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Hurricane Ian Shows That Coastal Hospitals Aren’t Ready for Climate Change

    2022-10-08 Hurricane Ian Shows That Coastal Hospitals Aren’t Ready for Climate Change   Daniel Chang and Lauren Sausser As rapidly intensifying storms and rising sea levels threaten coastal cities from Texas to the tip of Maine, Hurricane Ian has just demonstrated what researchers have warned: Hundreds of hospitals in the U.S. are not […]

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Medical Debt Sunk Her Credit. New Changes From the Credit Reporting Agencies Won’t Help.

    2022-10-08 Medical Debt Sunk Her Credit. New Changes From the Credit Reporting Agencies Won’t Help. Aneri Pattani CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After a year of chemo and radiation, doctors told Penelope “Penny” Wingard in 2014 that her breast cancer was in remission. She’d been praying for this good news. But it also meant she […]

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Award-Winning Outdoor Space Inspiration

Award-Winning Outdoor Space Inspiration (Family Features) Renovating your home’s outdoor spaces not only enhances the aesthetic but can also provide a host of recreational benefits. Taking a look at award-winning projects can help many homeowners draw inspiration while also identifying capable, reputable contractors to take on the project. For example, selected by a panel of […]

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Addiction Experts Fear the Fallout if California Legalizes Sports Betting

    2022-10-07 Addiction Experts Fear the Fallout if California Legalizes Sports Betting Mark Kreidler Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that states could legalize betting on sports, California — with 40 million people and numerous professional teams — has been the great white whale, eluding gambling companies and casino-hosting tribal communities. At […]

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The CDC Scientist Who Couldn’t Get Monkeypox Treatment

2022-10-07 The CDC Scientist Who Couldn’t Get Monkeypox Treatment by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, photography by Braylen Dion, special to ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. William L. Jeffries IV On a Monday morning in mid-July, William L. […]

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Gonorrhea became more drug resistant while attention was on COVID-19 – a molecular biologist explains the sexually transmitted superbug

2022-10-07 Gonorrhea became more drug resistant while attention was on COVID-19 – a molecular biologist explains the sexually transmitted superbug The Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterium causes gonorrhea by infecting mucous membranes. Design Cells/iStock Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Kenneth Keiler, Penn State COVID-19 has rightfully dominated infectious disease news since 2020. However, that doesn’t mean […]

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