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In a Nation Growing Hostile Toward Drugs and Homelessness, Los Angeles Tries Leniency

By Angela Hart July 8, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles’ infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more lenient approach to drug use and addiction. County officials say criminalization only worsens homelessness.

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Amputaciones diabéticas: una “métrica vergonzosa” de la atención inadecuada

By Anna Gorman May 1, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Aunque el pronóstico de la diabetes se ha vuelto menos grave para las personas que reciben atención médica, para los que no, la condición muchas veces lleva a amputaciones que podrían prevenirse.

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¿Cómo combatir las aterradoras súper bacterias? Cooperación y un jabón especial

By Anna Gorman April 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

En los Estados Unidos, cada año, al menos dos millones de personas se infectan con bacterias resistentes a los antibióticos, y unas 23,000 mueren por esas infecciones. La clave de prevención puede ser simple.

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Enfermedades “medievales” resurgen por el aumento de la población sin techo

By Anna Gorman March 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

El hacinamiento, la falta de higiene y la crisis de vivienda son una combinación explosiva para el resurgimiento de enfermedades como el tifus o la hepatitis A.

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The Homeless Are Dying In Record Numbers On The Streets Of L.A.

By Anna Gorman and Harriet Blair Rowan April 24, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Deaths of homeless people in Los Angeles County have jumped 76% in the past five years, outpacing the growth of the homeless population, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis of the coroner’s data. Experts say drug and alcohol abuse are significant factors.

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Cancer’s Complications: Confusing Bills, Maddening Errors And Endless Phone Calls

By Anna Gorman February 27, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Carol Marley has pancreatic cancer — and dealing with its financial toll has become her full-time job.

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Two Crises In One: As Drug Use Rises, So Does Syphilis

By Anna Gorman February 14, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A significant portion of syphilis transmission in heterosexuals occurs among people who use drugs, particularly methamphetamine, a new report shows. Public health officials warn that you can’t treat one problem without addressing the other.

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Dos crisis en una: a medida que aumenta el uso de drogas, también lo hace la sífilis

By Anna Gorman February 14, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Las tasas de sífilis están estableciendo récords a nivel nacional. Las más altas se han estado registrando en Nevada, California y Louisiana.

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Task Force Outlines Strategy To Address California’s Shortfall Of Health Workers

By Anna Gorman February 4, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A new report by a coalition of health, education and labor leaders concludes that the state must build a larger and more culturally diverse pool of medical, mental health and home care professionals to meet the needs of a growing population. The findings point to a big challenge for Gov. Gavin Newsom as he seeks to extend health insurance to many of California’s nearly 3 million uninsured residents.

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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ ‘Medicare-For-All’ Debate: Who’s Going To Pay

February 28, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Jennifer Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the new “Medicare-for-all” bill introduced by House Democrats, the grilling of pharmaceutical company CEOs by a Senate committee and new Trump administration rules that take aim at Planned Parenthood. Plus, Rovner interviews KHN’s Julie Appleby about the latest “Bill of the Month” installment.

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Pain From The Government Shutdown Spreads. This Time It’s Food Stamps

By Anna Gorman January 18, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Food stamps for February are being distributed about two weeks early because officials say the federal money to pay for them won’t be available later due to the government shutdown. State and local officials are scratching their heads about what might happen in March if the impasse continues.

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Call The Midwife! (If The Doctor Doesn’t Object)

By Anna Gorman January 16, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals and medical practices are battling outdated stereotypes and sometimes their own doctors to hire certified nurse midwives. Research shows that women cared for by certified nurse midwives have fewer cesarean sections, which can produce significant cost savings for hospitals.

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Aumentan las muertes de personas sin hogar en las calles de Los Ángeles

By Anna Gorman and Harriet Blair Rowan April 24, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Un análisis de Kaiser Health News de datos oficiales muestra que las muertes han aumentado un 76% en los últimos cinco años, superando el crecimiento de la población sin hogar.

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Diabetic Amputations A ‘Shameful Metric’ Of Inadequate Care

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco May 1, 2019 KFF Health News Original

In California, people who are black or Latino are more than twice as likely as whites to undergo amputations related to diabetes, a Kaiser Health News analysis found. The pattern is not unique to California.

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Eclipsada por los opioides, regresa la metanfetamina y aumentan las urgencias

By Anna Gorman November 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Las internaciones relacionadas con el consumo de anfetaminas aumentaron un 245% entre 2008 y 2015. Expertos dicen que el dramático aumento ha pasado desapercibido.

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Overshadowed By Opioids, Meth Is Back And Hospitalizations Surge

By Anna Gorman November 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Hospital visits related to amphetamine use have spiked, with the biggest jumps in the West, new research shows. Experts say more attention needs be paid to the resurgence of methamphetamine.

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How To Fight ‘Scary’ Superbugs? Cooperation — And A Special Soap

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco April 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals and nursing homes in California and Illinois hope that regional cooperation — and a special soap — will help them gain the upper hand against deadly antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

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Comprar planes de salud de corto plazo, ¿es inteligente o no?

By Anna Gorman November 20, 2018 KFF Health News Original

La administración Trump impulsa estos planes que no cumplen con los requisitos de ACA de proteger a los pacientes con condiciones preexistentes.

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Buyers Of Short-Term Health Plans: Wise Or Shortsighted?

By Anna Gorman November 20, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Policyholders reason that their health is good — for now — and they don’t see the need for costly comprehensive coverage. Detractors say the plans undermine the Affordable Care Act, and agents advise reading the fine print. “You basically have to be in perfect health,” says one.

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Estrategia para frenar infecciones sexuales: tratar a la pareja sin cita médica

By Anna Gorman November 13, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Aunque es una práctica recomendada oficialmente para frenar la diseminación de infecciones sexuales, muchos médicos no la ponen en práctica.

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