Hospitales de California y defensores buscan financiación estable para retener a navegadores de salud conductual
By Vanessa G. Sánchez
En 2022, el año más reciente del que se dispone de datos, 7,385 californianos murieron por sobredosis relacionadas con opioides, de los cuales el 88% involucró fentanilo, un opioide sintético que puede ser 50 veces más potente que la heroína.
Daily Edition for Monday, February 26, 2024
Newsom Launches Ad Campaign Over Abortion ‘War On Travel’: California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday unveiled a multistate ad campaign to combat proposals in several Republican-controlled states that he said aim to ban out-of-state travel for abortions and related medications. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, Politico, and The Sacramento Bee.
Horse Sedative Use Among Humans Spreads in Deadly Mixture of ‘Tranq’ and Fentanyl
By Sam Ogozalek, Tampa Bay Times
Illegal supplies of fentanyl are being cut with xylazine, a powerful horse tranquilizer. Overdoses involving this veterinary sedative are growing nationally and now Florida officials are tracking the deaths.
If You’re Poor, Fertility Treatment Can Be Out of Reach
By Michelle Andrews
For low-income people who are on Medicaid or whose employer health plan is skimpy, help for infertility seems unattainable.
Newsom Wants Voters to Approve Billions More to Help the Homeless. Will It Help?
By Angela Hart
A March 5 ballot initiative seeks $6.4 billion to build thousands of new housing units and provide mental health treatment for homeless people — on top of the billions already being spent to address the public health crisis. Despite significant support from health and law enforcement officials, many front-line workers are skeptical that more money is the answer.
Si eres pobre, un tratamiento de fertilidad suele ser un sueño inaccesible
By Michelle Andrews
Pero las personas con ingresos más bajos, a menudo de minorías, tienen más probabilidades de estar cubiertas por Medicaid o por seguros limitados que no tienen esta cobertura.
Mezcla letal: se extiende el uso de fentanilo con sedantes para caballos
By Sam Ogozalek, Tampa Bay Times
La xilacina se utiliza para sedar a los caballos. Ahora la están mezclando con fentanilo. Es letal y la naloxona no frena las sobredosis.
Daily Edition for Friday, February 23, 2024
Anti-bias training for doctors, long covid, abortion pills, Prop 1 and mental health, IVF, gun violence, dementia, and more are in the news.
Pregnancy Care Was Always Lacking in Jails. It Could Get Worse.
By Renuka Rayasam
A lack of oversight and standards for pregnancy care in jails is becoming more problematic as the number of incarcerated women rises and abortion restrictions put medical care further out of reach.
California Lawsuit Spotlights Broad Legal Attack on Anti-Bias Training in Health Care
By Ronnie Cohen
State laws requiring doctor training on how bias affects treatment violate teachers’ right to free speech, opponents say.
