Verano de pesadilla: le facturan $142,938 por tratar una mordedura de serpiente
A la peque帽a Oakley Yoder la mordi贸 una copperhead en el verano de 2018. La ni帽a, entonces de 9 a帽os, recibi贸 una atenci贸n de excelencia. Pero el resultado fue una factura astron贸mica.
Summer Bummer: A Young Camper鈥檚 $142,938 Snakebite
The snake struck a 9-year-old hiker at dusk on a nature trail. The outrageous bills struck her parents a few weeks later.
El legado de Mar铆a: estudiantes en Puerto Rico sufren de estr茅s post traum谩tico
Casi el 46% dijo que su casa estaba da帽ada. M谩s del 32% experiment贸 escasez de alimentos y agua. Y aproximadamente el 58% inform贸 que un amigo o miembro de su familia se hab铆a ido de la isla.
Hurricane Maria鈥檚 Legacy: Thousands Of Puerto Rican Students Show PTSD Symptoms
A survey of more than 96,000 students finds that 7.2% reported 鈥渃linically significant鈥 symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.
Hospitals Chafe Under Medicare鈥檚 New Payment Rule For Off-Campus Clinics
Under the rule that took effect this year, Medicare will lower payments for clinic visits performed at hospital-owned facilities to a rate that is equivalent to what it pays an independent doctor. Federal officials expect the move will save the government $380 million this year.
Nation鈥檚 First HIV-To-HIV Kidney Transplant With Living Donor Succeeds
The organ transplant from a living donor opens up the universe of available organs.
Trump quiere $291 millones para erradicar el VIH en el pa铆s, pero no ayudar谩 a 脕frica
Una de estas acciones es el recorte de $1.35 mil millones del Plan de Emergencia del Presidente para el Alivio del SIDA, dinero que en mayor parte se usa en Africa.
Trump鈥檚 Budget Offers $291M To Fight HIV In U.S. But Trims Overseas Efforts
The budget would increase funding for efforts like the state-centered initiatives run by the Centers for Disease Control and the Ryan White Program, which offers services and treatment to patients. But it would also dramatically cut funding for global HIV efforts.
El almacenamiento de vacunas a menudo no cumple con los est谩ndares
La mala refrigeraci贸n puede afectar la eficacia de las dosis. Y al parecer, el problema central surge al trasladarlas del fabricante a los centros de atenci贸n.
Vaccine Storage Too Often Fails To Meet Standards
Federal officials regulate the handling of vaccines that are provided through the Vaccines for Children program, which offers the medicines generally for children whose families could not afford them. But there is no federal oversight of how these drugs are stored among other health care providers.
Trump Pledges To End HIV Transmission By 2030. Doable, But Daunting.
The president鈥檚 promise to eliminate HIV transmission within 10 years is a goal long sought by advocates, but it won鈥檛 be an easy undertaking.
Resurge la metanfetamina, pero no hay drogas para combatir la adicci贸n聽
Seg煤n los CDC, la tasa de muertes por sobredosis relacionadas con este estimulante se triplic贸 con creces entre 2011 y 2016.
Meth鈥檚 Resurgence Spotlights Lack Of Meds To Combat The Addiction
While headlines continue to focus on the nation鈥檚 opioid crisis, a growing toll of overdoses and deaths related to methamphetamine use suggests this drug is making an under-the-radar comeback.
Medicaid en Puerto Rico no cubre medicamentos que curan la hepatitis C
A pesar que podr铆a haber m谩s de 11,000 casos en la isla, el Medicaid, que tiene un sistema de financiamiento distinto al de los estados, no cubre estos medicamentos.
Medicaid Patients In Puerto Rico Don鈥檛 Get Coverage For Drugs To Cure Hepatitis C
The program that provides health care for about half of the U.S. territory鈥檚 population cannot afford to cover the drugs.
With Hospitalization Losing Favor, Judges Order Outpatient Mental Health Treatment
Nearly every state in the country allows courts to force people with severe mental illnesses into treatment against their will. But critics argue these controversial intervention programs fail to address underlying problems in behavioral health services.
Deadly Shootings Are Rising In U.S. After Steady Declines
A new report by federal researchers finds that homicides involving guns are up both nationally and in major cities after a decade of decline.
Enfermedad similar a la polio desconcierta a m茅dicos y aterra a padres
Afecta principalmente a ni帽os peque帽os y causa par谩lisis. Los Centros para el Control y Prevenci贸n de Enfermedades investigan casos en 22 estados.
Mysterious Polio-Like Illness Baffles Medical Experts While Frightening Parents
Federal health officials are investigating 127 cases of the disease, called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM.
Immigrants鈥 Health Premiums Far Exceed What Plans Pay For Their Care
Immigrants accounted for nearly 13 percent of premiums paid to private plans but only about 9 percent of insurers鈥 expenditures, according to a new study in Health Affairs. The cost of care for the group of native-born customers, however, exceeded their premiums.
