Daily Edition for Thursday, April 4, 2024
Noise Bans Will Soon Take Effect Around Clinic: Patients at Planned Parenthood in Walnut Creek will soon have a quieter experience obtaining reproductive health care when megaphones, loudspeakers, or any voice amplification devices are banned within 100 feet of the entrance. Read more from the Bay Area News Group.
The Horrors of TMJ: Chronic Pain, Metal Jaws, and Futile Treatments
By Brett Kelman and Anna Werner, CBS News
TMJ disorders affect as many as 1 in 10 Americans and yet remain poorly understood and ineffectively treated. Many common treatments used by dentists lack scientific evidence.
Feds Join Ranks of Employers with Generous Fertility Benefits
By Michelle Andrews
Starting this year, federal employees can choose plans that cover a broad menu of fertility services, including up to $25,000 annually for in vitro fertilization procedures. At the same time, politics around IVF and reproductive health have become a central issue in the current election-year debate.
End of Internet Subsidies for Low-Income Households Threatens Telehealth Access
By Sarah Jane Tribble
A federal program that helped pay for more than 23 million low-income households’ internet access runs out of money soon. The end of the subsidy launched earlier in the pandemic could have profound impacts on health care access.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Heat protections for workers, CARE Court, doctor burnout, measles vaccinations, drug shortages, Medi-Cal enrollment, and more are in the news.
Heat Protections for California Workers Are in Limbo After Newsom Abandons Rules
By Angela Hart and Samantha Young
Proposed rules to protect millions of workers from potentially dangerous heat inside workplaces are dead after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration refused to sign off. Labor advocates and state regulators are calling for emergency regulations before temperatures soar this summer.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, April 2, 2024
ER attacks, the healthiest city, opioid settlement payments, prisoner deaths, mental health, primary care, weight, and more are in the news.
More Patients Are Losing Their Doctors — And Trust in the Primary Care System
By Lynn Arditi, The Public’s Radio
A shortage of primary care providers is driving more people to seek routine care in emergency settings. In Rhode Island, safety-net clinics are under pressure as clinicians retire or burn out, and patients say it’s harder to find care as they lose connections to familiar doctors.
Attacks on Emergency Room Workers Prompt Debate Over Tougher Penalties
By Sejal Parekh
In California, assaulting paramedics or other emergency medical workers in the field carries stiffer fines and jail time than assaulting emergency room staffers. State lawmakers are considering a measure that would standardize the penalties.
Track Opioid Settlement Payouts — To the Cent — In Your Community
By Aneri Pattani and Lydia Zuraw and Holly K. Hacker
Want to know how much opioid settlement money your city, county, or state has received so far? Or how much it’s expecting in the future? Use our new searchable database to find out.
