Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Connecticut has become the latest state to begin notifying its eligible citizens that some or all of their medical debt will soon be paid off, officials…
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Five new papers highlight cancer inequities, challenges and opportunities in South Asia
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka — are shown in blue. Credit: Created with mapchart.net A…
Africa’s making progress against HIV, but donor funds are drying up—what must change
Credit: Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pexels Remarkable progress has been made against the HIV epidemic in the last two decades. However, a loss of momentum in fighting HIV across the…
Racial and geographic health disparities in the US have increased over the last two decades, research shows
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Life expectancy in the U.S. varies by more than 20 years depending on an individual’s race and ethnicity and where they live. These widespread and persistent…
Over 800 million adults living with diabetes with more than half not receiving treatment, global study suggests
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The total number of adults living with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes in the world has surpassed 800 million—over four times the total number…
How key results could influence health policy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The results of some congressional races may foreshadow who will have outsize health policy influence in Congress next year. Congress will face decisions over whether to…
Medicaid covers GLP-1 meds for obesity in just 13 states, analysis finds
Poorer folks’ access to blockbuster weight-loss drugs through Medicaid remains limited, a new KFF analysis has found. Only 13 states currently allow Medicaid to cover treatment of obesity using glucagon-like…
Patients are relying on Lyft, Uber to travel far distances to medical care
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When Lyft driver Tramaine Carr transports seniors and sick patients to hospitals in Atlanta, she feels like both a friend and a social worker. “When the…
Better prepared emergency departments could save children’s lives
Implementing high pediatric readiness for all U.S. emergency departments is highly cost-effective and would lower mortality among young patients, according to a study published in the October issue of Health…
Understaffed hospitals have higher rates of infection, study says
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Inadequate infection prevention and control staffing levels are associated with higher rates of health care-associated infections, according to a new study published in the American Journal…
