Daily Edition for Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Gun violence, youth mental health, hospital system financial health, psychedelics, weight loss drugs, and more are in the news.
New Charleston Museum Nods to Historical Roots of US Health Disparities
By Lauren Sausser
The $120 million International African American Museum that opened this week in Charleston, South Carolina, allows visitors to step back in history at Gadsden’s Wharf, where tens of thousands of enslaved Africans arrived in America, the genesis of generations of health disparities.
The Hospital Bills Didn’t Find Her, but a Lawsuit Did — Plus Interest
By Bram Sable-Smith
Recovering from emergency gallbladder surgery, a Tennessee woman said she spent months without a permanent mailing address and never got a bill. She was sued by the health system two years later.
The DEA Relaxed Online Prescribing Rules During Covid. Now It Wants to Rein Them In.
By Arielle Zionts
Supporters say the proposed rules would balance the goals of increasing access to health care and helping prevent medication misuse. Opponents say the rules would make it difficult for some patients — especially those in rural areas — to get care.
Daily Edition for Monday, June 26, 2023
California’s big health care deal, hospital cyberattacks, covid variants, birth control, opioids, prison health, and more are in the news.
E-Cigs Are Still Flooding the US, Addicting Teens With Higher Nicotine Doses
By Liz Szabo
The FDA, Justice Department, and White House have failed to act as vapes with kid-friendly flavors like cotton candy or gummy bears proliferate.
‘We’re Not Doing That’: Why a Black Couple Wouldn’t Crowdfund to Pay Medical Debts
By Noam N. Levey
Kristie Fields, a cancer patient in Virginia, was urged to go public to seek financial help. She worried about feeding hurtful stereotypes.
Más adolescentes adictos a cigarrillos electrónicos con altas dosis de nicotina
By Liz Szabo
El vapeo se ha disparado hasta convertirse en una industria de $8.2 mil millones, y los fabricantes están inundando el mercado con miles de productos que pueden ser mucho más adictivos.
Daily Edition for Friday, June 23, 2023
How a year without Roe has impacted California and the U.S. Also in the news: Hospital rankings, covid, flu, the drug crisis, and more.
Listen: Potential Hospital Bailout Under Fire, as Information Gap Threatens Medi-Cal Renewals
By Bernard J. Wolfson and Samantha Young and Stephanie O'Neill Patison
California Healthline journalists discuss the need to update personal information to maintain Medi-Cal coverage, why health finance experts caution against a sweeping hospital industry bailout, and more recent reporting.
