- Covid Renews Interest in Radiation, but Docs Caution Against Pilgrimages to Radon-Filled Minesby K
Each year, people in pain travel to Montana and pay to sit amid radon gas, which is pitched as therapy for a long list of health issues. While low-dose […]
- Pfizer Court Fight Could Legalize Medicare Copays and Unleash ‘Gold Rush’ in Salesby Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News July 29, 2021
Pharmaceutical companies routinely cover the cost of patient copays for expensive drugs under private insurance. A federal judge could make the practice legal […]
- Olympic Dream Dashed After Bike Crash and Nightmare Medical Bill Over $200Kby Samantha Young July 29, 2021
A bicyclist from California competed in a Pennsylvania race that could have landed him in this month’s Tokyo Olympics. Instead, a crash on the velodrome […]
- Unraveling the Mysterious Mutations That Make Delta the Most Transmissible Covid Virus Yetby Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News July 28, 2021
Scientists are trying to piece together why the delta variant so readily infects unvaccinated Americans, spewing 1,000 times more virus particles.
- Las misteriosas mutaciones que hacen de delta la variante del virus de covid más contagiosa hasta ahoraby Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News July 28, 2021
Delta ha mantenido algunas de las mutaciones más exitosas encontradas en variantes anteriores, pero también contiene nuevos cambios genéticos que le […]
- Sign-Up Window for Free COBRA Coverage for Many Laid-Off Workers Closes This Weekby Michelle Andrews July 28, 2021
The most recent covid relief law offered federal funding to pay insurance premiums for workers who lost their jobs and opted to keep their workplace insurance […]
- Women Say California Insurer Makes It Too Hard to Get Drug for Postpartum Depressionby April Dembosky, KQED July 28, 2021
Brexanolone is a promising new treatment for postpartum depression. But one insurer's requirement that women try four other drugs and electroconvulsive therapy […]
- Bye-Bye to Health Insurance ‘Birthday Rule’? Kansas Lawmaker Floats Fixby Cara Anthy July 27, 2021
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kansas) introduced a bill to do away with a health insurance rule that dictates which parent’s plan becomes a new baby’s […]
- How a Doctor Breaks Norms to Treat Refugees and Recent Immigrantsby Markian Hawryluk July 27, 2021
In a suburb of Denver, a doctor runs a clinic that finds creative solutions to treat a large refugee and immigrant population, sometimes to the dismay of the […]
- Want Fries With That Vaccine? Even at a Fast-Food Restaurant, Pop-Up Clinics See Slow Trafficby Anna Almendrala July 27, 2021
At a pop-up vaccine clinic in a McDonald’s parking lot in the city of San Bernardino, fewer than two dozen people agreed to get a shot, offering a snapshot […]
