April 16
Katheryn Houghton reads the week’s information: Many Americans say it’s laborious to pay for the dentist, however pushing aside care additionally has its prices. Plus, for some sufferers, Medicare will begin overlaying GLP-1 medicine for weight reduction this yr.
April 9
Zach Dyer reads the week’s information: Rising well being prices have some middle-aged adults skipping the physician till Medicare will decide up the tab. Plus, there’s little proof that immigrants with out authorized standing are utilizing Medicaid, regardless of White House claims.
April 2
Arielle Zionts reads the week’s information: Scientists say workers losses on the National Institutes of Health might result in fewer medical breakthroughs. Plus, docs fear they’ll see extra children with probably lethal issues from measles, as circumstances surge.
March 26
Jackie Fortiér reads the week’s information: Consumers know which social gathering they blame after Congress failed to increase enhanced Obamacare subsidies. Plus, up to date requirements say seniors ought to intention for even decrease blood stress readings.
March 19
Sam Whitehead reads the week’s information: Amid federal spending cuts and suspicion of fluoride, tooth issues are sending extra children to the ER. Plus, sufferers look to well being financial savings accounts to take care of rising medical prices.
March 12
Katheryn Houghton reads the week’s information: Looming Medicaid cuts might imply states cease overlaying dental look after adults, and a rising variety of U.S. nurses are transferring to Canada.
March 5
Zach Dyer reads the week’s information: The Trump administration is looking for sharp restrictions on direct-to-consumer drug advertisements, and for some individuals going through skyrocketing medical health insurance prices, changing into eligible for Medicare due to a brand new analysis is a horrible irony.
Feb. 26
Sam Whitehead reads the week’s information: Some locations are bringing again home calls to attempt to combat maternal and toddler mortality, and nearly all Americans profit from well being care subsidies in numerous varieties.
Feb. 19
Arielle Zionts reads the week’s information: Some well being methods are utilizing AI instruments to assist sufferers get main care, and the Trump administration’s new data-sharing guidelines make going to the hospital extra harmful for individuals with out authorized standing.
Feb. 12
Jackie Fortiér reads the week’s information: Moves by the Trump administration have slowed most cancers analysis, and extra of America’s docs are working into their golden years.
Feb. 5
Katheryn Houghton reads the week’s information: American farmers are being hit laborious by the tip of additional Obamacare subsidies, and hospitals are beginning their very own Medicare Advantage plans.
Jan. 29
Zach Dyer reads this week’s information: An costly new gene remedy that may probably remedy individuals with sickle cell illness might be coated by Medicaid, however solely when it really works for sufferers. Plus, group well being facilities are getting ready to assist look after tens of millions extra uninsured individuals.
Jan. 22
Arielle Zionts reads the week’s information: Some states are slicing public funding for a kind of autism remedy, and older adults are extra seemingly than youthful ones to cease taking GLP-1 medicine resembling Ozempic.
Jan. 15
Jackie Fortiér reads the week’s information: Parents are confused by an overhaul of U.S. childhood immunization tips, and whereas individuals 65 and older make up the fastest-growing homeless inhabitants within the nation, conventional homeless shelters usually can’t accommodate them.
Jan. 8
Zach Dyer reads the week’s information: Instead of extending additional Affordable Care Act subsidies that will hold month-to-month premiums extra reasonably priced, some Republicans are pushing well being financial savings accounts. Plus, individuals searching for cheaper medical health insurance choices outdoors the ACA marketplaces could discover some, however they include downsides.
Jan. 1
Katheryn Houghton reads the week’s information: AI voices may also help sufferers who’ve had their voice containers eliminated sound like themselves once more, and plenty of state-run psychiatric hospitals don’t have sufficient beds to deal with sufferers until they’ve been charged with a criminal offense.
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