Daily Edition for Friday, February 2, 2024
Measles, heath worker wages, hospital sales, autoimmune diseases, environmental health worries, and more are in today’s news.
Colorado Legal Settlement Would Up Care and Housing Standards for Trans Women Inmates
By Moe K. Clark
A soon-to-be-finalized legal settlement would offer transgender women in Colorado prisons new housing options, including a pipeline to the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility. The change comes amid a growing number of lawsuits across the country aimed at improving health care access and safety for incarcerated trans people.
Possibility of Wildlife-to-Human Crossover Heightens Concern About Chronic Wasting Disease
By Jim Robbins
A response is ramping up to a potential spillover of the neurological disease to humans from deer, elk, and other animals.
Acuerdo legal en Colorado mejoraría estándares de atención y vivienda para reclusas trans
By Moe K. Clark
El Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos encontró en 2014 que las personas trans en prisión tienen muchas más probabilidades de experimentar violencia sexual tras las rejas tanto del personal como de otros presos.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Struggle Over Who Gets the Last Word
As science skepticism pervades politics, the Supreme Court will soon consider two cases that seek to define the power of “experts.” Meanwhile, abortion opponents are laying out plans for how Donald Trump, if reelected as president, could effectively curtail abortion even in states where it remains legal. Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Samantha Liss, who reported and wrote the latest KFF Health News-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature about a husband and wife who got billed for preventive care that should have been fully covered.
Daily Edition for Thursday, February 1, 2024
Climate’s impact on health, Covered California, gun violence, Medicare drug prices, online safety for kids, and more are in the news.
More ‘Navigators’ Are Helping Women Travel to Have Abortions
By Lillian Mongeau Hughes
After the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to an abortion and many states banned the procedure, reproductive health care organizations hired dozens of people to help patients arrange travel and pay for care.
Back From COP28, California Climate Leaders Talk Health Impacts of Warming
By Samantha Young
Three leading California officials who represented the state at the United Nations climate talks late last year reflect on climate change’s growing threat to human health — and explain what the state is trying to do about it.
Surge in Syphilis Cases Leads Some Providers to Ration Penicillin
By Catherine Sweeney, WPLN
Injectable penicillin is the go-to treatment for syphilis and the only treatment considered safe for pregnant people with the disease. But as rates of syphilis increase across the U.S., a shortage of the injectable has prompted some public health agencies to ration it.
Médicos deben racionar la penicilina por el dramático aumento de casos de sífilis
By Catherine Sweeney, WPLN
A nivel nacional, las tasas de sífilis están en su punto más alto en 70 años. Entre 2018 y 2022, las tasas de esta enfermedad de transmisión sexual subieron alrededor del 80%.
