2022-04-25 Battle Lines Are Drawn Over California Deal With Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Wolfson [Editor’s note: KHN is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.] California counties, health insurance plans, community clinics, and a major national health care labor union are lining up against a controversial deal to grant HMO giant Kaiser Permanente a no-bid statewide […]
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Abortion Clinic on Texas-Mexico Border Faces Unique Legal and Cultural Challenges
2022-04-24 Abortion Clinic on Texas-Mexico Border Faces Unique Legal and Cultural Challenges Colleen DeGuzman McALLEN, Texas — Veronica Hernandez, manager of Whole Woman’s Health of McAllen, has long worried about the patients she sees walk in through the front door. Now, though, her concern is focused on those she doesn’t see. A […]
Heartbeat-Tracking Technology Raises Patients’ and Doctors’ Worries
2022-04-23 Heartbeat-Tracking Technology Raises Patients’ and Doctors’ Worries Darius Tahir If someone’s heart skips a beat, tech companies want to let them know about it. Gadget firms — starting with Apple and now Fitbit, which is owned by Google — are selling wearable devices that check heartbeat rhythms and alert users when something is […]
As Eating Disorders Spike During Pandemic, Rural Treatment Options Lag
2022-04-22 As Eating Disorders Spike During Pandemic, Rural Treatment Options Lag Carly Graf Erin Reynolds had battled bulimia since childhood, but the weeks before she entered treatment were among her worst. At 22, she was preparing to leave her home in Helena, Montana, for an inpatient program in New Jersey with round-the-clock medical care. […]
Why Cheap, Older Drugs That Might Treat Covid Never Get Out of the Lab
2022-04-21 Why Cheap, Older Drugs That Might Treat Covid Never Get Out of the Lab Arthur Allen In March 2020, Dr. Joseph Vinetz left the contemplative world of his Yale University infectious-disease laboratory and plunged into the covid ward at Yale New Haven Hospital, joining an army of health care workers who struggled to […]
Washington State Retools First-in-the-Nation Long-Term Care Benefit
2022-04-19 Washington State Retools First-in-the-Nation Long-Term Care Benefit Michelle Andrews Patricia Keys, 71 and a stroke survivor, needs help with many everyday activities, such as dressing and bathing. Her daughter Christina, who lives near her mom in Vancouver, Washington, cares for her in the evenings and pays about $3,000 a month for help from […]
It’s Not Just Doctors and Nurses. Veterinarians Are Burning Out, Too.
2022-04-18 It’s Not Just Doctors and Nurses. Veterinarians Are Burning Out, Too. April Dembosky, KQED If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255). At the park near Duboce Triangle in San Francisco, 5 p.m. is canine happy hour. About 40 dogs run around, chasing […]
Persistent Problem: High C-Section Rates Plague the South
2022-04-16 Persistent Problem: High Rates Plague the South Lauren Sausser All along, Julia Maeda knew she wanted to have her baby naturally. For her, that meant in a hospital, vaginally, without an epidural for pain relief. This was her first pregnancy. And although she is a nurse, she was working with cancer patients […]
A Travel Nurse Leaves Fears of Hospital Drug Tampering Across Three States
2022-04-15 A Travel Nurse Leaves Fears of Hospital Drug Tampering Across Three States Brett Kelman Health officials in at least three states are investigating a travel nurse suspected of tampering with and potentially contaminating vials and syringes of opioid painkillers in two hospitals, then returning the vials to medication cabinets where they could […]
Private Equity Ownership of Nursing Homes Triggers Capitol Hill Questions — And a GAO Probe
2022-04-14 Private Equity Ownership of Nursing Homes Triggers Capitol Hill Questions — And a GAO Probe Victoria Knight In his State of the Union address last month, President Joe Biden focused attention on how private equity ownership of nursing homes can affect residents’ health. “As Wall Street firms take over more nursing homes, […]