Fast Action From Bystanders Can Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival. Many Don’t Know What To Do.
By Michelle Andrews
In 9 of 10 cases, a person in cardiac arrest will die because help doesn’t arrive quickly enough. With CPR and, possibly, a shock from an automated external defibrillator, survival odds double. But Americans lack confidence and know-how to handle these interventions.
La rapidez de acción de los transeúntes puede mejorar la supervivencia tras un paro cardíaco. Pero muchos no saben qué hacer.
By Michelle Andrews
Según la Asociación Americana del Corazón, en Estados Unidos ocurren más de 350.000 paros cardíacos cada año fuera del ámbito hospitalario.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Governor Closing Loophole Used At Psychiatric Hospitals: Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving to impose nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in California’s psychiatric hospitals in response to a Chronicle investigative series that spotlighted rampant abuse and neglect in many of the locked facilities. The administration intends to deploy the state’s emergency regulations process. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Con el fin de las becas de diversidad, jóvenes científicos temen por el futuro de sus carreras
By Brett Kelman
Adelaide Tovar, científica de la Universidad de Michigan que investiga genes relacionados con la diabetes, solía sentirse como una impostora en el laboratorio. Tovar, de 32 años, creció en la pobreza y fue la primera de su familia en graduarse de la secundaria. Durante su primer año en la universidad, se dio cuenta de que […]
As a Diversity Grant Dies, Young Scientists Fear It Will Haunt Their Careers
By Brett Kelman
The Trump administration defunded the National Institutes of Health’s MOSAIC grant program, which launched the careers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.
Trump Administration Retreats From 100% Withholding on Social Security Clawbacks
By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group
The Social Security Administration will now withhold 50% of many recipients’ monthly benefits to claw back alleged overpayments — down from the 100% it announced in March, but way up from the 10% cap imposed under former President Joe Biden.
Daily Edition for Monday, April 28, 2025
Covered California Website Sent Sensitive Personal Data To LinkedIn: The website that lets Californians shop for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, coveredca.com, has been sending sensitive data to LinkedIn. The information included whether someone was blind, pregnant, transgender, used a high number of prescription medications, or was a possible victim of domestic abuse. Read more from CalMatters.
When They Don’t Recognize You Anymore
By Paula Span
People with dementia often forget even close family members as the disease advances. “It can throw people into an existential crisis,” an expert said.
When Hospitals Ditch Medicare Advantage Plans, Thousands of Members Get To Leave, Too
By Susan Jaffe
Breakups between health providers and Advantage plans are increasingly common. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has allowed whole groups of patients to leave their plans.
RFK Jr. Exaggerates Share of Autistic Population With Severe Limitations
By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this month that “autism destroys families,” adding that “most cases are now severe” and describing children who will never work, play baseball, write poetry, or go on a date. Medical experts and people on the autism spectrum say Kennedy’s portrayal was skewed.
