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Trump Pledges To End HIV Transmission By 2030. Doable, But Daunting.

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez February 6, 2019

The president’s promise to eliminate HIV transmission within 10 years is a goal long sought by advocates, but it won’t be an easy undertaking. Eight counties in California are among those targeted by the new federal initiative.

Medicaid en Puerto Rico no cubre medicamentos que curan la hepatitis C

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez January 4, 2019

A pesar que podría haber más de 11,000 casos en la isla, el Medicaid, que tiene un sistema de financiamiento distinto al de los estados, no cubre estos medicamentos.

Medicaid Patients In Puerto Rico Don’t Get Coverage For Drugs To Cure Hepatitis C

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez January 4, 2019

The program that provides health care for about half of the U.S. territory’s population cannot afford to cover the drugs.

Listen: Inexpensive Nerve Drug Often Abused As Opioid Epidemic Grows

August 2, 2018

Gabapentin, a medication approved to help patients with nerve pain or epilepsy, is being abused by people addicted to opioids to help prolong their high or stave off withdrawal from other drugs. Kaiser Health News reporter Carmen Heredia Rodriguez talks about the problem during a wide-ranging health discussion on the NPR program “On Point.”

Nation’s First HIV-To-HIV Kidney Transplant With Living Donor Succeeds

By Victoria Knight and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 28, 2019

The organ transplant from a living donor opens up the universe of available organs.

Federal Grants ‘A Lifesaver’ In Opioid Fight, But States Still Struggle To Curb Meth

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez and Elizabeth Lucas and Orion Donovan-Smith June 17, 2019

The federal government has doled out at least $2.4 billion in state grants since 2017 to address the opioid epidemic, which killed 47,600 people in the U.S. that year alone. But local officials note that drug abuse problems seldom involve only one substance.

Listen: As Puerto Rico Struggles To Rebuild Health System, Changes In Medicaid Loom

May 31, 2018

KHN reporter Carmen Heredia Rodriguez joins in a discussion on WNYC’s “The Takeaway” about health care issues following widespread destruction by Hurricane Maria on the island.

With Hospitalization Losing Favor, Judges Order Outpatient Mental Health Treatment

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez December 5, 2018

Nearly every state in the country allows courts to force people with severe mental illnesses into treatment against their will. But critics argue these controversial intervention programs fail to address underlying problems in behavioral health services. In California, only one-third of counties have such programs, but they account for nearly two-thirds of the state’s population.

Puerto Rico’s Water System Stutters Back To Normal

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez June 14, 2018

Efforts to restore tap water service has been delayed in many rural areas of Puerto Rico, but even in the cities running water can be interrupted by electrical power outages at pumping stations.

Deadly Shootings Are Rising In U.S. After Steady Declines

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez November 9, 2018

A new report by federal researchers finds that homicides involving guns are up both nationally and in major cities after a decade of decline.

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