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2022-07-09 Feds Want a Policy That Advocates Say Would Let Hospitals Off the Hook for Covid-Era Lapses Lauren Weber The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is responding to the chaos of the covid-19 pandemic by proposing to hide from the public a rating that lets consumers compare hospitals’ safety records and to […]
2022-07-08 In Bioethics, Ignoring Racism Is Itself a Kind of Racism by Charlene Galarneau If ever there was a shadow of a doubt, it is gone now: The past few years have laid bare the countless ways that race, or more accurately racism, impacts health and health care. The world has witnessed alarming racial disparities […]
2022-07-07 Federal Patient Privacy Law Does Not Cover Most Period-Tracking Apps by Charles Ornstein ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Following the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, advocates for privacy and reproductive health have expressed fears […]
Social stress can speed up immune system aging – new research Immunosenescence, or immune aging, can lead to less effective responses to vaccines and greater vulnerability to invading pathogens. Kudryavtsev Pavel/iStock via Getty Images Plus Eric Klopack, University of Southern California As people age, their immune systems naturally begin to decline. This aging of the immune […]
2022-07-06 Crowdsourced Data on Overdoses Pinpoints Where to Help Renuka Rayasam EL PASO, Texas — Men lined up outside the Corner of Hope, a homeless resource center, eyeing free supplies on plastic shelves inside a white van. Some wanted bags with toiletries or condoms, but others took kits that help them safely use […]
2022-07-06 Stay Smart When Using OTC Pain Medicines (NewsUSA) – In the wake of the ongoing pandemic, a majority of Americans report pain, but most are smart about safety when it comes to pain relief, including products with acetaminophen, a common active ingredient in many over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers. Approximately two-thirds of American […]
2022-07-05 What You Need to Know About Monkeypox Céline Gounder The World Health Organization said June 25 that monkeypox wasn’t yet a public health emergency of international concern. More than 4,500 cases have been reported worldwide, with more than 300 in the U.S. And with public health officials unable to follow all chains […]
2022-07-04 How Much Health Insurers Pay for Almost Everything Is About to Go Public Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Consumers, employers, and just about everyone else interested in health care prices will soon get an unprecedented look at what insurers pay for care, perhaps helping answer a question that has long dogged those […]
2022-07-04 Your body has an internal clock that dictates when you eat, sleep and might have a heart attack – all based on time of day Syncing your circadian rhythm to a natural light-dark cycle could improve your health and well-being. nambitomo/iStock via Getty Images Plus Shogo Sato, Texas A&M University Anyone who has suffered from […]
2022-07-03 How to Get Rid of Medical Debt — Or Avoid It in the First Place Yuki Noguchi, NPR News Lori Mangum was 32 when apple-size tumors sprouted on her head. Now — six years and 10 surgeries later — the skin cancer is gone. But her pain lives on, in the form […]