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Cuando pienses en tu salud, no te olvides de tus ojos
Recuerdo vívidamente ese viernes por la tarde cuando mi presión ocular se disparó y tuve que ir tambaleando hasta el consultorio de mi oftalmólogo. Mi visión se volvía cada vez más borrosa y veía nublados los autos y los…
As Covid Infections Rise, Nursing Homes Are Still Waiting for Vaccines
DALLAS CENTER, Iowa — “Covid is not pretty in a nursing home,” said Deb Wityk, a 70-year-old retired massage therapist who lives in one called Spurgeon Manor, in rural Iowa. She twice contracted the disease and is eager to get the…
What Happens to Health Programs if the Federal Government Shuts Down?
For the first time since 2019, congressional gridlock is poised to at least temporarily shut down big parts of the federal government — including many health programs.
If it happens, some government functions would stop…
Florida Foster Kids Are Given Powerful Medications, but Feds Find State Oversight Lacking
The powerful anti-seizure drug the 5-year-old boy had been taking for more than a year made him “almost catatonic,” his new foster mom from Florida’s Pinellas County worried.
And there was no paperwork showing that the boy’s…
A Decades-Long Drop in Teen Births Is Slowing, and Advocates Worry a Reversal Is Coming
Catherine Sweeney, WPLN
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Cicely Wilson’s work doesn’t end when she leaves her day job as a lactation consultant, doula, and child care expert.
Wilson founded a nonprofit called Sunnyside Up Youth Pregnancy…
Massive Kaiser Permanente Strike Looms as Talks Head to the Wire
Kaiser Permanente and union representatives pledged to continue negotiating a new contract up until the last minute as the threat of the nation’s latest large-scale strike looms next month.
Unless a deal is struck, more than…
Officials Agree: Use Settlement Funds to Curb Youth Addiction. But the ‘How’ Gets Hairy.
Video Reporter: Caresse Jackman, InvestigateTV; Video Editor: Scotty Smith, InvestigateTV
When three teenagers died of fentanyl overdoses last year in Larimer County, Colorado, it shocked the community and “flipped…
Pot Boom Wakes Sleepy Dinosaur, Colorado
DINOSAUR, Colo. — There isn’t much to this town a short drive from the national monument of the same name. A couple of gas stations, a liquor store, and a small motel line the two main drags, Brontosaurus Boulevard and Stegosaurus…
Journalist Assesses Federal Push to Remove Medical Debt From Credit Reports
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Biden Administration to Ban Medical Debt From Americans’ Credit Scores
Noam N. Levey
The Biden administration announced a major initiative to protect Americans from medical debt on Thursday, outlining plans to develop federal rules barring unpaid medical bills from affecting patients’ credit scores.…