Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Wednesday’s summaries cover covid vaccines, BA.5 cases, rising hospitalizations, air quality, monkeypox, healthy industry news, and more.
Widely Used Hospital Gowns Show Signs of Exposing Workers to Infection
By Brett Kelman
Isolation gowns are supposed to protect health care workers from splattered bodily fluids. But new studies suggest that too much liquid seeps through some disposable gowns, creating a risk of infection.
‘Free’ Screening? Know Your Rights to Get No-Cost Care
By Julie Appleby
Even a decade in, the Affordable Care Act’s recommendations to simply cover preventive screening and care without cost sharing remain confusing and complex.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Tuesday’s roundup covers abortion, covid subvariant spread, vaccines, gun violence, maternal health, heat, cannabis, and more.
Crowdsourced Data on Overdoses Pinpoints Where to Help
By Renuka Rayasam
University of Texas researchers are testing a program that would allow harm reduction groups to crowdsource data on fatal and nonfatal drug overdoses statewide. While the data relies on word of mouth, they say, it is more comprehensive than anything that exists now and can be used immediately to prevent overdoses.
Datos de las sobredosis, obtenidos por colaboración colectiva, resaltan en dónde hace falta la ayuda
By Renuka Rayasam
El proyecto de la Universidad de Texas, llamado TxCOPE, busca resolver un problema que mantiene en vilo a los funcionarios de todo el país en su esfuerzo por reducir el número récord de muertes por drogas: obtener una imagen clara y precisa de las sobredosis no mortales y mortales.
‘My Body, My Choice’: How Vaccine Foes Co-Opted the Abortion Rallying Cry
By Rachel Bluth
Anti-vaccine advocates discovered a catchy, succinct, and potent slogan. Its unlikely source: the abortion rights movement.
How Pfizer Won the Pandemic, Reaping Outsize Profit and Influence
By Arthur Allen
The drugmaker has the best-selling vaccine to prevent covid and the most effective drug to treat it. Its success has overshadowed the government’s covid-fighting strategy.
Cómo Pfizer le ganó a la pandemia, alcanzando influencia y ganancias descomunales
By Arthur Allen
Su éxito en el desarrollo de medicamentos contra covid le ha dado a la farmacéutica un peso inusual en la determinación de la política de salud de Estados Unidos. Algo que preocupa a expertos.
Listen: Julie Rovner Rehashes the ‘Roe’ Decision
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
