Daily Edition for Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Wednesday’s roundup covers hospital safety, hunger, covid vaccines and boosters, monkeypox, abortion rights, drug addiction, and more.
Esposa de congresista muere luego de tomar hierba medicinal para la diabetes y pérdida de peso
By Samantha Young
La morera blanca, originaria de China se considera una hierba segura y se ha usado por siglos en la medicina no tradicional.
A Needle Exchange Project Modeled on Urban Efforts Aims to Save Lives in Rural Nevada
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
Five years after HIV tore through a rural Indiana town as a result of widespread drug use, a syringe and needle exchange program was set up in rural Nevada to prevent a similar event.
‘An Arm and a Leg’: How to Negotiate for Lower Medical Bills
By Dan Weissmann
A nonprofit that trains people to apply for charity care has started teaching others how to negotiate with hospitals and debt collectors to lower the amount they owe.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Tuesday’s roundup covers mental health, injection sites, medical hacks, covid vaccines, immigrant health, MPX, and more.
Bibliotecarios se enfrentan a un nuevo lugar de trabajo, con menos libros, y más psicosis y adicciones
By Rachel Scheier
En las grandes ciudades y en los pueblos pequeños, muchas ofrecen ahora servicios para acceder a vivienda, a cupones de alimentos, a la atención médica y, a veces, incluso a duchas o cortes de pelo.
Timely Mental Health Care Is a Key Factor in Strike by Kaiser Permanente Workers
By Bernard J. Wolfson and Zinnia Finn
A new state law requires timely follow-up appointments for mental health and addiction patients. But striking workers at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California say patients continue to wait up to two months.
‘American Diagnosis’: As Climate Crises Batter the Bayou, Houma People Are Being Displaced
Rising sea levels and severe hurricanes are displacing Indigenous people in Southern Louisiana and harming health. Episode 11 explores the United Houma Nation’s push for federal tribal recognition and the climate-change help that could come with it.
The $18,000 Breast Biopsy: When Having Insurance Costs You a Bundle
By Lauren Sausser
An online calculator told a young woman that a procedure to rule out cancer would cost an uninsured person about $1,400. Instead, the hospital initially charged almost $18,000 and, with her high-deductible health insurance, she owed more than $5,000.
