Less than two years after opening a state-of-the-art $26 million hospital in Leadville, Colorado, St. Vincent Health nearly ran out of money. Hospital officials said in early December that without a cash infusion they would be unable to pay their bills or meet payroll by the end of the week. The eight-bed rural hospital had […]

For years, the FDA has defended its efforts to intercept prescription drugs coming from abroad by mail as necessary to keep out dangerous opioids, including fentanyl. The pharmaceutical industry frequently cites such concerns in its battle to stymie numerous proposals in Washington to allow Americans to buy drugs from Canada and other countries where prices […]

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 las casas. A veces es difícil saber si están vivos o muertos. Las jeringuillas ensucian […]

Los estados se están preparando para remover a millones de personas de Medicaid, a medida que expiran las protecciones que se implementaron al comienzo de la pandemia de covid-19. Este cambio abrupto, que comienza en abril, pondrá a millones de estadounidenses en riesgo de perder la cobertura de salud, amenazando su acceso a la atención […]

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. The lame-duck Congress is back in Washington with a long list of bills it would like to pass and a short time to do it before Republicans […]

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. It’s open enrollment time for Affordable Care Act health coverage. And for the first time, people are enrolling with comparatively little controversy, as most Republicans have moved […]

VICTORVILLE, California. — Todos los viernes, Frances De Los Santos espera por un envío de comidas preparadas saludables que llega a la puerta de su casa cerca del desierto de Mojave. De la caja, la administradora de propiedades jubilada de 80 años, con una enfermedad renal crónica en etapa 4, saca bandejas de alimentos congelados […]

Novavax hitched its wagon to the global coronavirus pandemic. Before most Americans truly grasped the scope of the danger, the small Maryland biotech startup had secured $1.6 billion in U.S. funding for its covid vaccine. Its moonshot goal: delivering 2 billion shots to the world by mid-2021. Although the U.S. commitment eventually expanded to $1.8 […]

Insurance agent Cindy Holtzman was a little surprised by the notice from Bright HealthCare, one of the insurers that offer Affordable Care Act coverage in her area. The company’s February note said its health plan sign-ups saw “extraordinary growth” — passing the “one-million-member mark” in the previous year — and tied that success to the […]

GREENSBORO, Carolina del Norte.- Louise Vincent cree que el grupo que lidera, North Carolina Survivors Union, salva al menos 1,690 vidas al año. El programa de servicios de jeringas y reducción de daños distribuye naloxona, el medicamento que revierte las sobredosis por opioides. La investigación sugiere que este enfoque es eficaz, ya que las personas […]