Mothers of Babies Afflicted by Zika Fight Poverty, DespairOctober 17, 2018 |
Nearly three years after a Zika outbreak in Brazil caused thousands of cases of microcephaly and other devastating birth defects in newborns, Reuters returned to check on the mothers and their children
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After Prison, Many People Living With HIV Go Without TreatmentOctober 11, 2018 |
When people living with HIV walk out of prison, they leave with up to a month’s worth of HIV medication in their pockets. What they don’t necessarily leave with is access to health care or the services that will keep them healthy in the long term
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Hospitals Are Fed Up With Drug CompaniesSeptember 6, 2018 |
So they’re starting their own. A group of major American hospitals, battered by price spikes on old drugs and long-lasting shortages of critical medicines, has launched a mission-driven, not-for-profit generic drug company, Civica Rx, to take some control over the drug supply
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She’s Worn Both a Hospital Gown and a White CoatAugust 31, 2018 |
Now she wants to change how doctors perceive their patients
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In fact, the study suggests that the Medicaid expansion may be a tool in the fight against the opioid crisis. With comments from study coauthor, our Brendan Saloner
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Sherri and Thomas Croom have been foster parents to 27 children — from newborns to teenagers — during the past decade
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A Hospital’s Human TouchJuly 12, 2018 |
Why taking care in discharging a patient matters
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‘It’s Almost Like a Ghost Town.’July 9, 2018 |
Most nursing homes had fewer nurses and caretaking staff than they had reported to the government for years, according to new federal data, bolstering the long-held suspicions of many families that staffing levels were often inadequate
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