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Journalists Delve Into Gun Violence, Medicaid’s ‘Unwinding,’ Opioid Lawsuits, and More

December 9, 2023 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News and California Healthline staffers made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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A digital drawing, made with black pencil and red and neon-blue gouache, shows a teenager standing in the center. The figure’s human head has been replaced with a red rose, which is losing its petals. The rose petals fall around the figure with drops of water, symbolizing tears. The figure’s body is half within a broken smartphone, the frame of which is colored the same red as the rose. In the background, smaller red cellphones are aligned horizontally. Their screens show a combination of guns, a happy human teen with a friend, and a memorial of the same teen. Behind everything, the base background is black and ominous.

Illustrated Report: How Gun Violence Goes Viral

By Liz Szabo Illustration by Oona Zenda August 25, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As chatter and images about guns and violence slip into the social media feeds of more teens, viral messages fueled by “likes” can lead to real-world conflict and loss.

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Readers Rail at Social Security Overpayments and Insurers’ Prior Authorizations

September 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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Women and Minorities Bear the Brunt of Medical Misdiagnosis

By Liz Szabo January 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Hundreds of thousands of Americans become disabled or die each year because of a diagnostic error. But some patients are at higher risk than others.

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Children Who Survive Shootings Endure Huge Health Obstacles and Costs

By Liz Szabo Updated November 7, 2023 Originally Published November 6, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A new study finds that young people who have been injured by firearms are more prone to psychiatric diagnoses and developing a substance use disorder than kids who have not been shot — and their families also suffer long-term ill effects.

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Suzanne Somers’ Legacy Tainted by Celebrity Medical Misinformation

By Liz Szabo October 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The popular actress and author, who died this week, also can be remembered as a progenitor of selling dubious medical information to a trusting public.

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A digital drawing, made with black pencil and red and neon-blue gouache, shows a teenager standing in the center. The figure’s human head has been replaced with a red rose, which is losing its petals. The rose petals fall around the figure with drops of water, symbolizing tears. The figure’s body is half within a broken smartphone, the frame of which is colored the same red as the rose. In the background, smaller red cellphones are aligned horizontally. Their screens show a combination of guns, a happy human teen with a friend, and a memorial of the same teen.

“Lo que queremos es venganza”: cómo las redes sociales alimentan la violencia armada entre adolescentes

By Liz Szabo August 25, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Los adolescentes publican en Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat o TikTok, fotos o videos de sí mismos con armas y montones de dinero, a veces desafiando a sus rivales. Cuando los mensajes se hacen virales, alimentados por los “likes” y los comentarios, el peligro es difícil de contener.

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Más niños pequeños se intoxican al inhalar la nicotina líquida de los cigarrillos electrónicos

By Liz Szabo August 3, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Miles de menores al año están expuestos a la nicotina líquida de los cigarrillos electrónicos, también conocidos como vapeadores. Para un niño pequeño, incluso unas pocas gotas pueden ser fatales.

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Doctors Sound Alarm About Child Nicotine Poisoning as Vapes Flood the US Market

By Liz Szabo August 3, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Popular e-cigarettes lack packaging that stops kids from consuming the hazardous nicotine inside.

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Más adolescentes adictos a cigarrillos electrónicos con altas dosis de nicotina

By Liz Szabo June 26, 2023 KFF Health News Original

El vapeo se ha disparado hasta convertirse en una industria de $8.2 mil millones, y los fabricantes están inundando el mercado con miles de productos que pueden ser mucho más adictivos.

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E-Cigs Are Still Flooding the US, Addicting Teens With Higher Nicotine Doses

By Liz Szabo June 26, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The FDA, Justice Department, and White House have failed to act as vapes with kid-friendly flavors like cotton candy or gummy bears proliferate.

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Watch: Why the Public Health System Is Having Trouble Containing Monkeypox

July 20, 2022 KFF Health News Original

KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber appeared on CBS News’ streaming network to discuss “Fighting Monkeypox, Sexual Health Clinics Are Underfunded and Ill-Equipped,” an article she wrote with KHN senior correspondent Liz Szabo. It details how ill-equipped the nation’s sexual health clinics and public health system are to tackle monkeypox after decades of underfunding. Weber described […]

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Study Reveals Staggering Toll of Being Black in America: 1.6M Excess Deaths Over 22 Years

By Liz Szabo May 16, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The profound and painful loss — 80 million years of life, compared with the white population — is a call to action to improve the health of Black Americans, especially infants, mothers, and seniors, researchers say.

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Most Americans Say They or a Family Member Has Experienced Gun Violence

By Liz Szabo April 11, 2023 KFF Health News Original

More than 1 in 5 Americans report having been threatened with a firearm, and almost as many say they worry about gun violence every day or almost every day, a new KFF poll shows.

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A digital illustration, in pencil and watercolor, about the mental health effects on youth who experience gun violence. A repeating pattern made out of handguns close in on a young boy, who is at the center of the drawing. He covers his face with his hand s, an anguished expression visible on his face. A line of thin red circles are layered across the horizontal center, symbolizing cycles of trauma.

Estrés pandémico, pandillas y miedo impulsaron un aumento de tiroteos adolescentes

By Liz Szabo March 14, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Investigaciones muestran que los adolescentes expuestos a la violencia armada tienen el doble de probabilidades que otros de cometer un delito violento grave dentro de los dos años luego del trauma, lo que perpetúa un ciclo difícil de romper.

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Journalists Discuss Cracks in the Health Care System and Roadblocks to Covid Booster Shots

February 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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Decisiones financieras de los hospitales juegan un papel en la escasez de camas pediátricas para pacientes con VRS

By Liz Szabo December 9, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Los hospitales optimizan los ingresos tratando de mantener sus camas llenas al 100 %, y llenas de pacientes con condiciones que las aseguradoras reembolsan bien.

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Hospital Financial Decisions Play a Role in the Critical Shortage of Pediatric Beds for RSV Patients

By Liz Szabo December 9, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Yes, the U.S. is experiencing an unusual spate of childhood RSV infections. But the critical shortage of hospital beds to treat ailing children stems from structural problems in pediatric care that have been brewing for years.

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Hay más infecciones sexuales y empresas producen más tests caseros… ¿son confiables?

By Liz Szabo November 18, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Datos preliminares para 2021 mostraron cerca de 2.5 millones de casos reportados de clamidia, gonorrea y sífilis en el país, según los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades.

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El vínculo con la esclerosis múltiple impulsa una vacuna contra el virus Epstein-Barr

By Liz Szabo October 19, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Los científicos llevan años intentando desarrollar vacunas contra este virus. Sin embargo, recientemente varios avances en la investigación médica han dado más urgencia a la búsqueda y más esperanzas de éxito.

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