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A Possible Downside to Limits on Teens鈥 Access to Social Media
In 1982, then-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop warned that video games might be hazardous to young people鈥檚 health, a statement he later walked back, acknowledging it had no basis in science. These days, state and federal policymakers are sounding alarms about the need to protect children from the harmful effects of social media platforms such […]
Forget Repeal and Replace. The Next Big ACA Fight Will Be Over Subsidies.
Forget repeal and replace. Critics of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, have a new target: key parts of the law that they say are too costly and provide incentive for fraud. Topping that list are the ACA鈥檚 enhanced subsidies, put in place during the coronavirus pandemic as part of economic recovery legislation and set to […]
Harris and Trump Are Ready To Take on Big Pharma
Former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are both eager to take on high drug prices, leaving pharmaceutical companies on the defensive as they spend millions of dollars this election season. When Harris was California鈥檚 attorney general, she joined cases that resulted in almost $7.2 billion (about $22 per person in the United […]
Tribal Health Officials 鈥楤linded鈥 by Lack of Data
A strong public health system can make a big difference for those who face stark health disparities. But epidemiologists serving Native American communities, which have some of the nation鈥檚 most profound health inequities, say they鈥檙e hobbled by state and federal agencies restricting their access to important data. American Indians and Alaska Natives face life expectancy […]
Project 2025 Would Recast HHS as the Federal Department of Life
It has become a rhetorical theme for Democrats working to hold on to the White House: Allies of former president Donald Trump, they say, want to infuse conservative ideals into how the federal government does business. That vision is outlined in the Project 2025 鈥淢andate for Leadership,鈥 a 900-page blueprint produced by the conservative Heritage Foundation and other conservative organizations […]
The Rapidly Evolving Field of Street Medicine
The rapidly evolving field of street medicine 鈥 the practice of providing health care to homeless people living outside 鈥 is getting a jolt in California with a new player: a medical group devoted exclusively to homeless people. And it鈥檚 actually making money. Sachin Jain, who worked on federal Medicaid policy during his tenure in […]
A Call to Action Reignites Debate Over Opioid Settlements
State and local governments have received more than $7.5 billion in opioid settlement funds to date, and everyone鈥檚 lining up to have their say in how it鈥檚 spent. Of course, that means there鈥檚 also plenty of controversy. The latest development comes this morning, as a coalition of 192 recovery and harm reduction organizations across dozens […]
Treating the Shortage of Black Doctors
A few months ago, I visited Jackson, Miss., to attend African American Visit Day at the University of Mississippi鈥檚 School of Medicine. High school and college students from across the state spent time that Saturday morning with Black medical students and administrators, finding out what they needed to do to become a doctor. The annual […]
What鈥檚 Behind New Combined Urgent Care-ER Facilities
It鈥檚 Saturday afternoon, and your 4-year-old is bleeding from a gash on his face after a playtime mishap. Should you go to the emergency room or the urgent care clinic? VHC Health in Arlington, Va., plans to soon join a small but growing number of hospitals moving to resolve this dilemma by offering both types […]
Copycat Weight-Loss Drugs Are Major Players With Consumers
As many as 1 in 8 American adults has tried one of the GLP-1 anti-obesity drugs, but a surprising number aren鈥檛 getting their supplies from pharma giants Novo Nordisk or Eli Lilly. Up to 30 percent of the market, by some estimates, is made up of copycat versions from compounding pharmacies. Compounding is legal, though […]
It鈥檚 a Bird. It鈥檚 a Plane. It鈥檚 a Medical Response Drone.
What if the first responder on the scene of a cardiac arrest were a drone carrying an automated external defibrillator? When every second counts, public safety professionals are increasingly eyeing drones 鈥 which can fly 60 miles an hour and don鈥檛 get stuck in traffic 鈥 to deliver help faster than an ambulance or EMT. […]
Care Gaps Grow as OB/GYNs Flee Idaho
Not so long ago, Bonner General Health, the hospital in Sandpoint, Idaho, had four OB/GYNs on staff, who treated patients from multiple rural counties. That was before Idaho鈥檚 near-total abortion ban went into effect almost two years ago, criminalizing most abortions. All four of Bonner鈥檚 OB/GYNs聽left by last summer, some citing fears that the state鈥檚 ban […]
Planned Parenthood鈥檚 Push to Get Voters to the Polls
Planned Parenthood鈥檚 political and advocacy organizations will use a more than聽$40 million聽war chest to聽blitz GOP officeholders and candidates聽in an effort to flip the House and maintain Democratic control of the Senate and presidency. The plan is to focus聽on the records of Republicans聽who have repeatedly voted against access to abortion, contraceptives, in vitro fertilization or gender-affirming […]
A Little-Recognized Public Health Crisis
About every 12 minutes, someone is killed on America鈥檚 roads and countless others are injured. More than 42,500 people died in car crashes in 2022, a death toll that rivals or surpasses those of other major public health threats, such as the flu and gun violence. 鈥淲e have not recognized that traffic violence is a […]
The national 911 emergency response system is in the midst of its own code red. The lack of federal funding to upgrade aging 911 systems has created significant disparities in state emergency response services, with older operations plagued by outages and longer response times. Last month, for instance, Massachusetts was hit with a statewide 911 […]
The Court Case That Could Upend Access To Free Birth Control
A lawsuit winding its way through the courts could undermine the power of federal agencies to mandate the services health insurance providers must cover. And that could threaten access to free birth control for millions of Americans. The case is called Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra, and it was brought by plaintiffs looking to strike […]
Relieving the Growing Burden of Medical Debt
Medical debt is a growing burden for millions of people around the country, from parents in Illinois to immigrants in Colorado to residents of the 鈥淒iabetes Belt鈥 across the South, and it鈥檚 now being recognized as a health-care problem. People often forgo care or prescriptions if they have debt, according to a 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News […]
When Hospital Cyberattacks Compromise Care, Not Just Data
When hospitals are hit by cyberattacks that compromise crucial technology systems for managing patient care, the stakes are staggering. 鈥淲e鈥檝e started to think about these as public health issues and disasters on the scale of earthquakes or hurricanes,鈥 said Jeff Tully, a co-director of the Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity at the University of California at […]
Two Rival Hospitals Want To Join Forces. Will Patients Lose?
In Terre Haute, Ind., two rival hospitals want to merge, a move that supporters say will save patients money and help people live longer. But similar hospital consolidations in Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina have resulted in government reports documenting diminished care. In more than a dozen states, certificates of public advantage (COPAs) permit deals […]
Abortion Ballot Measures Won鈥檛 Automatically Undo Existing Laws
On Tuesday, a judge in Michigan blocked some of the state鈥檚 lingering restrictions on abortion access, including a mandatory 24-hour waiting period. The ruling comes 19 months after voters added abortion rights to the state constitution in November 2022. Michigan was one of the first states to protect abortion access at the ballot box after […]
