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Dengue: Puerto Rico declares public health emergency --information about the disease

Wed, 2024-03-27 18:05 — mike kraft
Here's what to know about dengue, as Puerto Rico declares a public health emergency Most people with dengue will show no signs of infection or experience only mild symptoms, but in rare cases infections can become severe and potentially fatal. NPR

Puerto Rico has issued a public health emergency after recording an unusually rapid rise in dengue cases over the first few months of this year.

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CDC study describes percentage of U.S. kids missing doctor visits during COVID pandemic

Wed, 2024-03-27 11:13 — mike kraft
Survey identifies unmet child medical needs in first 2 US COVID pandemic waves In the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, 16% of children aged 5 to 12 years didn't visit their healthcare provider, 11% went without a well-child visit, and 30% didn't complete a well-child visit in the past year, parent responses to a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) survey show. CIDRAP

 

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Measles in Chicago spreading to nearby counties.

Wed, 2024-03-27 10:51 — mike kraft
Measles cases in Chicago, 2 suburban counties have State of Illinois taking action The Pilsen migrant shelter at 2248 S. Halsted St. is the origin point for the majority of the measles cases in Chicago, and now health officials say the cases confirmed in Lake and Will counties are both connected to this outbreak. CBS Chicago

 

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Some U.S. nonprofit hospitals spend less on charity care than they receive in tax breaks --study

Wed, 2024-03-27 10:34 — mike kraft
Some nonprofit hospitals spend less on charity care than they receive in tax breaks, new analysis shows A new study found 80% of 2,425 nonprofit hospitals spent less on charity care and community investment than they got in estimated tax breaks. Brittany Trang STAT

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Colorado is leader in effort by some states to lower drug prices without waiting for federal government

Tue, 2024-03-26 10:32 — mike kraft
This State Isn’t Waiting for Biden To Negotiate Drug Prices - KFF Health News As the federal government negotiates with drugmakers to lower the price of 10 expensive drugs for Medicare patients, impatient legislators in some states are trying to go even further. Leading the pack is Colorado, where a new Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board is set to recommend an “upper payment limit” for drugs it deems unaffordable. In late […] khnerich KFF Health News

 

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U.S.Transportation and Treasury Departments need to prepare plans for disease outbreaks--GAO report

Mon, 2024-03-25 11:15 — mike kraft

 

Transportation, Treasury departments need to prep for infectious disease outbreaks, track aid money, report urges The Department of Transportation (DOT) hasn't created a national aviation preparedness plan for infectious disease outbreaks, despite a 2015 US Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommendation to do so, according to a new report on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. CIDRAP

 

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Major health provisions fail to make cut in just-passed U.S. government funding bill.

Mon, 2024-03-25 10:05 — mike kraft
Major health bills fail to make cut amid competing priorities Major bipartisan health bills, including changes to the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry and hospital payment reforms, were excluded from the $1.2 trillion government funding bill after memb… colinmeyn The Hill

Major bipartisan health bills, including changes to the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry and hospital payment reforms, were excluded from the $1.2 trillion government funding bill after members failed to come to a last-minute agreement.

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Opinion: U.S. needs nonpartisan commission to examaine what wrong in dealing with early stages of COVID pandemic

Fri, 2024-03-22 19:30 — mike kraft
What Did the US Get Wrong During Covid? We Need to Know In the first year of the pandemic, leaders badly fumbled. We need a nonpartisan investigation into how things went so wrong. F.D. Flam Bloomberg

 

 

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Medicaid expansion blocked in Georgia and Kansas by Republican led committees

Fri, 2024-03-22 10:20 — mike kraft
Republican majorities block efforts to expand Medicaid in Georgia and Kansas ATLANTA (AP) — Plans to expand Medicaid coverage to over half a million more people in Georgia and Kansas were defeated by Republican-led committees in the states’ legislatures Thursday. Ther… JEFF AMY and JOHN HANNA, Associated Press The Hill

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Opinion: sabbaticals for nurses could help counter shortages and burnout

Thu, 2024-03-21 11:16 — mike kraft
Sabbaticals for nurses could help fight worker shortages and burnout Sabbaticals for nurses could help fight worker shortages and burnout. Torie Bosch STAT
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