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Montana Mice May Hold the Secret to Virus Spillover
For the past 20 years, Amy Kuenzi has spent three days of every month traveling to a ranch near Gregson, Montana, and setting out traps that contain peanut butter and oats. Her quarry is deer mice. She takes blood samples, looks…
¿Listo para otra enfermedad pandémica? Se llama “fatiga por tomar decisiones”
La mayoría de nosotros hemos sentido el agotamiento al tomar decisiones en la era de la pandemia.
¿Debo viajar para ver a un pariente mayor? ¿Puedo ver a mis amigos y, si es así, está bien en un lugar cerrado? ¿Con máscara o…
‘Somebody Is Gonna Die’: Medi-Cal Patients Struggle to Fill Prescriptions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A month into its debut, California’s new Medicaid prescription drug program is riddled with problems, leaving thousands of patients without medications — often after languishing on hold for up to eight hours…
The Doctor Will See You Now — In the Hallway
Nurse Heather Gatchet’s shift in the emergency department at Salem Health’s Salem Hospital in Oregon typically starts at 6 a.m. Before that, she packs her daughter’s lunch, drinks tea, and — to stave off her panic — calls…
Polio, Chickenpox, Measles, Now Covid. It’s Time to Consult History on School Vaccine Mandates
Elisabeth Rosenthal
The rapid spread of omicron across the nation — and the finding that vaccines continue to provide strong protection against severe disease — brings covid-19 one step closer, perhaps, to truly earning its place on the…
Federal Investigation Into Spine Surgeries Uses Mob Laws to Target Health Care Fraud
Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News
A Texas consulting company that arranges spine surgery and other medical care for people injured in car crashes has come under scrutiny in a widening federal bribery investigation.
Meg…
Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars
Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News
The federal government has penalized 764 hospitals — including more than three dozen it simultaneously rates as among the best in the country — for having the highest numbers of patient infections and…
Missouri’s War on Public Health Shows Extent of National Rift
ST. LOUIS — Republican Missouri state Sen. Mike Moon believes that covid-19 vaccinations, especially among children, should cease until the long-term effects are known. He points to the research of sources of covid misinformation…
Casas pequeñas ofrecen más que un techo para las personas sin hogar
MADISON, Wisconsin.- Escondidas dentro de un vecindario residencial y rodeadas por una cerca de madera y plantas, hay nueve casitas. Con revestimientos y techos multicolores, parecen casas para pájaros del tamaño de una persona. Y…
How the Tiny-Home Movement Is Providing More Than Just a Roof to Homeless People
MADISON, Wis. — Tucked inside a residential neighborhood, and surrounded by a wooden fence and greenery, are nine little houses. With multicolored siding and roofs, they look like people-sized birdhouses. And they fit right in.…