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Urgent CDC Data and Analyses on Influenza and Bird Flu Go Missing as Outbreaks Escalate
National
Written By: Amy Maxmen
(NATIONAL) Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with coughs, soreness,...
Some Incarcerated Youths Will Get Health Care After Release Under New Law
National
Illustration By: Oona Zenda
Written By: Renuka Rayasam
(NATIONAL) Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was...
A Program To Close Insurance Gaps for Native Americans Has Gone Largely Unused
National
Written By: Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
(NATIONAL) A few years before the covid-19 pandemic, Dale Rice lost a toe to infection.
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But because he was...
The Growing Inequality in Life Expectancy Among Americans
National
Written By: Amy Maxmen
(NATIONAL) The life expectancy among Native Americans in the western United States has dropped below 64 years, close to life expectancies in the Democratic...
Can Medical Schools Funnel More Doctors Into the Primary Care Pipeline?
National
Written By: Felice J. Freyer
(NATIONAL) Throughout her childhood, Julia Lo Cascio dreamed of becoming a pediatrician. So, when applying to medical school, she was thrilled to discover a...
Debt From Credit Scores
National
Written By: Noam N. Levey
(NATIONAL) The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday issued new regulations barring medical debts from American credit reports, enacting a...
In Year 7, ‘Bill of the Month’ Gives Patients a Voice
National
Written By: KFF Health News
(NATIONAL) In 2024, our nationwide team of gumshoes set out to answer your most pressing questions about medical bills, such as: Can free preventive care...
Native American Patients Are Sent to Collections for Debts the Government Owes
National
WRITTEN BY: Katheryn Houghton and Arielle Zionts
(NATIONAL) Tescha Hawley learned that hospital bills from her son’s birth had been sent to debt collectors only when she checked her...
A Centenarian Thrives Living Alone, Active and Engaged
National
WRITTEN BY: Judith Graham
(NATIONAL) “The future is here,” the email announced. Hilda Jaffe, then 88, was letting her children know she planned to sell the family home in Verona, New...
Scientists Fear What’s Next for Public Health if RFK Jr. Is Allowed To ‘Go Wild’
National
Written By: Arthur Allen
(NATIONAL) Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the...