Health

Members of the Pinellas red wagon team from left to right: Bridget Livingston, Kareem Altidor, Jalysa Erskine, Fannie Vaughn, RN and Vonet Lassister, RN. Photo credit: Florida Department of Health’s Office of Communications .…

The model focuses on people who face social barriers such as homelessness or drug addiction and use the hospital multiple times a year, typically for avoidable complications from chronic diseases. Participants work with doctors, social…

Proposals would lower prescription drug costs, increase access to health coverage, and restrict and tax vaping. But most lawmakers agree that homelessness will dominate the agenda, including proposals to get people into housing while…

After 47 years of furious debate on both sides, this could be the year when everything changes. On Jan. 2, more than 200 Republican members of the House and Senate filed a brief in the Gee case urging the justices to use it to overturn …

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - Mental health crisis accounts for 75 percent of train related incidents, according to Brightline. In order to bring awareness to this growing epidemic, the Broward Sheriff's Office, in collaboration with…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota who have both sponsored their own bills to control skyrocketing drug prices, stood out after Congress spent last year debating the problem. Photo credit: C-SPAN.…

If continued tests yield similar results, Michigan scientists have noted that we could see a pill synthesized and made available for human consumption that could supply the same benefits as a marathon session pumping iron at LA Fitness.…

Hoechlin was still in intensive care when her husband, Matt, got the bill for the 300-mile air ambulance ride. The total: $97,269. The company wasn’t in their health plan’s network of providers, and the PPO plan they had through Matt’s…

Every other week, Norm Ciha and his homeless neighbors temporarily relocate their camp from land alongside a freeway off-ramp in Oakland, Calif., to a nearby vacant lot, until state cleanup crews have come and gone. They call it “the…

TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Florida Department of Health (Department) Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) has released its 2018-2019 Annual Report to the Governor, Senate President and Speaker of the House of…

The research grants were awarded through a peer-reviewed, competitive process based on recommendations by the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Grant Advisory Board. Researchers at any university or research institute in Florida are eligible…

Sutter Health will pay $575 million to settle a closely watched antitrust case filed by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (above), whose office had accused the nonprofit health care giant of using its market dominance in Northern…

Democratic presidential candidates (left to right) Andrew Yang, South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Tom…

The City of Jacksonville Mosquito Control and DOH-Duval continue surveillance and prevention efforts. Health officials caution not to focus on the specific location of cases as the mosquitos that can spread West Nile Virus can travel five…

Jane Garcia, CEO of La Clínica de La Raza, has been advocating for immigrants’ right to health care for more than 40 years. She took former California Gov. Pete Wilson’s administration to court over prenatal care for undocumented women in…

LOUISIANA - A federal appeals court panel in New Orleans dealt another blow to the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday, agreeing with a lower-court judge that the portion of the health law requiring most people to have coverage is…

A Press conference where President Obama discussed the quality of health plans due to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, nick-named ‘Obamacare, and the insurance on the marketplace. File photo: Pixabay. WASHINGTON, D.C. -…

With open enrollment for Covered California going full steam — sign-ups for 2020 coverage end Jan. 31 — consumers are eagerly trying to determine whether they might qualify for the new aid and, if so, how much. File photo: Pixabay…

Dr. Laurie Punch (center), a trauma surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, shows Melissa Woeppel (left) and Stan Schloesser how to apply a tourniquet during a Stop the Bleed class last month in St. Louis. Punch is on a mission to stop the…

The United States banned most home uses of chlorpyrifos in 2001, but it still is commonly used in agriculture. Saying it’s necessary to protect crops, last year the Trump administration announced it would not ban the pesticide. File…

Like other states, Jessica Lioy’s home state of New York has seen its rate increase. But New York has consistently reported rates well below those of the U.S. overall. Compared with the national rate of 14 suicides per 100,000…

A nurse supervisor at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego, was brutally attacked last year by a schizophrenic patient who was off his medication. He lunged at her, threw her to the ground, repeatedly punched and kicked her, and bit her so…

Joe Biden said “The fact is that right now the vast majority of Democrats do not support Medicare for All,” he said, adding, “It couldn’t pass the United States Senate right now with Democrats. It couldn’t pass the House.” during the…

Cincinnati resident Gwendolyn Barton, 62, smoked crack cocaine and used other drugs for about 20 years before getting sober in 2008. Photo credit: Meg Vogel For KHN. CINCINNATI — A pain pill prescription for nerve damage revived…

Hundreds of thousands of children end up in hospital emergency rooms every year with toy-related injuries. Photo credit: Jovan Nikolic/Adobe Stock. ALBANY, N.Y. - Choking hazards, loud sounds and hidden toxins are some of the dangers…

Just 10 candidates qualified for the two-hour debate in Atlanta as the countdown to 2020 continues. While Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., has taken a recent lead in Iowa, former Vice President Joe Biden remains at the front of…

In 2017, 70,237 Americans died from drug overdoses, and 47,173 from suicide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2018, nearly 20% of adults experienced a mental illness, according to the National Alliance on…

Danielle Jones reads through the recipe for Nerd Lyfe (v2) vape juice. After five years of buying her favorite flavor (red licorice) at her local vape shop, this is Jones’ first attempt at making her own e-liquid. Photo credit: Heidi de…

Medicare doesn't cover all of Russell Desmond's health care costs, so, with assistance from the American Kidney Fund, he pays for private insurance to cover the difference. But if the organization cuts off aid, Desmond says, he has no…