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Temp Nurses Cost Hospitals Big During Pandemic. Lawmakers Are Now Mulling Limits.
Bram Sable-Smith
To crack down on price gouging, proposed legislation in Missouri calls for allowing felony charges against health care staffing agencies that substantially raise their prices during a declared emergency.
A…
California’s Covid Misinformation Law Is Entangled in Lawsuits, Conflicting Rulings
Gov. Gavin Newsom may have been prescient when he acknowledged free speech concerns as he signed California’s covid misinformation bill last fall. In a message to lawmakers, the governor warned of “the chilling effect other…
Estados Unidos sigue siendo uno de los países con más partos prematuros. ¿Se puede solucionar?
El segundo embarazo de Tamara Etienne estuvo lleno de riesgos y preocupaciones desde el principio, exacerbado porque ya había sufrido un aborto espontáneo.
Como maestra de tercer grado en una escuela pública del condado de…
Listen to ‘Tradeoffs’: Medical Debt Delivers ‘A Shocking Amount of Misery’
By Noam N. Levey
March 16, 2023
Noam N. Levey
The numbers that tell the story of medical debt in the U.S. are staggering: Around 100 million Americans have health care debt, and together they…
The US Remains a Grim Leader in Preterm Births. Why? And Can We Fix It?
Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News
Tamara Etienne’s second pregnancy was freighted with risk and worry from its earliest days — exacerbated by a first pregnancy that had ended in miscarriage.
A third-grade teacher at an…
FDA Looks Into Dental Device After KHN-CBS News Investigation of Patient Harm
In the wake of a joint investigation by KHN and CBS News into a dental appliance that multiple lawsuits allege caused grievous harm to patients, the FDA has begun looking into the product, the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance,…
New CDC Opioid Guidelines: Too Little, Too Late for Chronic Pain Patients?
Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years in her search for someone to prescribe opioids for her chronic pain.
“A lot of them are straight-up insulting,” said the 40-year-old, who lives…
Estrés pandémico, pandillas y miedo impulsaron un aumento de tiroteos adolescentes
Diego nunca imaginó que portaría un arma.
No lo pensó cuando niño, o durante un tiroteo fuera de su casa en el área de Chicago. Tampoco a los 12 años, cuando uno de sus amigos fue baleado.
La mente de Diego cambió a los 14,…
Black Lung Resurgence Drives Push to Protect Coal Miners Against Silica Dust
Taylor Sisk
McROBERTS, Ky. — Like most coal miners’ loved ones, Liz Williams has endured many days and nights of worry.
Throughout the four decades her husband, Michael, worked in underground Appalachian mines, Liz was aware…
Pandemic Stress, Gangs, and Utter Fear Fueled a Rise in Teen Shootings
Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News
Diego never imagined he’d carry a gun.
Not as a child, when shots were fired outside his Chicago-area home. Not at age 12, when one of his friends was gunned down.
Diego’s mind changed at 14,…