it America’s other prescription drug epidemic. For decades, experts have warned that older Americans are taking too many unnecessary drugs, often prescribed by multiple doctors, for dubious or unknown reasons. Researchers estimate that 25 percent of people ages […]
Una epidemia ignorada: adultos mayores que toman medicamentos innecesarios
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). Es la otra epidemia […]
Fear Compromises The Health, Well-Being Of Immigrant Families, Report Finds
Luis Ramirez has lived in the U.S. without immigration papers for two decades, but he is more worried about deportation now than ever before. Ramirez said he and his wife, Luz Cadeo, who is also here illegally, have already made plans in case they are arrested by immigration police: The couple, who live in Lakewood, […]
El miedo compromete la salud y el bienestar de las familias inmigrantes
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). Sobre noticias en español […]
Telemedicine For Addiction Treatment? Picture Remains Fuzzy
This story is part of a partnership that includes WFYI, Side Effects Public, NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story can be republished for free (details). When President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency, it came with a regulatory change intended to make it easier for people to get care. The […]