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California requiere que hospitales recurran a familiares cercanos de pacientes para decisiones…
Hace unos cuatro años, el doctor Gene Dorio formó parte del comité de ética de un hospital del sur de California cuyos administradores insistían en que ellos podían decidir si desconectaban el respirador de un paciente…
California Requires Hospitals to Turn to a Patient’s Next of Kin, Closing a Longtime Loophole
About four years ago, Dr. Gene Dorio sat on the ethics committee of a Southern California hospital whose administrators insisted they could decide whether to disconnect a ventilator from an unconscious patient — even though the…
Alarmante desafío de salud: venden opioides mezclados con tranquizilantes para animales en barrio de…
Muchas personas del barrio de Kensington, en Philadelphia —el mayor mercado abierto de drogas al aire libre de la costa este— son adictas y aspiran, fuman o se inyectan al aire libre, encorvadas sobre cajas o en los escalones de…
One State Looks to Get Kids in Crisis out of the ER — And Back Home
It was around 2 a.m. when Carmen realized her 12-year-old daughter was in danger and needed help.
Haley wasn’t in her room — or anywhere else in the house. Carmen tracked Haley’s phone to a main street in their central…
As Covid Grabbed the World’s Attention, Texas’ Efforts to Control TB Slipped
Narciso Lopez has spent more than two decades working to control the spread of tuberculosis in South Texas. He used to think that when patient traffic into the clinics where he worked was slow, that meant the surrounding community…
Republican Lawmakers Shy Away From Changing Montana’s Constitutional Right to Abortion
Katheryn Houghton
Republican lawmakers in Montana wield a supermajority that gives them the power to ask voters to approve a constitutional amendment that would break the link between abortion rights and the right to privacy in the…
Watch: In Insurers’ Eyes, Not All Midwives Are Equal
February 15, 2023
Vanessa Garcia Clark wanted a more personal, nontraditional birth when she was pregnant with her son. She hired a midwife and gave birth at her home in California. But when she asked…
As Opioids Mixed With Animal Tranquilizers Arrive in Kensington, So Do Alarming Health Challenges
Many people living on the streets in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood — the largest open-air drug market on the East Coast — are in full-blown addiction, openly snorting, smoking, or injecting illicit drugs, hunched over…
Armed With Hashtags, These Activists Made Insulin Prices a Presidential Talking Point
Hannah Crabtree got active on Twitter in 2016 to find more people like herself: those with Type 1 diabetes who’d hacked their insulin pumps to automatically adjust the amount of insulin delivered.
Soon, though, Crabtree found a…
In California, Democrats Propose $25 Minimum Wage for Health Workers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Union-aligned Democrats were set to introduce legislation Wednesday mandating a statewide $25 minimum wage for health workers and support staffers, likely setting up a pitched battle with hospitals, nursing…