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Dr. Mark Rubinstein, known for his research into youth vaping, has left UCSF to become executive medical officer at Juul Labs, the nationâs leading producer of e-cigarettes. Juul says the hire will help them reduce teen vaping. Critics see Big Tobacco tactics.
Some physicians say connecting the consequences of climate change â heat waves, more pollen and longer allergy seasons â to health helps them better care for patients.
Presidential candidate Joe Biden unveiled a health plan intended to provide a more moderate alternative to his competitorsâ âMedicare for Allâ plans. It would build on the Affordable Care Act but would go much further. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus Planned Parenthoodâs very bad week, the U.S. House vote to repeal the health lawâs âCadillac taxâ on generous health plans, and the reduction in deaths from opioids.
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Although thereâs no official clinical diagnosis, the psychiatric and psychological communities have names for the phenomenon of worrying about the Earthâs fate: âclimate distress,â âclimate grief,â âclimate anxietyâ or âeco-anxiety.â The concept also is gradually making its way into the public consciousness in television shows and movies.
A wide variety of medications used to treat allergies, insomnia, leaky bladders, diarrhea, dizziness, motion sickness, asthma, Parkinsonâs disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and psychiatric disorders can interfere with cognition in older patients.
An estimated 18 million American adults have sleep apnea. The go-to treatment â a CPAP machine â offers a healthy restful nightâs sleep, but many people struggle to use it. As many as 50% of patients stop using the device.
Oklahoma is seeking $17 billion in damages from Johnson & Johnson, the pharmaceutical giant. After a seven-week trial, a judge will decide if the opioid drugmaker is liable and if so, for how much.
Over the past decade, more than 350 workers nationwide have died from heat-related illness, and tens of thousands have had heat-related problems serious enough that they missed at least one day of work. Proposed federal legislation, modeled on California regulations, would create the first national standards for protecting workers from heat-related stress.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended that people who are at high risk of contracting HIV take PrEP, a preventive treatment. The decision means most health plans will be required to cover the drugs without charging patients. But the recommendation doesnât apply to the other clinical and lab services people need.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Under federal law, people who have been raped donât have to pay for medical forensic exams, yet many get billed and have trouble getting the hospitals or collection agencies to stop dunning them for payment.
A new report by the inspector general for HHS shows prescriptions to treat opioid addiction are way up in recent years, while prescriptions for the painkillers have fallen.
KHN, in collaboration with PBS NewsHour, reports on the skyrocketing cost of insulin â and the trend's deadly consequences. The price in the U.S. nearly doubled from 2012 to 2016, prompting some patients and activists to travel to Canada, where insulin can be 90% cheaper.
KHN Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony is interviewed on Illinois Public Mediaâs âThe 21stâ by Niala Boodhoo about how black pharmacists are helping fill a void for African American patients seeking culturally competent care.
A national trend of boozeless bars is cropping up nationwide to create social spaces without the hangovers, DUIs and alcoholism culture. Itâs part of a new push for sober options.
KHN filed multiple Freedom of Information Act requests over months, and the FDA responded Wednesday saying the data about device malfunctions is now publicly available online.
After a wave of Democratic women were elected in 2018, Maine joins the handful of states that are shoring up the right to an abortion ahead of expected Supreme Court challenges.
The Medical Board of California is investigating at least four doctors for issuing questionable vaccine exemptions for numerous children. The investigations come amid the nationâs worst measles outbreak in more than a quarter-century.
Florida has struggled for years with opioid overdoses â and the highest rate of HIV infection in the U.S. Lawmakers now hope needle exchanges and a "harm reduction" approach could help save lives.
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