Dec 06 Watch 3:56 How building a community of care can improve farmworkers’ health By Anikka Abbott Farmworkers face major challenges when it comes to staying healthy. They often spend hours daily performing physical labor that taxes the body, while language barriers and lack of employer-paid health insurance complicate their access to care. But the Southeast Arizona… Continue watching
Dec 06 Senators urge Medicare to let seniors to change drug plans over inaccurate info By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Medicare revamped its online plan finder this year and the senators said they've gotten numerous complaints from people in their states about inaccurate information on drug pricing and coverage. Continue reading
Dec 06 Officials list pot vape brands reported in U.S. outbreak of lung illnesses By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press Most of the nearly 2,300 people who suffered lung damage had vaped liquids that contain THC, the high-inducing part of marijuana. Continue reading
Dec 06 U.S. flu season arrives early, driven by an unexpected virus By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years. Continue reading
Dec 05 Study retracted: How police shootings of unarmed black Americans could be harming the health of black infants By Shraddha Chakradhar, STAT New research finds that black mothers who were exposed to police shootings of unarmed black Americans during pregnancy were more likely to give birth to infants who were born prematurely or with low birth weight. Living within 1 kilometer of… Continue reading
Dec 04 Truvada is available for free. Here’s how you can get it By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News Called “Ready, Set, PrEP,” the federal program will provide patients at risk of contracting HIV one of the two pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drugs. Those medications can reduce the chances of getting HIV through sex by more than 90%. Continue reading
Dec 04 Virginia hits ‘pause’ on Medicaid work requirements By Alan Suderman, Associated Press Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday that his administration is hitting “pause” on its request for federal approval to requires some Medicaid recipients to have a job or participate in some form of approved community engagement and pay part of… Continue reading
Dec 04 USDA says hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose SNAP benefits under new rule By Associated Press The finalized rule, announced Wednesday, will restrict states from exempting work-eligible adults from having to obtain steady employment in order to receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps feed more than 36 million Americans. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch 6:50 What newly released emails reveal about OxyContin, Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family The U.S. opioid epidemic has taken hundreds of thousands of lives. A reckoning for the manufacturers, marketers and distributors of these drugs has now begun -- but despite several multibillion dollar settlements, some states and municipalities say accountability and transparency… Continue watching
Dec 03 Medicare’s open enrollment can be confusing. Here are some last-minute tips. By Philip Moeller Medicare’s annual open enrollment period ends on Dec. 7. Continue reading