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Few Firm Beliefs and Low Trust: Americans Not Sure What’s True in Age of Health Misinformation
Around 3 in 10 Americans still believe ivermectin is an effective treatment for covid. What’s more, few place significant trust in any form of news media or official institution to accurately convey information about health…
Doctors Advocate Fresh Efforts to Combat Chagas Disease, a Silent Killer
When Maira Gutiérrez was diagnosed with Chagas disease in 1997, neither she nor her primary care physician had even heard of the malady. She discovered her illness only by chance, after participating in a Red Cross blood drive…
Médicos abogan por nuevos esfuerzos para combatir al Chagas, un asesino silencioso
Cuando a Maira Gutiérrez le diagnosticaron Chagas en 1997, ni ella ni su médico de cabecera habían escuchado sobre la enfermedad. La descubrió por casualidad, después de participar en una campaña de donación de sangre de la Cruz…
Life in a Rural ‘Ambulance Desert’ Means Sometimes Help Isn’t on the Way
CARROLLTON, Ala. — Annie Jackson can’t know whether her sister Grena Prude might have survived had an ambulance been more readily available when she went into cardiac arrest on May 10. But Jackson is convinced her sister would…
The CDC Works to Overhaul Lab Operations After Covid Test Flop
In early February 2020, Kirsten St. George and her team at New York state’s public health lab received a test developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to diagnose people infected with the new, rapidly spreading…
Tribal Health Workers Aren’t Paid Like Their Peers. See Why Nevada Changed That.
FALLON, Nev. — Linda Noneo turned up the heat in her van to ward off the early-morning chill that persists in northern Nevada’s high desert even in late June. As the first rays of daylight broke over a Christian cross on the top…
A Peek at Big Pharma’s Playbook That Leaves Many Americans Unable to Afford Their Drugs
America’s pharmaceutical giants are suing this summer to block the federal government’s first effort at drug price regulation.
Last year’s Inflation Reduction Act included what on its face seems a modest proposal: The federal…
A New Medicare Proposal Would Cover Training for Family Caregivers
Even with extensive caregiving experience, Patti LaFleur was unprepared for the crisis that hit in April 2021, when her mother, Linda LaTurner, fell out of a chair and broke her hip.
LaTurner, 71, had been diagnosed with…
Community With High Medical Debt Questions Its Hospitals’ Charity Spending
PUEBLO, Colo. — As 41% of American adults face medical debt, residents of this southern Colorado city contend their local nonprofit hospitals aren’t providing enough charity care to justify the millions in tax breaks they receive.…
Doctors Hesitate to Ask About Patients’ Immigration Status Despite New Florida Law
Fearful of risking their jobs, jeopardizing state funding for their institutions, and further politicizing health care, Florida hospital leaders have been reluctant to speak out against a new law that requires them to ask about…