驴Puede una inyecci贸n mensual frenar la adicci贸n a opioides? Expertos dicen que s铆
Una opci贸n inyectable mensual para el tratamiento de la adicci贸n a opioides no logra llegar a todos los que la necesitan por las trabas burocr谩ticas para obtener el medicamento.
Can a Monthly Injection Be the Key to Curbing Addiction? These Experts Say Yes
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鈥檛 more patients getting it?
Los retrasos en el diagn贸stico y tratamiento del autismo aumentaron durante la pandemia
La pandemia retras贸 muchos servicios m茅dicos cr铆ticos, entre ellos los del autismo. Estos tratamientos son esenciales para los ni帽os reci茅n diagnosticados.
Delays for Autism Diagnosis and Treatment Grew Even Longer During the Pandemic
Despite increased public awareness, research advances, and wider insurance coverage for autism therapies, children often wait months 鈥 in some cases more than a year 鈥 to get an autism diagnosis and begin intervention services. The waits can be longer for Black and Latino children, and families in rural areas are also disadvantaged, without access to providers.
Muchas familias est谩n usando masticables de melatonina para hacer dormir hasta a beb茅s. Pediatras generan controversia.
Can Melatonin Gummies Solve Family Bedtime Struggles? Experts Advise Caution
Throughout history, parents have searched for the secret to getting fretful children to sleep through the night. The latest strategy involves giving children melatonin-infused gummies and tablets, a trend that concerns some doctors.
In May 2021, Lags Medical Centers, one of California鈥檚 largest chains of pain clinics, abruptly closed its doors amid a cloaked state investigation. Nine months later, patients are still in the dark about what happened with their care and to their bodies.
驴Listo para otra enfermedad pand茅mica? Se llama “fatiga por tomar decisiones”
Antes, ir a un restaurant o visitar a los abuelos era una decisi贸n simple pero ahora puede significar la vida o la muerte. Un experto explica esta afecci贸n pand茅mica.
Ready for Another Pandemic Malady? It鈥檚 Called 鈥楧ecision Fatigue鈥
Pandemic living has come with a barrage of daily choices that have many of us complaining of a sort of brain freeze. That exhaustion is real, and it鈥檚 got a name: 鈥渄ecision fatigue.鈥
When the Surges Just Keep Coming: A View From the Covid Vortex
Fresno County, one of California鈥檚 persistent covid-19 hot spots, is experiencing an autumn surge that once again has overwhelmed area hospitals. KHN spoke with Interim Health Officer Dr. Rais Vohra about leading the charge in a region where many people remain anti-mask and vaccine-wary.
鈥楴ot Quite on Board鈥: Parents Proving a Tough Sell on Covid Vax for Teens
California offers a lens on the challenges officials face in persuading parents to embrace covid shots for young children. While the state has a strong showing in overall vaccination rates, just 59% of kids 12 to 17 鈥 eligible for a shot since May 鈥 are fully vaccinated.
鈥淓ste es el 煤ltimo pa帽al que me queda鈥: la ansiedad de ser padres en la pobreza
Una de cada tres familias estadounidenses no puede pagar por suficientes pa帽ales para mantener a sus beb茅s y ni帽os peque帽os limpios, secos y saludables, seg煤n la National Diaper Bank Network. Para muchos padres, eso lleva a elecciones desgarradoras: 驴pa帽ales, comida o renta?
鈥楧own to My Last Diaper鈥: The Anxiety of Parenting in Poverty
Diapers are a baby essential, but no federal program helps families cover their considerable cost. Jennifer Randles, a professor of sociology at Fresno State in California, spoke with KHN about her novel research exploring the outsize role 鈥渄iaper math鈥 plays in the lives of low-income moms.
Q&A: How Will California鈥檚 New 988 Mental Health Line Actually Work?
California Assembly member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, who authored legislation to create and fund the state鈥檚 new 988 phone line for mental health emergencies, spoke with KHN about the effort and what more will be needed to create a full-fledged response network for people experiencing mental health crises.
After 18 Months, Sutter Antitrust Settlement Finally Poised for Formal Approval
A year and a half after Sutter Health agreed to a tentative settlement in a closely watched antitrust case, the San Francisco judge presiding over the case indicated she would sign off on the terms, pending agreement on another contentious issue: attorney fees.
In a Murky Sea of Mental Health Apps, Consumers Left Adrift
Venture capitalists have poured billions into the digital mental health space, sensing an area of unmet demand that is ripe for disruption. The problem for consumers is separating the apps that might help from those that offer little more than distraction 鈥 or could actually do harm.
Behind The Byline: Finding a 鈥楽uperstar鈥 to Interview
Check out KHN鈥檚 video series 鈥 Behind The Byline: How the Story Got Made. Come along as journalists and producers offer an insider鈥檚 view of health care coverage that does not quit.
The Vulnerable Homebound Are Left Behind on Vaccination
Even as the nation has moved on to vaccinating everyone 16 and older, the vast majority of people homebound due to frailty or age 鈥 and among the most vulnerable to covid鈥檚 devastation 鈥 have not yet been vaccinated. California offers a sharp lens on the challenges.
California Counties a Hodgepodge of Highs and Lows in Vaccinating Vulnerable Seniors
Like many states, California is seeing huge regional variations in covid vaccination rates for people 65 and older. Remote rural counties are in some cases struggling to give away doses to vulnerable seniors, while metropolitan areas often have more demand than supply.
‘Into the Covid ICU’: A New Doctor Bears Witness to the Isolation, Inequities of Pandemic
Dr. Paloma Marin-Nevarez graduated from medical school during the pandemic. We follow the rookie doctor for her first months working at a hospital in Fresno, California, as she grapples with isolation, anti-mask rallies and an overwhelming number of deaths.
