Apr 11 Watch 5:33 Somalia in need of humanitarian aid as it faces worst drought in decades By Stephanie Sy, Zeba Warsi Somalia faces one of the world’s most acute humanitarian crises. The country is seeing its worst drought in 40 years, famine and an ongoing armed conflict. Humanitarian agencies warn nearly 8 million people, half of the population, are in dire… Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch 8:48 Millions at risk of losing Medicaid coverage as pandemic-era program ends By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas Before the pandemic, people had to re-enroll for Medicaid every year by submitting paperwork. That was suspended when COVID hit, but starting this month, Medicaid recipients have to make sure they are enrolled again. Not everyone will receive a notice… Continue watching
Apr 11 After a rural California hospital closes, farmworkers pay the price By Kerry Klein According to the Farmworker Health Study, published earlier this year following in-depth interviews with more than 1,200 farmworkers across California, between one-third and one-half of farmworkers surveyed suffer from chronic diseases, including diabetes and hypertension. Continue reading
Apr 11 How a morning-after-style pill could help rising STD cases By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday released data about some of the most common infectious diseases in the U.S. The numbers show how chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis infections have been accelerating across the country. Continue reading
Apr 11 Experts worry about costs as free COVID testing comes to end in May By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press Big changes could be coming for how Americans pay for COVID-19 tests. Continue reading
Apr 11 Why some cancer patients will fall off a Medicaid coverage cliff this summer By Laura Santhanam “There is a fear that a number of people are going to be lost, and fall through the cracks.”… Continue reading
Apr 11 Biden signs bipartisan congressional resolution, ending COVID national emergency By Zeke Miller, Associated Press The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic ended Monday as President Biden signed a resolution to bring it to a close after three years — weeks before it was set to expire alongside a separate public health… Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch 6:51 Conflicting rulings by federal judges leaves state of abortion pill in limbo By Geoff Bennett, Matt Loffman Dueling decisions from federal judges over the FDA's approval of mifepristone, one of the main medications used to provide abortions, mark the latest flash point in the fight over reproductive rights. The two decisions are the most significant abortion rulings… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch 8:36 Uninsured patients say North Carolina's Medicaid expansion is a life-changing development By John Yang, Sam Weber, Kaisha Young North Carolina is now the 40th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The bipartisan expansion, signed into law last month, comes after a decade of Republican resistance in the state. As John Yang reports, it will be… Continue watching
Apr 10 Next abortion battlefront opens between states with clashing laws By Geoff Mulvihill, John Hanna, Associated Press States with strict abortion bans are trying to reach outside their borders to keep their residents from getting abortions in other states. But legal observers say there's no precedent offering guidance about what would hold up in court. Continue reading