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The Red Cross and some other organizations suggest that first aid for choking begin with five slaps on the back. The family of Dr. Henry Heimlich, who developed the abdominal thrusts to dislodge objects that prevent breathing, is launching a campaign to demand proof of why back slaps should come first.
Millions of Americans undergo procedures each year requiring medical scopes, but thereās growing concern about the risk of infection from dirty devices. Be prepared to ask questions ā and bail if youāre not satisfied with the answers.
Did OxyContin maker admit opioids can be dangerous even when patients take them as prescribed ā then walk it back?
Many people forced into labor or the sex trade seek medical help at some point, and health care workers are being trained to identify them to offer assistance.
KHNās newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donāt have to.
KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney reports on how the islandās mounting physician shortage is making it even more difficult to get care.
In this episode of KHNās āWhat the Health?ā Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico, and Erin Mershon of Stat News discuss a series of health policy court decisions on everything from prescription drug discounts to soda taxes. Plus, Rovner, interviews health care futurist and consultant Jeff Goldsmith.
At least 70 infants have been ordered to appear in immigration court. Experts believe some were separated from their parents.
KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney reports on the challenges of providing health care to older people on the island.
Some state Medicaid programs are not paying for the procedures, and Medicareās complicated payment rates have hospitals concerned that it will not cover all the costs.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donāt have to.
As with current abortion policies, a womanās access to the procedure would continue to be determined by where she lives.
A survey of 49 states reveals that an estimated 144,000 inmates with hepatitis C, a curable but potentially fatal disease, canāt get the expensive drugs they need to cure it.
KHNās newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donāt have to.
The nationās effort to combat this public health crisis could get caught in the crossfire of the Trump administrationās trade policies.
Two Missouri hospitals handed over their operations to a private company that has vastly increased the money the hospitals bring in through their laboratories, even though the lab tests are not done on-site.
Itās getting increasingly difficult for patients to afford Truvada, also known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, because of the drugās high price and insurance company efforts to restrict the use of coupons that shield patients from it.
Proponents say the residencies provide help dealing with increasingly difficult cases, but some nursing groups contend that the programs are not necessary.
The Trump administration plans to detain immigrant families indefinitely in facilities run by the Department of Homeland Security, an agency with little experience in handling their complex needs.
An ER patient can be charged thousands of dollars in ātrauma feesā ā even if they werenāt treated for trauma.
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