For Patients With Sickle Cell Disease, Fertility Care Is About Reproductive Justice
By Farah Yousry, Side Effects Public Media
The disease, which predominantly affects Black patients, can damage the body in ways that can make having a child difficult. But patients don’t always have access to fertility care.
A Family Death During the Holidays Prompts Questions and Reflection
By Judith Graham
The death of a sharp but frail patriarch just days before Thanksgiving casts a shadow on a family’s holiday season.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, December 7, 2022
San Francisco Says It’s Not Opening Supervised Drug-Use Sites: San Francisco’s plan to open a dozen so-called wellness hubs where people can use drugs under the supervision of trained staff, including a couple by next June, has stalled because of legal and logistical issues. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle. Keep scrolling for more on the opioid crisis.
Paxlovid Has Been Free So Far. Next Year, Sticker Shock Awaits.
By Hannah Recht
The government soon will stop paying for the covid drug that has proved to be the most effective at keeping patients alive and out of the hospital.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Tuesday’s roundup cover Medi-Cal, Mpox, health worker layoffs, fentanyl, smart watches, covid vaccines and treatments, long covid, and more.
Florida Leaders Misrepresented Research Before Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
By Yacob Reyes, PolitiFact
The Florida policy backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis relies on one key statistic that many experts question.
Employers Use Patient Assistance Programs to Offset Their Own Costs
By Julie Appleby
Some insurers and employers are tapping into assistance programs meant for individual patients. The concern: Some costly drugs could be harder for patients to access.
Watch: Big Medicaid Changes in California Leave Millions of Patients Behind
California Healthline senior correspondent Angela Hart discusses how California’s big Medicaid experiment to bring social services to the sickest and costliest patients doesn’t help most patients.
Daily Edition for Monday, December 5, 2022
Monday’s roundup cover record flu, assisted living facilities, “bubble baby” therapy, covid, vaccine mandates, Mpox, disabilities, and more.
Much of the CDC Is Working Remotely. That Could Make Changing the Agency Difficult.
By Sam Whitehead
Like many U.S. workplaces, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention went remote during the pandemic. Most of the agency’s staff members haven’t returned to the office full time, raising concerns about the CDC’s ability to reform itself after recent stumbles.
