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This spring, a few days after his 2nd birthday, Brigland Pfeffer was playing with his siblings in their San Diego backyard. His mother, Lindsay Pfeffer, was a few feet away when Brigland made a noise and came running from…

CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — It was hard enough for Stephanie to get methadone treatment when she moved to Florida from Indiana last year. The nearest clinic was almost an hour’s drive away and she couldn’t drive herself. But at…

Fred Schulte, KFF Health News Exactech, a Florida device manufacturer that faces more than 2,000 state and federal lawsuits from patients who allege the company sold defective hip and knee implants, filed for bankruptcy protection…

Hoy en día, cuando las personas se hacen su mamografía anual, algunos radiólogos les preguntan algo desconcertante. Además de analizar la prueba en busca de cáncer de mama dicen: ¿le gustaría que el médico examinara las imágenes…

Amy Maxmen En una sofocante tarde de julio de 2020, Belinda Ramones recibió una llamada informándole que su hermano estaba en el hospital. La llamada fue de una mujer de la empresa de jardinería en Florida en donde había comenzado a…

Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Cuando comience el período de inscripción abierta para adquirir cobertura médica en los mercados de seguros establecidos por la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio, conocida como Obamacare, un grupo que…

Hurricane Helene, which struck North Carolina last month, wrecked a Baxter International factory that produced 60 percent of the country’s IV fluids, according to the American Hospital Association. The company is rationing its…

When open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, starts nationwide this week, a group that had previously been barred from signing up will be eligible for the first time: The “Dreamers.” That’s the name given to…

Sam Whitehead “We’re bankrupting a lot of hospitals by forcing these hospitals to provide care for people who don’t have the legal right to be in our country.” Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) during a Sept. 17 rally During a recent…

Bird flu cases have more than doubled in the country within a few weeks, but researchers can’t determine why the spike is happening because surveillance for human infections has been patchy for seven months. Just this week,…