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For snakebite victims, antivenom is critical ā and costly. It took more than $200,000 worth of antivenom to save one toddlerās life after he was bitten by a rattlesnake.
In this episode of āAn Arm and a Leg,ā host Dan Weissmann sits down with Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Cara Anthony to talk about the documentary and podcast series she produced about the impact of a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police killing on a rural Missouri community. The project is called āSilence in Sikeston.ā
Laborers have suffered in extreme heat triggered by climate change. Deaths arenāt inevitable, researchers say: Employers can save lives by providing ample water and breaks.
The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.
With Election Day rapidly approaching, abortion is gaining traction as a voting issue, according to public opinion polls. Meanwhile, states with abortion bans are reviving the lawsuit ā dismissed by the Supreme Court on a technicality this year ā that could roll back the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone. Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Stat, and Victoria Knight of Axios join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Tricia Neuman, senior vice president of KFF and executive director of its Program on Medicare Policy, about Medicare open enrollment and the changes to the federal program for 2025.
The director of a California state mental health agency traveled to the U.K. courtesy of Kooth, a digital mental health company with a $271 million contract to build a therapy app for the stateās youth. Weeks earlier, he pressed key legislative staffers to restore a proposed cut to Koothās funding.
The Right to Reproductive Freedom amendment would enshrine in the state constitution a right āto make and effectuate decisions to prevent, continue, or end one's own pregnancy.ā
Clinicians and researchers are searching for answers to whether an incidental finding on breast X-rays could improve the detection of cardiovascular disease risk among women.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony talks about how racism affects health on Nine PBSā āListen, St. Louis with Carol Daniel,ā stemming from her reporting for the āSilence in Sikestonā multimedia project, on the impact of a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police killing on a rural Missouri community.
The Affordable Care Act has not been a major issue in the 2024 campaign, but abortion and reproductive rights have been front and center. Those are just two of the dozens of health issues that could be profoundly affected by who is elected president and which party controls Congress in 2025. In this special live episode, Tamara Keith of NPR, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Cynthia Cox and Ashley Kirzinger of KFF join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss how health policy has affected the campaign and how the election results might affect health policy. Plus, the panel answers questions from the live audience.
Eight months after the Feb. 14 shooting, people wounded at the Kansas City Chiefs parade are wary of more gun violence. In this installment of āThe Injured,ā survivors of the shooting say they feel gun violence is inescapable and are desperately seeking a sense of safety.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News' CĆ©line GounderĀ shares advice on how to prepare before a hurricane.
As part of her presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris has rolled out a plan for Medicare to provide in-home long-term care services. The proposal would fill a longtime need for families trying to simultaneously care for young children and older parents, but its enormous price tag makes it a promise unlikely to be fulfilled. Meanwhile, a growing number of Republican candidates up and down the ballot facing voter backlash over their support for abortion restrictions are trying to reinvent their positions. Shefali Luthra of The 19th, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, excerpts from a KFF lunch with āShark Tankā panelist and generic drug discounter Mark Cuban, who has been consulting with the Harris campaign about health care issues.
As Montanaās population ages, providers serving low-income seniors say more people arenāt getting the care they need as they wait to get on Medicaid. Montana lawmakers are considering creating a shortcut to that care.
An extra $99 fee on top of a copay for a checkup didnāt sit right with a listener. Turns out, state legislators across the country arenāt buying it either.
In the finale of āSilence in Sikeston,ā Black residents organize a Juneteenth barbecue. The Department of Public Safety chief encourages officers to attend to build trust. But improving relations between Sikestonās Black community and the police wonāt be easy. Host Cara Anthony discusses the possibility of institutional change in Sikeston.
In California, where abortion rights are guaranteed, thereās a loophole. The growth of Catholic hospital systems, which restrict reproductive health care, has left patients with no other option for care. That will be the case for pregnant women in Northern California, with a hospital set to close its birth center.
The 2024 presidential race is taking on a familiar tone ā with Democrats accusing Republicans of wanting to ban abortion and repeal the Affordable Care Act and Republicans insisting they have no such plans. Voters will determine whom they believe. Meanwhile, for the second time in a month, a state judge overturned an abortion ban, but few expect the decision to settle the matter. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Lauren Sausser, who reported and wrote the latest Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News-Washington Post āBill of the Month,ā about a teenage athlete whose needed surgery lacked a billing code.
Denzel Taylor, a young Black father, moved from Chicago to Sikeston, Missouri, for a fresh start in life. There, he proposed to his girlfriend, started a family, and then, in April 2020, was fatally shot by police officers. Taylor had two young daughters and another on the way when he was killed. Pediatrician Rhea Boyd talks about how children process such loss.
New court filings and lobbying reports reveal an industry drive to tamp down critics ā and retain billions of dollars in overcharges.
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