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With Hospitalization Losing Favor, Judges Order Outpatient Mental Health Treatment

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez November 13, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Nearly every state in the country allows courts to force people with severe mental illnesses into treatment against their will. But critics argue these controversial intervention programs fail to address underlying problems in behavioral health services.

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Listen: As Puerto Rico Struggles To Rebuild Health System, Changes In Medicaid Loom

May 31, 2018 KFF Health News Original

KHN reporter Carmen Heredia Rodriguez joins in a discussion on WNYC’s “The Takeaway” about health care issues following widespread destruction by Hurricane Maria on the island.

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Puerto Rico’s Water System Stutters Back To Normal

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez June 14, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Efforts to restore tap water service has been delayed in many rural areas of Puerto Rico, but even in the cities running water can be interrupted by electrical power outages at pumping stations.

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Deadly Shootings Are Rising In U.S. After Steady Declines

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez November 9, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A new report by federal researchers finds that homicides involving guns are up both nationally and in major cities after a decade of decline.

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Enfermedad similar a la polio desconcierta a médicos y aterra a padres

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez October 17, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Afecta principalmente a niños pequeños y causa parálisis. Los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades investigan casos en 22 estados.

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Mysterious Polio-Like Illness Baffles Medical Experts While Frightening Parents

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez October 17, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Federal health officials are investigating 127 cases of the disease, called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM.

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Immigrants’ Health Premiums Far Exceed What Plans Pay For Their Care

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez October 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Immigrants accounted for nearly 13 percent of premiums paid to private plans but only about 9 percent of insurers’ expenditures, according to a new study in Health Affairs. The cost of care for the group of native-born customers, however, exceeded their premiums.

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Inmigrantes pagan mucho más en seguros de salud de lo que gastan en atención

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez October 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Un estudio publicado halló que los inmigrantes con seguro de salud privados y sus empleadores contribuyeron con casi $25 mil millones más en primas en 2014 de lo que gastaron en atención médica.

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4 Takeaways On Puerto Rico’s Death Toll, In The Wake Of Trump’s Tweet Storm

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez September 14, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The controversy over the death toll from Hurricane Maria continues as the president tweets that the official estimate adopted by territory officials is a political ploy.

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El sistema de agua potable de Puerto Rico vuelve a la normalidad con lentitud

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez June 14, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Residentes de la isla deben recoger agua potable en botellas de plástico para cocinar, beber y ducharse. Ha habido un aumento de casos de leptospirosis.

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Hurricane Maria’s Official Death Toll In Puerto Rico Now Stands At Nearly 3,000

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez August 29, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A report, commissioned by officials in the American territory, finds initial estimates were far too low, and mortality rates in the six months after the storm were 20 percent higher than normal.

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Puerto Rico’s Slow-Going Recovery Means New Hardship For Dialysis Patients

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 13, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Since massive Hurricane Maria struck in September and knocked out the dialysis center on the tiny satellite island of Vieques, more than a dozen patients needing treatment now must fly several times a week to the main island.

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Trying To Pinpoint Hurricane’s True Toll, Researchers Say 1,139 Died In Puerto Rico

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez August 2, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The estimate, published in the journal JAMA, dwarfs the government’s toll of 64 but is far lower than another highly touted analysis.

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Resurge polémica por popular maniobra para salvar a alguien que se está ahogando

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez July 25, 2018 KFF Health News Original

El hijo y la hija del doctor Henry Heimlich, fallecido en 2016, están lanzando una campaña sobre la popular maniobra luego de una controversia de décadas.

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How To Save A Choking Senator: Heimlich Heirs, Red Cross Disagree On Technique

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez July 25, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The Red Cross and some other organizations suggest that first aid for choking begin with five slaps on the back. The family of Dr. Henry Heimlich, who developed the abdominal thrusts to dislodge objects that prevent breathing, is launching a campaign to demand proof of why back slaps should come first.

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La lenta recuperación de Puerto Rico impacta en los pacientes de diálisis

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 13, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Catorce pacientes que viven en Vieques y necesitan diálisis tres veces por semana deben volar a la isla principal para recibir tratamiento, luego que el huracán María destruyera la clínica local.

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Esperanza y cautela por una vacuna de bajo costo contra la diabetes tipo 1

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez July 13, 2018 KFF Health News Original

La vacuna, conocida como BCG, se utiliza en varios países para prevenir la tuberculosis y durante mucho tiempo se ha sabido que también estimula el sistema inmunitario.

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Retooled Vaccine Raises Hopes As A Lower-Cost Treatment For Type 1 Diabetes

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez July 13, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The vaccine, BCG, is relatively cheap. But experts caution the therapy could be overhyped and, if proven effective, wind up overpriced.

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Squeezing Water From Air: Mysterious Machine Is A Lifeline On Battered Island

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez June 28, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Moses West a retired Army officer, is hoping to showcase his atmospheric water generator in Vieques, Puerto Rico, and stir up business.

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In Weary Post-Storm Puerto Rico, Medicaid Cutbacks Bode New Ills

By Sarah Varney and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez August 6, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The island’s government must squeeze $840.2 million in annual savings from Medicaid by 2023, part of the U.S. territory’s agreement with the federal government as Puerto Rico claws its way back from fiscal oblivion. Experts warn such drastic cuts defy actuarial science.

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