Latest KFF Health News Stories
Shifting Gears: Insuring Your Health Column — Born With The ACA — Draws To A Close
The column, which began in 2010 shortly after the federal health law was signed, helps explain how that law affected Americans. Michelle Andrews, the author, will continue to report for KHN.
Suicide By Opioid: New Research Suggests Overdoses Should Be Classified As Self-Harm
Researchers combined the number of suicide deaths with those associated with drug overdoses in an effort to better grasp the overlap between these two public health epidemics.
Los pediatras son claros: no se debe mezclar marihuana y embarazo
La Academia Americana de Pediatría cita creciente evidencia del daño potencial de la marihuana para el desarrollo a largo plazo de los niños.
¡Puñalada! Tienes seguro, pero igual debes pagar $109 mil por un ataque al corazón
Un maestro de Austin, Texas, quien sufrió un ataque cardíaco, tuvo que vivir una odisea cuando recibió una cuenta astronómica.
Editorial pages weigh in on health care policies.
Opinion writers focus on these and other heath topics.
Media outlets report on news from Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Massachusetts.
Uganda Takes Steps To Prevent Deadly Illness From Crossing Border As Ebola Outbreak Spreads In Congo
Health officials in Uganda have put up screening devices at the border, including requiring temperature checks and chlorine baths for disinfecting shoes. So far, laboratory results cleared all six suspected cases. Meanwhile in the Congo, health officials’ worry about stopping the spread of the disease in war zones.
“The population has become more resilient to heat over time,” the Harvard authors reported in a recent study. They concluded more people are learning about the value of air conditioning and staying hydrated. Media outlets also report on surviving a high fall, measles vaccinations, college football and brain injuries, and food sickness.
The latest research seems to suggest that healthy people shouldn’t be taking an aspirin a day. In other heart health news: a weight-loss drug is shown to safely help people shed pounds without increasing their risk for heart problems; The New York Times offers a look at some of chain restaurants’ unhealthiest foods; and a study finds that Parkinson’s disease and cardiovascular health may be linked.
Players in the industry skirt around marketing regulations with their connections to “ambassadors” and other social media influencers who have a wide reach to younger generations. Meanwhile, the FDA investigates whether the company that makes Juul e-cigarettes deliberately targeted teenagers with its marketing.
The legal implications over what the would-be-parents are owed for the loss of their embryos could be huge, especially for abortion rights. In other women’s health news: marijuana and breast milk, a Kansas City clinic’s license, and abortion pills.
More and more, providers are looking beyond the immediate health problem for patients in order to improve care and to save money.
An official determines that there are enough valid signatures to add the measure to November’s ballot, but a judge is currently weighing a lawsuit that argues the proposal violates the Nebraska Constitution by including more than one subject: broadening eligibility for the state-federal health care program and asking state officials to seek federal approval of the expansion. Medicaid news comes out of Iowa and Oregon, as well.
The Associated Press fact checks Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp’s claim about how many North Dakotans were denied coverage pre-health law, and finds that she overstates the number of people who wouldn’t have been able to get coverage.
Former CDC Chief’s Arrest Over Groping Allegations May Derail Massive Public Health Initiative
Dr. Thomas Frieden surrendered himself to police on Friday and was charged with groping a woman in his apartment. The former head of the CDC has been raising hundreds of millions of dollars in private funds for an international campaign to address heart disease and epidemics. But his arrest may put his backers in an uncomfortable position.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) died Saturday, a little over a year after he’d been diagnosed with glioblastoma, a wildly aggressive form of brain cancer. Advocates have been frustrated for years about the lack of research about and progress being made against the disease. Meanwhile, though health care policy was not a primary focus for McCain, he’s remembered for casting the vote that saved the health law he hated.
First Edition: August 27, 2018
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A Jolt To The Jugular! You’re Insured But Still Owe $109K For Your Heart Attack
A Texas teacher, 44, faces a “balance bill” of almost twice his annual salary for a heart attack he never expected to have.
The Doctors Want In: Democratic Docs Talk Health Care On The Campaign Trail
Among candidates running for Congress in upcoming elections are a smattering of left-leaning physicians who present a stark contrast to the predominantly Republican physicians currently in office.