DON'T EVER GIVE UP
2022-05-13 Rural California Hatches Plan for Engineered Mosquitoes to Battle Stealthy Predator Anna Maria Barry-Jester VISALIA, Calif. — Bryan Ruiz moved his family into a newly built home in this Central Valley farming center seven months ago and almost immediately found they were under assault. Mosquitoes bit and harassed them in broad daylight. […]
2022-05-13 What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in US drug overdoses? A medical toxicologist explains Only a small amount of fentanyl is enough to be lethal. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. From Xanax to cocaine, […]
2022-05-12 Travel Nurses See Swift Change of Fortunes as Covid Money Runs Dry Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News Tiffanie Jones was a few tanks of gas into her drive from Tampa, Florida, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, when she found out her travel nurse contract had been canceled. Jones, who has been a nurse for […]
2022-05-11 The Families of Trans Kids in Texas Consider Their Options Amid Crackdown on Care Sandy West Cameron Wright, 16, has always seen himself as a “dude.” As a young child, Cameron didn’t have the words to explain the disconnect between how he saw himself and how the world saw him. But he […]
2022-05-10 National Addiction Treatment Locator Has Outdated Data and Other Critical Flaws Aneri Pattani At a psychiatric hospital in Michigan, Dr. Cara Poland’s patients were handed a sheet of paper to find follow-up care. The hospital had entered local ZIP codes on a website — run by the nation’s top substance use and […]
2022-05-09 What’s Next if ‘Roe v. Wade’ Falls? More Than Half of States Expected to Ban or Restrict Abortion Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News If the Supreme Court’s conservative majority affirms the leaked decision overturning abortion rights in the U.S., the effects would be sweeping for 40 million women in more than two […]
2022-05-08 Sex Education Update in Texas Still Lacking, Say Some Students and Educators Elena Rivera, KERA Cali Byrd is a junior at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas. She remembers in eighth grade a group came to talk to her class about sexually transmitted infections. “They […]
2022-05-07 As Overdoses Soar, More States Decriminalize Fentanyl Testing Strips Andy Miller With time running out in the 2022 legislative session, Georgia lawmakers took up a bill to regulate raw milk. An amendment suddenly got tacked onto the House version of the bill, although the new wording had nothing to do with dairy. […]
2022-05-06 Medicare Surprise: Drug Plan Prices Touted During Open Enrollment Can Rise Within a Month Susan Jaffe Something strange happened between the time Linda Griffith signed up for a new Medicare prescription drug plan during last fall’s enrollment period and when she tried to fill her first prescription in January. She picked a […]
2022-05-05 Even When IVF Is Covered by Insurance, High Bills and Hassles Abound Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News After years of trying to have a baby without success, Brenna Kaminski and her husband, Joshua Pritt, decided to try in vitro fertilization. Only 15 states require insurance to cover fertility treatments, and Florida, where […]