Universidad favorece un costoso programa de doctorado para enfermeras parteras en plena crisis de la atención materna
By Ronnie Cohen
El cambio duplicará con creces el costo para los estudiantes. Expertos dicen que aumentará la escasez de estos profesionales de salud.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, August 27, 2024
2,325 People Died From Heat Last Year, Mostly In The Desert Southwest: Heat-related mortality is on the rise in the United States, especially in California, a new report shows. Here’s what the Golden State is doing to prevent extreme heat deaths. Read more from the Los Angeles Times and USA Today.
Feds Killed Plan To Curb Medicare Advantage Overbilling After Industry Opposition
By Fred Schulte
A private 2014 decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services faces new scrutiny in a multibillion-dollar Justice Department fraud case against UnitedHealth Group.
With Only Gloves To Protect Them, Farmworkers Say They Tend Sick Cows Amid Bird Flu
By Rae Ellen Bichell
A Colorado picnic celebrated Farmworker Appreciation Day. But some dairy workers there said they aren’t feeling appreciated: They don’t have basic protective gear, even as bird flu spreads through area farms.
Public Voices Often Ignored in States’ Opioid Settlement Money Decisions
By Aneri Pattani and Henry Larweh and Ed Mahon, Spotlight PA
In many places, victims of the opioid epidemic are silenced in decision-making about how to use opioid settlement money, a first-of-its-kind survey conducted by KFF Health News and Spotlight PA found.
An Arm and a Leg: Don’t Get ‘Bullied’ Into Paying What You Don’t Owe
By Dan Weissmann
In this episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” host Dan Weissmann speaks with Caitlyn Mai, a woman in Oklahoma who received a six-figure bill for a surgery her insurance promised to cover. This episode is an extended version of the “Bill of the Month” series, produced in partnership with NPR.
Trabajadores dicen que cuidan a vacas enfermas en medio de la gripe aviar usando solo guantes
By Rae Ellen Bichell
En Colorado, los departamentos de Salud y Agricultura dan equipos de protección gratis. Pero dicen que hasta ahora solo el 13% de los productores en tambos los han solicitado.
Daily Edition for Monday, August 26, 2024
Maternal care crisis, UCSF expansion, next covid shots, therapist shortages, homelessness, drug prices, and more
The New Covid Vaccine Is Out. Why You Might Not Want To Rush To Get It.
By Arthur Allen and Eliza Fawcett, Healthbeat and Rebecca Grapevine, Healthbeat
Although public health officials recommend the newly approved covid vaccine for everyone 6 months and older, it may make more sense to wait until closer to the holiday season.
