The spike in babies born with syphilis is driven in part by the nation’s drug and homelessness crisis. The trend is especially apparent across the Sun Belt. View original article Contributor: Fenit Nirappil
The stories Post readers told revealed the personal dimensions of a policy issue. The common thread was that the treatments they needed were expensive, and health insurance raised barriers to getting them. View original article Contributor: Carolyn Y. Johnson
Pregnant and scared, Natasha Valle went to a Tennova Healthcare hospital in Clarksville, Tennessee, in January 2021 because she was bleeding. She didn’t know much about miscarriage, but this seemed … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
The same devices used to take selfies and type out tweets are being repurposed and commercialized for quick access to information needed for monitoring a patient’s health. A fingertip pressed … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Andrew Bush treated as many as 1,000 patients every month in his orthopedics practice. Now he worries about going bankrupt. The surgeon is among a … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
Dr. Timothy McAvoy, an internist from Waukesha, Wisconsin, held his infant granddaughter while standing in the Longworth House Office Building, waiting to talk to a congressional aide about increasing Medicare … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
The Times reviewed 101 studies of medication abortion, spanning continents and decades. All concluded that the pills are a safe method for terminating a pregnancy. View original article Contributor: Amy Schoenfeld Walker, Jonathan Corum, Malika Khurana and Ashley Wu
With evermore unhoused people on the streets of our biggest cities, and publicized subway crimes in New York, mental health treatment is again in the news. Politicians speak about “caring” for the mentally ill in a new way, which turns out to be the old way—putting them away. The mention of involuntary confinement, predictably, sparks … Read more
Moderate drinking isn’t likely to extend your life, according to a new meta-analysis that adds to the mounting scientific consensus that alcohol consumption offers few health benefits and comes with serious risks. That conclusion may be surprising to anyone who’s heard that moderate drinking—usually defined as no more than two alcoholic beverages per day for … Read more
A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a narrower but key part of the nation’s health law Thursday that requires most insurers to cover preventive services that include screenings for cancer, diabetes and mental health. Other no-cost services, including HIV screenings, are also impacted under the … Read more