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Postcard From Canada: In The Land Of Single-Payer, Bernie Sanders Gets Hero’s Welcome

By Shefali Luthra October 30, 2017

The Vermont senator found a friendly audience when he took his “Medicare-for-all message” to Canada.

Bipartisan Senate Budget Deal Boosts Health Programs

By Julie Rovner and Shefali Luthra February 7, 2018

The agreement would add $2 billion to the National Institutes of Health and fund community health centers around the country. But it does not include provisions to help stabilize the federal health law’s marketplaces.

As States Target High Drug Prices, Pharma Targets State Lawmakers

By Jay Hancock and Shefali Luthra February 1, 2018

In Louisiana, the wining and dining of lawmakers by scores of pharma lobbyists proves a valuable lesson on how to win statehouse votes and influence profits, though their efforts fell short in California, which passed a drug transparency bill in 2017 despite massive opposition from drugmakers.

Experts Explain Why Lead Found In Fidget Spinners Is No Idle Threat

By Shefali Luthra November 10, 2017

Feeling fidgety about U.S. PIRG’s latest report? KHN gets experts to weigh in with their thoughts about the findings and consumers’ risks.

Canadá, la tierra del seguro de salud universal, recibe a Sanders como a un héroe

By Shefali Luthra October 30, 2017

El senador por Vermont realizó un viaje para aprender más sobre un sistema de salud que es similar al que propone para los Estados Unidos.

Cuestionan la necesidad de una vacuna contra la meningitis B para universitarios

By Shefali Luthra September 8, 2017

Expertos dicen que farmacéuticas están apelando al miedo de los padres para promover dos vacunas contra le meningitis B entre estudiantes universitarios, luego de dos brotes en campus.

Hurricane’s Health Toll: A Texas Doctor Taps Lessons From Katrina

By Shefali Luthra September 8, 2017

After weathering the catastrophe in New Orleans 12 years ago, Dr. Ruth Berggren moved to Texas, where she again finds herself in the center of a hurricane crisis. In a Q&A, she draws parallels between the harrowing events and pinpoints risks in Harvey’s aftermath.

Meningitis B Vaccine’s High Price Poses A Health Care Conundrum For College-Bound

By Shefali Luthra September 8, 2017

This immunization may mark a shift among some vaccine makers to higher-priced, “niche” preventives that protect against very specific and sometimes rare illnesses.

To Insure More Poor Children, It Helps If Parents Are On Medicaid

By Shefali Luthra September 5, 2017

New research offers evidence that coverage expansion policies for adults have a positive spillover effect for kids.

Gun Sellers Join Forces To Curb Suicide-By-Firearm, Rampant In Rural Areas

By Shefali Luthra August 17, 2017

New research suggests that efforts to address climbing rates of rural suicide must focus on safe access to firearms. State-based coalitions are attempting just that.

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