A Tourist Ended Up With a Wild Bat in Her Mouth — And Nearly $21,000 in Medical Bills
By Tony Leys
Health insurance generally doesn’t cover treatment for injuries sustained shortly before a customer buys a policy. A Massachusetts woman found that out the hard way.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Hospice Workers Hold One-Day Strike: Frustrated by delays in securing their first union contract nearly two years after organizing, workers at one of the Bay Area’s oldest hospice care organizations, Hospice East Bay, went on a one-day strike Tuesday. Read more from KQED.
Tribal Groups Assert Sovereignty as Feds Crack Down on Gender-Affirming Care
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
Native American groups declare that tribal sovereignty trumps state and federal efforts to restrict or ban gender-affirming care for two-spirit and LGBTQ+ tribal citizens. Tribes are analyzing the risk of opposing Trump’s policies, advocates say.
Immigrant Kids Detained in ‘Unsafe and Unsanitary’ Sites as Trump Seeks To End Protections
By Sandy West
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department seeks to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, which since 1997 has required U.S. immigration officials to hold migrant children in facilities that are safe and sanitary, among other protections. Even with the consent decree in place, court records show unsafe conditions for immigrant kids.
Niños inmigrantes están detenidos en sitios “inseguros e insalubres”. El gobierno busca eliminar derechos
By Sandy West
Entre marzo y junio, abogados de menores inmigrantes recopilaron estos testimonios, y otros de jóvenes y familias detenidas, en lo que describen entornos “con apariencia carcelaria” en distintos puntos de Estados Unidos.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, July 29, 2025
California Sues To Stop USDA From Collecting SNAP Data: California is part of a group of states suing the Trump administration to halt the U.S. Department of Agriculture from collecting sensitive information about people who receive federal food vouchers, known as SNAP. Read more from CalMatters and the Los Angeles Times.
A Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman Was Kept Alive in Georgia. It’s Unclear if State Law Required It.
By Jess Mador, WABE
The anti-abortion movement is rallying around new laws that establish fetal “personhood.” Doctors are scrambling to adjust, but even conservatives don’t always agree on how such laws should be applied.
As California’s Behavioral Health Workforce Buckles, Help Is Years Away
By Christine Mai-Duc
California has put a greater focus on behavioral health workers, but a huge spike in demand, an aging workforce, and employee burnout continue to hamper mental health and substance use treatment. The state is tapping Medicaid funds to train, recruit, and retain workers, but it will be a long time before the impacts are evident.
Daily Edition for Monday, July 28, 2025
Santa Cruz Man With Quadriplegia Loses Doctor After Planned Parenthood Closure: Cameron Cox, 31, requires around-the-clock care for his spastic quadriplegia, a severe form of cerebral palsy. When his mom couldn’t find a primary care doctor to take him on as a patient last year, she turned to Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, which provided care for some people on Medicaid. A doctor there has had regular visits with him since August. But now the clinic is closed after the GOP-approved budget bill cut its Medicaid reimbursements. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Cosmetic Surgeries Led to Disfiguring Injuries, Patients Allege
By Fred Schulte
Illustration by Oona Zenda
A joint investigation by KFF Health News and NBC News found that cosmetic surgery chains have been the target of scores of medical malpractice and negligence lawsuits, including 12 wrongful death cases.
