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Pequeñas comunidades rurales se han convertido en campos de batalla por el acceso al aborto
West Wendover, Nevada — En abril, Mark Lee Dickson llegó a esta ciudad de 4,500 habitantes que bordea la frontera con Utah para promover una ordenanza que prohíba el aborto.
Dickson es el director del grupo antiaborto Right to…
A medida que bajan los niveles de agua, suben los de arsénico
Melissa Bailey, KFF Health News
Cuando los antepasados de John Mestas se mudaron a Colorado hace más de 100 años para criar ovejas en el Valle de San Luis, “llegaron al paraíso”, contó.
“Había tanta agua que pensaron…
Refugios para víctimas de violencia doméstica dejan de esconderse
Bozeman, Montana. — Sara Young empacó una maleta con artículos esenciales, agarró a sus hijos y huyó de su hogar a un refugio: una casa vieja pintada de verde, camuflada en un vecindario en esta ciudad del suroeste de Montana.…
California Hospitals Seek a Broad Bailout, but They Don’t All Need It
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One of the country’s richest hospitals, which caters to Hollywood elites, accepted nearly $28 million last year from an unusual source: a charity that siphons money from other California hospitals, many of…
This Panel Will Decide Whose Medicine to Make Affordable. Its Choice Will Be Tricky.
Catherine Reitzel’s multiple sclerosis medication costs nearly $100,000 a year. Kris Garcia relies on a drug for a blood-clotting disorder that runs $10,000 for a three-day supply. And Mariana Marquez-Farmer would likely die…
A Trans Teen No Longer Feels Welcome in Florida. So She Left.
For support, call Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860 or The Trevor Project at 866-488-7386; or text to 678-678.
Josie had put off packing long enough. The high school sophomore in St. Augustine, Florida, sat on her bed while her…
As Water Levels Drop, the Risk of Arsenic Rises
Melissa Bailey, KFF Health News
When John Mestas’ ancestors moved to Colorado over 100 years ago to raise sheep in the San Luis Valley, they “hit paradise,” he said.
“There was so much water, they thought it would never…
Abortion Bans Are Driving Off Doctors and Closing Clinics, Putting Basic Health Care at Risk
The rush in conservative states to ban abortion after the overturn of Roe v. Wade is resulting in a startling consequence that abortion opponents may not have considered: fewer medical services available for all women living in…
Domestic Violence Shelters Move Out of Hiding
Katheryn Houghton
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Sara Young packed a bag of essentials, gathered her kids, and fled her home to a refuge: an old, green house that blended in with the neighborhood in this southwestern Montana city.
Nothing…
Una FTC más agresiva persigue las fusiones en la industria farmacéutica y a los intermediarios del…
Bajo la dirección de una agresiva opositora al comportamiento empresarial que menoscaba la competencia, la Comisión Federal de Comercio (FTC) está actuando contra las empresas farmacéuticas y los intermediarios del sector, como…