Apr 27 Hurricane Maria’s legacy: Thousands of Puerto Rican students show PTSD symptoms By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News A survey of more than 96,000 students finds that 7.2% reported “clinically significant” symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. Continue reading
Apr 19 Why are so many Latino children developing fatty liver disease? By Rob Waters, Kaiser Health News In California, researchers are exploring the disproportionate rise of a progressive form of fatty liver disease in Latino children. The condition is the fastest-growing cause of liver transplants in young adults and appears to be linked to excess consumption of… Continue reading
Apr 08 What you need to know about a popular weed killer’s alleged link to cancer By Marla Cone, Kaiser Health News You have the questions about glyphosate, Roundup and cancer. We have the answers. Continue reading
Apr 04 Why expensive, unproven stem cell treatments are a new health care trend By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News Critics suggest the hospitals are exploiting desperate patients and profiting from trendy but unproven treatments. Continue reading
Nov 19 If you cook Thanksgiving turkey, be careful amid salmonella outbreak By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Federal health officials have identified no single source of the outbreak of Salmonella Reading, which has sickened at least 164 people in 35 states during the past year. Continue reading
Sep 08 Insulin’s steep price leads to deadly rationing By Bram Sable-Smith, Side Effects Public Media The price of insulin in the U.S. has more than doubled since 2012 alone. That’s put the lifesaving hormone out of reach for some people with diabetes. Continue reading
Aug 26 McCain’s complicated health care legacy: He hated the ACA. He also saved it. By Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News John McCain leaves behind his own health care legacy, seemingly driven less by his interest in health care policy than his disdain for bullies trampling the “little guy.”… Continue reading
Jul 18 Infants summoned for deportation under family separation, federal data shows By Christina Jewett, Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News The number of infants under age 1 involved has been rising — up threefold from 24 infants in the fiscal year that ended last Sept. 30, and 46 infants the year before. Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 7:34 Sick Puerto Ricans are facing long waits to see the doctor By Jason Kane and Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News From 2006 to 2016, the number of doctors in Puerto Rico dropped from 14,000 to 9,000, an exodus hastened by Hurricane Maria. With so many doctors leaving the island, many low-income families must travel long distances for medical appointments, and… Continue watching
Jul 13 Most nursing homes are not adequately staffed, new federal data says By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News The data, analyzed by Kaiser Health News, come from daily payroll records Medicare only recently began gathering and publishing from more than 14,000 nursing homes, as required by the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Continue reading