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An Underused Strategy For Surge In STDs: Treat Patients’ Partners Without A Doctor Visit

By Anna Gorman November 13, 2018 KFF Health News Original

For over a decade, federal health officials have recommended the practice, known as expedited partner therapy. It is allowed in most states, but many doctors don’t do it — either because of legal or ethical concerns, or because they are unaware of it.

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Detention Centers In California Lack Oversight And Proper Care, Reports Find

By Anna Gorman and Ana B. Ibarra February 27, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Health and safety problems at immigration detention facilities throughout California pose a serious risk to detainees, according to two reports released Tuesday. State Attorney General Xavier Becerra and California State Auditor Elaine Howle concluded that federal and local governments are failing to adequately oversee the facilities, allowing the problems to persist.

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Denuncias de inseguridad y falta de atención en centros de inmigrantes de California

By Anna Gorman and Ana B. Ibarra February 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Dos informes oficiales denuncian problemas con el acceso a la atención médica y la falta de seguridad en al menos 10 centros del estado.

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She Was Dancing On The Roof And Talking Gibberish. A Special Kind Of ER Helped Her.

By Photos by Heidi de Marco March 25, 2019 KFF Health News Original

With mental health beds in short supply, emergency rooms increasingly have become the care of first and last resort for people in the grips of a psychiatric episode. Now, hospitals around the country are opening emergency units that calmly cater to patients with mental health needs.

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Facebook Live: The Cancer Divide

October 5, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Californians and Americans are living longer with cancer — but some are living longer than others. California Healthline’s Facebook Live addresses disparities in cancer diagnosis, treatment and care — and what can be done about them.

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‘Medieval’ Diseases Flare As Unsanitary Living Conditions Proliferate

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

Outbreaks of infectious diseases such as typhus and hepatitis A are resurging in California and around the country, particularly among homeless populations. Public health officials warn that such diseases could spread broadly.

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Médicos de atención primaria “no hacen lo suficiente” para frenar infecciones sexuales

By Anna Gorman October 22, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) han establecido pautas para la evaluación anual de las personas sexualmente activas. Pero no siempre se siguen.

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Primary Care Doctors ‘Not Doing Enough’ To Curb STDs

By Anna Gorman October 22, 2018 KFF Health News Original

As rates of sexually transmitted diseases surge, public health officials want physicians to step up screening and treatment of patients.

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Jóvenes con adicciones aprenden a estar sobrios en una escuela secundaria especial

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco January 24, 2019 KFF Health News Original

En Interagency at Queen Anne, en Seattle, jóvenes logran mantenerse sobrios, a la vez que se impulsan sus estudios académicos.

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Students With Addictions Immersed In The Sober Life At ‘Recovery’ High Schools

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco January 24, 2019 KFF Health News Original

At one Seattle public school, students earn their diplomas while attending daily support groups and meeting with counselors to help them stay off drugs and alcohol. There are about 40 similar schools around the country, both public and private, and more are on the drawing board.

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California: A Health Care Laboratory With Mixed Results

By Anna Gorman September 5, 2018 KFF Health News Original

California frequently innovates to address its wide-ranging health care needs, but it has not always achieved its aims. A series of articles in the journal Health Affairs shows, among other things, that efforts to care for HIV patients, provide better access to reproductive services for low-income women and fill gaps in primary care have sometimes fallen flat.

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Californians Living Longer With Cancer — Some Longer Than Others

By Anna Gorman August 30, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A new study from the University of California-Davis shows a significant increase in five-year survival rates for more than 20 types of cancer, but with significant disparities by race, ethnicity and economic status. That is in line with the national trend.

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Clinicians Who Learn Of A Patient’s Opioid Death Modestly Cut Back On Prescriptions

By Anna Gorman August 10, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A study published Thursday shows that doctors, dentists and other medical providers cut overall opioid dosages by nearly 10 percent after receiving notification of a death from a medical examiner and information on safe prescribing.

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Newsom Comes Out Swinging On Day One For Single-Payer, Immigrant Coverage

By Samantha Young and Anna Gorman and Ana B. Ibarra January 8, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Just hours into his tenure as California’s new governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom proposed major plans to insure more Californians, including state-funded financial aid for health insurance and a requirement for Californians to have coverage.

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Newsom se posiciona sobre salud para inmigrantes y un sistema de pagador único

By Samantha Young and Anna Gorman and Ana B. Ibarra January 8, 2019 KFF Health News Original

El gobernador dijo que quiere ampliar la cobertura de salud de Medi-Cal para adultos jóvenes indocumentados.

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Measure To Cap Dialysis Profits Pummeled After Record Spending By Industry

By Ana B. Ibarra and Anna Gorman November 8, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The dialysis industry raised nearly $111 million in a successful bid to defeat the measure, which also was opposed by hospitals and doctors. The union that sponsored the measure collected about one-sixth that amount.

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Clínica examina a aspirantes a conseguir asilo, en busca de honestidad

By Anna Gorman July 16, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Los profesionales que atienden a los solicitantes de asilo son expertos en el análisis de terribles heridas que pueden haber sido producto de torturas.

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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Whither Work Requirements?

July 5, 2018 KFF Health News Original

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News discuss the latest enrollment numbers for the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and President Donald Trump’s proposed government reorganization plan. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week.

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Health Care Looms Large In Race For California’s Top Cop

By Anna Gorman May 25, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who has made a name for himself opposing Trump administration policies on health care and other matters, is running against opponents who say they wouldn’t make such resistance their primary focus.

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California Hospitals Urge Moms To Favor Breast Milk Over Formula

By Anna Gorman May 25, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Exclusively breastfeeding babies for at least six months is widely viewed as a significant health benefit. White moms are more likely to do so than blacks, Asians or Latinas.

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