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The CDC鈥檚 Test for Bird Flu Works, but It Has Issues
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention promises better tests are being developed, but the episode points to vulnerabilities in the country鈥檚 defense against emerging outbreaks.
Care Gaps Grow as OB/GYNs Flee Idaho
Not so long ago, Bonner General 国产精品视频, the hospital in Sandpoint, Idaho, had four OB/GYNs on staff, who treated patients from multiple rural counties. That was before Idaho鈥檚 near-total abortion ban went into effect almost two years ago, criminalizing most abortions. All four of Bonner鈥檚 OB/GYNs聽left by last summer, some citing fears that the state鈥檚 ban […]
California ha tenido est谩ndares para proteger a los trabajadores al aire libre del calor desde 2005, pero el estado anunci贸 el mi茅rcoles 24 de julio que ya hab铆a acelerado la revisi贸n de un conjunto de reglas para los trabajadores en interiores.
California Speeds Up Indoor Heat Protections Amid Sweltering Summer Weather
Indoor workers who toil in hot jobsites in California gain immediate protection from this summer鈥檚 extreme heat. The state鈥檚 worker safety chief announced finalized rules Wednesday, capping a years-long push by workers.
Planned Parenthood鈥檚 Push to Get Voters to the Polls
Planned Parenthood鈥檚 political and advocacy organizations will use a more than聽$40 million聽war chest to聽blitz GOP officeholders and candidates聽in an effort to flip the House and maintain Democratic control of the Senate and presidency. The plan is to focus聽on the records of Republicans聽who have repeatedly voted against access to abortion, contraceptives, in vitro fertilization or gender-affirming […]
Covid Is Still With Us, but the Guidance Has Changed. Here’s What to Know if You’re Exposed.
President Joe Biden tested positive for covid-19 last week, but his symptoms were reportedly mild. With covid still circulating and putting Americans at risk, KFF 国产精品视频 News reviews the latest safety guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Rescue From Above: How Drones May Narrow Emergency Response Times
Public safety and health care organizations are using drones to speed up lifesaving treatment during medical emergencies in which every second counts.
Rescate desde el cielo: c贸mo los drones pueden reducir el tiempo de respuesta a una emergencia
Cada a帽o m谩s de 356,000 personas sufren un paro card铆aco fuera de un hospital. Cada minuto que pasa sin intervenci贸n m茅dica disminuye las probabilidades de supervivencia en un 10%.
En la convenci贸n republicana de Trump se escuch贸 poco y nada sobre atenci贸n de salud
La atenci贸n m茅dica constituye la mayor parte del presupuesto federal, casi $2 mil millones, as铆 como el 17% de la producci贸n econ贸mica del pa铆s.
At Trump鈥檚 GOP Convention, There鈥檚 Little To Be Heard on 国产精品视频 Care
Republicans were once the party of Obamacare repeal and abortion opposition. They鈥檝e said little about either issue in Milwaukee.
KFF 国产精品视频 News' 'What the 国产精品视频?': At GOP Convention, 国产精品视频 Policy Is Mostly MIA
After an assassination attempt last weekend sent former President Donald Trump to the hospital with minor injuries, the Republican National Convention went off with little mention of health care issues. And Trump鈥檚 newly nominated vice presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, has barely staked out a record on health during his 18 months in office 鈥 aside from being strongly opposed to abortion. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine join KFF 国产精品视频 News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF 国产精品视频 News鈥 Renuka Rayasam, who wrote June鈥檚 installment of KFF 国产精品视频 News-NPR 鈥淏ill of the Month,鈥 about a patient who walked into what he thought was an urgent care center and walked out with an emergency room bill.鈥
Montana鈥檚 Plan To Curb Opioid Overdoses Includes Vending Machines
Details about where the machines would go 鈥 and how they would help those most at risk 鈥 are sparse. The state has proposed using them to distribute naloxone and fentanyl testing strips.
El plan de Montana para frenar las sobredosis de opioides incluye m谩quinas expendedoras
En todo Estados Unidos, las m谩quinas expendedoras que distribuyen naloxona y otros suministros de salud de forma gratuita se est谩n convirtiendo en elementos de primera l铆nea en la lucha contra las sobredosis de opioides. Diferentes versiones del modelo se est谩n probando en al menos 33 estados.
A Little-Recognized Public 国产精品视频 Crisis
About every 12 minutes, someone is killed on America鈥檚 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 threats, such as the flu and gun violence. 鈥淲e have not recognized that traffic violence is a […]
Despite Past Storms鈥 Lessons, Long-Term Care Residents Again Left Powerless
Even after multiple massive power outages 鈥 including one from a 2021 winter storm in Texas that prompted a U.S. Senate investigation 鈥 little has changed for older Americans in senior living facilities when natural disasters strike.
Colorado Poultry Workers Battle Bird Flu in Heat Wave as US Struggles to Contain Outbreak
So far, all 10 cases reported nationally this year at dairy and poultry farms have been mild, consisting of respiratory symptoms and eye irritation. Scientists have warned that the virus could mutate to spread from person to person, like the seasonal flu, and spark a pandemic.
Es probable que las cinco personas se infectaran por manipular pollos, a los que se les hab铆a encargado sacrificar en respuesta a un brote de gripe aviar en esa granja.
Journalists Discuss FTC and Supreme Court Actions 鈥 And What’s Up With the Bird Flu
KFF 国产精品视频 News and California 国产精品视频line staff made the rounds on national and local media in recent weeks to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
Finland Is Offering Farmworkers Bird Flu Shots. Some Experts Say the US Should, Too.
Even with a stockpile of bird flu vaccinations, the federal government is not offering them to those at high risk. Along with testing and measures to prevent spread, vaccinations may protect people and stop the outbreak from becoming a pandemic.
Hay controversia sobre el momento para comenzar a vacunar contra la gripe aviar. Algunos piensan que debe hacerse ya, otros que hay que esperar para analizar la evoluci贸n del virus.
