Kaiser Health News
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The U.S. health system now produces debt on a mass scale, a new investigation shows. Patients face gut-wrenching sacrifices.
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As temperatures climb across the country, health experts are concerned for the well-being of children.
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The Biden administration’s latest plan to address opioid overdose deaths includes $30 million for harm reduction measures, but many conservative states don’t allow them.
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A more nuanced approach has emerged: acknowledging that racial health disparities often reflect the effects of generations of systemic racism, such as lack of access to stable housing or nutritious food.
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Researchers say the billions in pandemic funding available for ventilation upgrades in U.S. schools provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to combat covid-19, as well as making air more breathable for students living with allergies, asthma, and chronic wildfire smoke.
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Eye exams for children are required under federal law to be covered by most private health plans and Medicaid, and many states mandate school vision screenings. But a federal survey finds that a quarter of children and teens are still not getting the recommended tests.
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Hospitals call for more options as blood suppliers move to an expensive treatment method.
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California lawmakers are considering changing nursing home licensing rules after more than 152,000 residents died of COVID-19 nationwide during the pandemic. The ambitious effort could cause other states to replicate California's measures to improve nursing home care.
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In California, where overdose deaths are on the rise, physicians say administering anti-addiction medication as a monthly injection holds tremendous potential. So, why aren't more patients getting it?
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How different are the seemingly endless stream of emerging omicron subvariants from one another and how protected are we?