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A Little-Recognized Public Health Crisis
About every 12 minutes, someone is killed on America’s roads and countless others are injured.
More than 42,500 people died in car crashes in 2022, a death toll that rivals or surpasses those of other major public health…
Her Hearing Implant Was Preapproved. Nonetheless, She Got $139,000 Bills for Months.
Caitlyn Mai woke up one morning in middle school so dizzy she couldn’t stand and deaf in one ear, the result of an infection that affected one of her cranial nerves. Though her balance recovered, the hearing never came back.…
The Nation’s 911 System Is on the Brink of Its Own Emergency
Stephanie Armour
Just after lunchtime on June 18, Massachusetts’ leaders discovered that the statewide 911 system was down.
A scramble to handle the crisis was on.
Police texted out administrative numbers that callers…
HealthSherpa and Insurers Team Up To Curb Unauthorized ACA Enrollment Schemes
The largest private company that brokers use to enroll people in Affordable Care Act health plans said it’s joining with insurers to thwart unauthorized Obamacare sign-ups and plan switches.
HealthSherpa, which has its own…
J.D. Vance, Trump’s VP Pick, Says Media Twisted His Remarks on Abortion and Domestic Violence
Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact
During the Republican National Convention’s opening night, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) spoke to Fox News for his first interview as former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominee.…
911 Faces Its Own Emergency
The national 911 emergency response system is in the midst of its own code red.
The lack of federal funding to upgrade aging 911 systems has created significant disparities in state emergency response services, with older…
Before Michigan Legalized Surrogacy, Families Found Ways Around the Ban
Kate Wells, Michigan Public
The first time Tammy and Jordan Myers held their twins, the premature babies were so fragile that their tiny faces were mostly covered by oxygen masks and tubing. Their little hands rested gently on Tammy’s…
Despite Past Storms’ Lessons, Long-Term Care Residents Again Left Powerless
HOUSTON — As Tina Kitzmiller sat inside her sweltering apartment, windows and doors open in the hope of catching even the slightest breeze, she was frustrated and worried for her dog and her neighbors.
It had been days…
5 trabajadores avícolas en Colorado dieron positivo para la gripe aviar, duplicando los casos de…
Cinco trabajadores de una granja avícola en el noreste de Colorado han dado positivo para la gripe aviar, informó el Departamento de Salud Pública estatal el 14 de julio. Esto eleva el número conocido de casos en Estados Unidos a…
5 Cases of Bird Flu Reported in Colorado Poultry Workers, Doubling This Year’s US Tally
Five people who work at a poultry farm in northeastern Colorado have tested positive for the bird flu, the Colorado public health department reported July 14. This brings the known number of U.S. cases to nine.
The five…