April 2023

Sarah Boden, WESA Many of her clients don’t believe it when Maryland tax preparer Diana Avellaneda tells them they might qualify for low-cost health insurance. Or they think she’s trying to sell them something. In reality, she wants to…

A growing number of California’s oldest residents are dying of malnutrition, a yearslong trend that accelerated during the covid pandemic. Deaths attributed to malnutrition more than doubled, from about 650 in 2018 to…

Arthur Allen The new drug looked so promising — except for that one warning sign. At the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting in 2008, Duke University’s Dr. John Sundy proudly announced that pegloticase, a drug…

ELKO, Nevada.- La ira, la devastación y la preocupación por sus pacientes se apoderaron de la doctora Bridget Martinez cuando se enteró de que iban a cerrar su programa de capacitación de residencia en la zona rural del noreste de…

Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance, or “AGGA” dental device, following a recent KFF Health News-CBS News investigation, according to a motion filed in federal…

Cuando estaba en su primer año de universidad, Joslyn Chaiprasert-Paguio supo que tenía una infección de transmisión sexual llamada virus del papiloma humano (VPH), pero el médico le dijo que era algo común y que no se preocupara.…

Katheryn Houghton When budget cuts led Western Montana Mental Health Center to start curtailing its services five years ago, rural communities primarily felt the effect. But as the decline of one of the state’s largest mental health…

April 6 This week’s KHN Health Minute looks at how some lawmakers are reacting to ballooning pay for travel nurses and how states are spending billions of dollars in opioid settlement funds. March 30 The KHN Health Minute…

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez ELKO, Nev. — Anger, devastation, and concern for her patients washed over Dr. Bridget Martinez as she learned that her residency training program in rural northeastern Nevada would be shuttered. The…

A majority of Americans say they or a family member has experienced gun violence, such as witnessing a shooting, being threatened by a person with a gun, or being shot, according to a sweeping new survey. The national survey of…