The Latest Breaking News from Health Care

With 12 in-custody deaths, Louisville activists say better health care needed to address jail crisis

With 12 in-custody deaths, Louisville activists say better health care needed to address jail crisis

WEKU · Oct 4, 2022

Garland is asked to probe threats to children’s hospitals

Three major medical associations are asking the U.S. attorney general to investigate and prosecute people who are threatening violence against children’s hospitals and physicians that provide gender-affirming health care

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Privacy, stigma may keep workers from using abortion travel benefits

Several major corporations, from Amazon to Walmart, are promising to pay travel expenses for employees and family members who must leave their home states to receive a legal abortion.

Tribune News Service · Oct 4, 2022

Commentary: Protect the Dreamers. The US needs doctors-in-training like me

I am a proud undocumented medical student attending the UCLA School of Medicine — a reality that still seems like a dream. It is a reality because of the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA. However, the DACA program and its beneficiaries remain in jeopardy as the…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 3, 2022

From BTS to Zoom therapy, why Korean Americans are seeking more mental health help

LOS ANGELES — For more than 3 million followers on TikTok, Nick Cho is their "Korean Dad."

Los Angeles Times · Oct 3, 2022

Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke accused each other of misinforming Texans during their debate. Here are the facts.

O’Rourke and Abbott accused each other of bending the truth during the only planned gubernatorial debate on Friday. Many of their claims needed context and clarification.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 1, 2022

Why health care bills are on the rise

Inflation is expected to boost annual U.S. national health expenses by $370 billion by 2027 compared with pre-pandemic projections, consulting firm McKinsey says.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 1, 2022

Health plan shake-up could disrupt coverage for low-income Californians

Almost 2 million of California’s poorest and most medically fragile residents may have to switch health insurers as a result of a new strategy by the state to improve care in its Medicaid program.

Tribune News Service · Sep 30, 2022

Post-Dobbs birth control fight heads to college campuses

Universities in the post-Roe era are struggling to offer students the full range of reproductive health care.

Axios · Sep 30, 2022

Hurricane Ian flooded a hospital and forced evacuations from dozens of nursing homes – many health facilities face rising risks from severe storms

Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms to hit the U.S., tore part of the roof off a hospital in Port Charlotte, Florida, and flooded the building’s lower level emergency room, sending staff scrambling to move patients as water poured in. At least nine hospitals and dozens of nursing…

The Conversation · Sep 30, 2022