Latest 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News Stories
In New York, Providers Must Put Patient Costs on the Table
The governor鈥檚 fiscal year 2026 budget revises a law designed to limit unexpected bills that can put people at risk for unfair medical billing practices and reduce medical debt. Consumer groups say it doesn鈥檛 go far enough.
Indiana Lawmakers Seek To Forbid Hospital Monopolies, but One Merger Fight Remains
Union Health has made a new bid to buy its only rival hospital in Terre Haute, Indiana. The system passed one hurdle after lawmakers watered down a bill that threatened the proposed deal. That means the merger will now face a likely showdown with Indiana鈥檚 new governor.
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promising field of medical research.
Sent Home To Heal, Patients Avoid Wait for Rehab Home Beds
Many patients ready to leave the hospital end up lingering for days or weeks 鈥 occupying beds that others need and driving up costs 鈥 because of a lack of open spots at nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities. A few health systems are addressing this problem by moving post-acute rehab into the home.
CDC Firings Undermine Public Health Work Far Beyond Washington
The Trump administration鈥檚 sudden firings have gutted training programs across the nation that bolstered state and local public health departments.
Por qu茅 los despidos en salud p煤blica ponen en peligro a todos
La decisi贸n de la administraci贸n Trump de despedir repentinamente a empleados de los Centros para el Control y Prevenci贸n de Enfermedades destruy贸 los programas de capacitaci贸n a lo largo del pa铆s
Law and Order or Bystander Safety? Police Chases Spotlight California鈥檚 Competing Priorities
California鈥檚 governor is pressuring Oakland to allow more police pursuits as part of a crackdown on crime. But more pursuits mean a greater risk to public health, with more potential injuries and deaths among bystanders. Policies in cities including New York and San Francisco reflect divergent local priorities.
Republicans Once Wanted Government out of Health Care. Trump Voters See It Differently.
Frustrated by high health care prices, many who backed President Donald Trump support strong government actions to protect patients. It鈥檚 unclear whether GOP leaders will listen.
Republicans Are Eyeing Cuts to Medicaid. What鈥檚 Medicaid, Again?
Republicans in Congress have suggested big cuts to Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities. The complex, multifaceted program touches millions of Americans and has become deeply woven into state budgets and the U.S. health care system.
Los republicanos est谩n considerando recortes a Medicaid. De nuevo, 驴qu茅 es Medicaid?
M谩s de 79 millones de personas reciben servicios de Medicaid o del relacionado Programa de Seguro de Salud Infantil (CHIP). Esto representa aproximadamente el 20% de la poblaci贸n total de Estados Unidos.
Republican States Claim Zero Abortions. A Red-State Doctor Calls That 鈥楲udicrous.鈥
In several red states, officials say few or no abortions happened in 2023, raising alarm among researchers about the politicization of vital statistics.
House Cats With Bird Flu Could Pose a Risk to Public Health
The current strain of bird flu is spreading from wildlife and livestock to house cats. To keep pets healthy, many virologists and veterinarians say, house cats shouldn鈥檛 eat raw food and should be kept indoors. Despite no known cases of H5N1 transmission between cats and people, some public health agencies and virologists are warning cat owners to be mindful of the theoretical risks to the health of humans in their households if a pet gets sick.
Gatos dom茅sticos con gripe aviar podr铆an ser un riesgo para la salud p煤blica
Un peque帽o pero creciente n煤mero de gatos dom茅sticos se han enfermado con H5N1, la cepa de gripe aviar protagonista del brote actual en el pa铆s, despu茅s de comer alimentos crudos o beber leche sin pasteurizar.
杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News' 'What the Health?': Chaos Continues in Federal Health System
The Senate has yet to confirm a Health and Human Services secretary, but things around the department continue to change at a breakneck pace to comply with President Donald Trump鈥檚 executive orders. Payment systems have been shut down, webpages and entire datasets have been taken offline, and workers 鈥 including those with civil service protections 鈥 have been urged to quit or threatened with layoffs. Meanwhile, foreign and trade policy changes are also affecting health policy. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Julie Appleby, who reported the latest 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 feature, about a young woman, a grandfathered health plan, and a $14,000 IUD.
Trump鈥檚 Funding 鈥楶ause鈥 Throws States, Health Industry Into Chaos
A sweeping Trump administration order threw the nation鈥檚 health system into disarray Tuesday, as states and the health industry tried to make sense of what looked like a freeze on federal Medicaid funding.
As States Diverge on Immigration, Hospitals Say They Won鈥檛 Turn Patients Away
California and Massachusetts are teaching immigrants their rights while Florida and Texas are collecting patients鈥 immigration status. As states offer differing guidelines for interacting with immigrant patients, hospitals around the U.S. say they won鈥檛 turn people away for care because of their immigration status.
Hospitales dicen que no rechazar谩n pacientes, mientras los estados se posicionan sobre inmigraci贸n
Mientras Trump inicia la “operaci贸n de deportaci贸n m谩s grande” en la historia de la naci贸n, estados han emitido pautas marcadamente diferentes a los hospitales, cl铆nicas comunitarias y otros centros de salud, sobre c贸mo actuar con pacientes inmigrantes.
The Growing Inequality in Life Expectancy Among Americans
To deliver on pledges from the new Trump administration to make America healthy again, policymakers will need to close gaps in longevity among racial and ethnic groups.
Childhood Vaccination Rates, a Rare Health Bright Spot in Struggling States, Are Slipping
Mississippi, Tennessee, and West Virginia 鈥 states with some of the worst health outcomes 鈥 also have some of the highest childhood vaccination rates. But doctors and health officials worry a rising tide of vaccine skepticism is causing those public health bright spots to dim.
I鈥檓 Moving Forward and Facing the Uncertainty of Aging
Our “Navigating Aging” columnist sets off on a new phase in life with lessons she鈥檚 learned reporting on aging and health.
