Patient Mistrust and Poor Access Hamper Federal Efforts to Overhaul Family Planning
By Renuka Rayasam
For decades, many women of color, particularly those with low incomes, had little control over their family planning care. Now, a White House effort aims to give patients more choices as abortion care evaporates, but patients remain wary of providers.
California Aims to Maximize Health Insurance Subsidies for Workers During Labor Disputes
By Annie Sciacca
Workers who lose employer-based health coverage during a strike or lockout will have access to a full-subsidy plan through Covered California.
Daily Edition for Friday, November 18, 2022
Friday’s roundup covers covid variants, masking, Nancy Pelosi, Theranos, “tripledemic” surge, housing, diabetes, health personnel, and more.
Rob Bonta Investigates Hospital Algorithms for Racial Bias
By Mark Kreidler
Attorney General Rob Bonta handily won election on a progressive, social justice platform. He’s already begun with an inquiry into hospital software programs that might bake in racial discrimination.
Mistrust and Polarization Steer Rural Governments to Reject Federal Public Health Funding
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
As the covid-19 pandemic grinds on, Elko County, Nevada, still lacks a public health department. Yet its elected leaders rejected federal funds that could have helped it create one. Decisions like the one in Elko, and ones made by officials with other state and local governments, leave health experts concerned about whether the country’s public health infrastructure will be prepared to handle future health challenges.
As STDs Proliferate, Companies Rush to Market At-Home Test Kits. But Are They Reliable?
By Liz Szabo
The popularity of at-home covid tests has amplified calls from public health researchers and diagnostic companies to make home testing similarly routine for sexually transmitted diseases. But FDA guidelines are lagging.
Hay más infecciones sexuales y empresas producen más tests caseros… ¿son confiables?
By Liz Szabo
Datos preliminares para 2021 mostraron cerca de 2.5 millones de casos reportados de clamidia, gonorrea y sífilis en el país, según los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades.
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Changing of the Guard
Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate in the midterm elections, while Republicans won a majority in the House, giving them the ability to block items on President Joe Biden’s agenda. Meanwhile, the lame-duck, Democratic-led Congress won’t have the votes to pass abortion rights legislation, although they may try to undo some long-standing anti-abortion policies in federal spending bills. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Victoria Knight of Axios, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these topics and more.
Daily Edition for Thursday, November 17, 2022
Thursday’s roundup covers RSV cases, overwhelmed hospitals, covid symptoms, lab-grown meat safety, opioids, drug costs, and more.
