Climate Change Threatens the Mental Well-Being of Youths. Here’s How To Help Them Cope.
By Bernard J. Wolfson
The growing toll of climate-related disasters is a risk to the emotional well-being of young people. An Orange County, California, pediatric emergency doctor wants to add questions about climate change to standard mental health screenings conducted in pediatricians’ offices and other settings where kids seek care.
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Daily Edition for Tuesday, January 7, 2025
3 Sickened After Eating Death Cap Mushrooms: Three Monterey County residents were hospitalized after eating poisonous mushrooms allegedly purchased from an unlicensed vendor operating out of a van in a supermarket parking lot in East Salinas. Health officials are concerned the vendor may be selling mushrooms at multiple locations. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and Salinas Californian.
An Arm and a Leg: A Listener Fighting the Good Fight
By Dan Weissmann
A medical resident who listens to “An Arm and a Leg” is pushing for change with the American Medical Association and at the hospital where he works.
Biden Administration Bars Medical Debt From Credit Scores
By Noam N. Levey
The move, which comes less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, represents a challenge to the new administration.
Health Care AI, Intended To Save Money, Turns Out To Require a Lot of Expensive Humans
By Darius Tahir
Despite the hype over artificial intelligence in medicine, the systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in place and maintain. Checking whether an algorithm has developed the software equivalent of a blown gasket can be complicated — and expensive.
Daily Edition for Monday, January 6, 2025
Independent Pharmacy Will Open Jan. 13 In Santa Rosa: A new, independently owned pharmacy, Santa Rosa Pharmacy, is coming to the downtown area, aimed at filling the need not just for prescriptions but also for personalized community care. Previously, Tuttle’s Pharmacy served the area for nearly eight decades before selling its two locations to Rite Aid in early 2024. Read more from The Press Democrat.
Listen: NPR and KFF Health News Explore How Racism and Violence Hurt Health
By Cara Anthony
KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony and Emily Kwong, host of NPR’s podcast “Shortwave,” talk about Black families living in the aftermath of lynchings and police killings.
Health Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessity
By Michelle Andrews
Advocates say it is discrimination and are arguing for “insurance fairness” on the grounds that people who have joints surgically replaced typically don’t face the same kinds of coverage challenges.
Health Care Is Newsom’s Biggest Unfinished Project. Trump Complicates That Task.
By Angela Hart and Christine Mai-Duc
As Gov. Gavin Newsom enters the second half of his final term, health care stands out as his most ambitious but glaringly incomplete initiative for California residents. The issue will likely shape his national profile for better or worse. And now, Donald Trump brings a new wrinkle.
