Public Health
California: A Health Care Laboratory With Mixed Results
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). California’s expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act enabled many low-income HIV patients to get health insurance previously denied to them. Still, those with mental health needs, who had been receiving coordinated care through a separate federal program, suddenly faced gaps in treatment, […]
El alto precio de la insulina lleva a que pacientes la racionen, a riesgo de muerte
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). La cetoacidosis diabética es […]
Insulin’s Steep Price Leads To Deadly Rationing
This story is part of a partnership that includes Side Effects Public Media, NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story can be republished for free (details). Diabetic ketoacidosis is a terrible way to die. It’s what happens when you don’t have enough insulin. Your blood sugar gets so high that your blood becomes highly acidic, […]
Insurer To Purdue Pharma: We Won’t Pay For OxyContin Anymore
This story is part of a partnership that includes Nashville Public Radio, NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story can be republished for free (details). The largest insurer in Tennessee has announced it will no longer cover prescriptions for what was once a blockbuster pain reliever. It’s the latest insurance company to turn against OxyContin, […]
4 Takeaways On Puerto Rico’s Death Toll, In The Wake Of Trump’s Tweet Storm
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Thursday morning to challenge the official count of the number of people who died in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, which struck nearly a year ago. “3000 people did not die” in Puerto Rico, […]
Discreetly Tracking Down Sex Partners To Stop A Surge In STDs
This story is part of a partnership that includes Oregon Public Broadcasting, NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story can be republished for free (details). The U.S. is in the middle of a steep and sustained increase in sexually transmitted diseases. So how are public health officials responding? In northwest Oregon’s Clackamas County, health officials […]
Menos personas consumen heroína, pero más usan marihuana
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 número de personas […]
Buscan con discreción a parejas para frenar la propagación de infecciones sexuales
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). Los Estados Unidos se […]
Half As Many People Are Trying Heroin, But Marijuana Use Grows
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Some good news from the front lines of the heroin crisis: Half as many people tried heroin for the first time in 2017 as in 2016. That’s according to data released Friday from the government’s annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health. “This […]
Day-Tripping To The Dispensary: Seniors In Pain Hop Aboard The Canna-Bus
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). Shirley Avedon, 90, had never been a cannabis user. But carpal tunnel syndrome that sends shooting pains into both of her hands and an aversion to conventional steroid and surgical treatments is prompting her to consider some new options. “It’s very […]