Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
New Pennsylvania Hospital Offers Care To Northern Maryland Patients
The Baltimore Sun: New Shrewsbury Hospital Targets Northern Marylanders
Pennsylvania’s WellSpan Health will open a new “small-format” hospital off Interstate 83 just past the Maryland state line later this month, offering a new source for 24/7 emergency care for residents in northern Harford, Carroll and Baltimore counties. (Zumer, 3/13)
Iowa Public Radio: Annual Report Finds Iowa Cancer Rates Remain Some Of The Highest In The Nation
Iowa continues to have the second-highest rate of cancer in the country and is one of a few states that has rising rates of cancer, according to an annual report by the Iowa Cancer Registry. (Krebs, 3/13)
KFF Health News: Reckoning With State And Federal Cuts, Los Angeles Safety-Net Clinics Push For A New Tax
LOS ANGELES — Mia Angulo, who is pregnant and due in May, is living in a tent with her boyfriend in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Lingering pain from a car crash two months ago, on top of an already hardscrabble life, has Angulo worried about her pregnancy. So, she was relieved when a mobile street medicine van from St. John’s Community Health pulled up near her encampment last month. “Thank God that we have them,” she said. (Wolfson, 3/16)
KFF Health News: Journalists Talk Medicaid Work Mandate In Georgia And Wage Garnishment Bill In Colorado
KFF Health News southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed Medicaid work requirements on WUGA’s The Georgia Health Report on March 6. KFF Health News Colorado correspondent Rae Ellen Bichell discussed wage garnishment legislation on KUNC’s In the NoCo on March 5. (3/14)
On the gun violence epidemic —
ABC News: Feds Arrest Man Who Allegedly Sold Gun To Old Dominion Shooter
Federal authorities have arrested a Virginia man accused of unlawfully selling a firearm to the former National Guardsman who authorities said killed an instructor and injured two students in an ROTC class at Old Dominion University on Thursday, according to newly unsealed court records. Kenya Chapman was charged with false statements and unlawful firearms dealing offenses in a criminal complaint on Friday for his alleged sale of a Glock 44 .22 caliber gun to Mohamed Jalloh, who was previously convicted in 2016 of attempting to provide material support to ISIS -- a federal felony that sent him to prison and barred him from being able to legally purchase or possess firearms. (Mallin, 3/14)
FOX 29 Philadelphia: Philadelphia Sues Glock, Claims Company Helps Fuel City’s Gun Violence
The City of Philadelphia and District Attorney Larry Krasner have sued gun maker Glock, claiming that the company has "substantially contributed to the gun violence epidemic," in both the city and the state. (Calabrese, 3/13)
Wataugademocrat.com: Grieving Mother Takes Oscars Stage To Share Powerful Message About Gun Violence
Gloria Cazares shared her message as 'All the Empty Rooms' won Best Documentary Short Film. “My daughter, Jackie, was 9 years old when she was killed in Uvalde,” she stated, referring to the May 2022 school shooting at the Robb Elementary School that resulted in the deaths of 19 students and two teachers. “Since that day, her bedroom has been frozen in time.” (Strout, 3/15)
