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Hep C’s Number Comes Up: Can Biden’s 5-Year Plan Eliminate the Longtime Scourge?
Rick Jaenisch went through treatment six times before his hepatitis C was cured in 2017. Each time his doctors recommended a different combination of drugs, his insurer denied the initial request before eventually approving it.…
How Will Rural Americans Fare During Medicaid Unwinding? Experts Fear They’re on Their Own
Abby Madore covers a lot of ground each day at work.
A staffer at a community health center in Carson City, Nevada, Madore spends her days helping low-income residents understand their health insurance options, including…
Threats proliferate on social media following N.M. gun ban
A Source New Mexico review of posts on social media by elected officials and other users following the public health order issued in New Mexico on Sept. 8 shows numerous calls for Gov. Michelle Lujan…
Save Billions or Stick With Humira? Drug Brokers Steer Americans to the Costly Choice
Tennessee last year spent $48 million on a single drug, Humira — about $62,000 for each of the 775 patients who were covered by its employee health insurance program and receiving the treatment. So when nine Humira knockoffs,…
With Its Two Doctors Planning to Retire, an Alabama Town Patches Together Health Care Options
LaFAYETTE, Ala. — Charity Hodge had mixed feelings when she spotted a Facebook post announcing that her longtime primary care doctor was ready to retire after decades of serving their rural community.
“I was like, ‘Oh my gosh,…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Injects Presidential Politics Into the Covid Vaccine Debate
As Americans consider whether to take advice from federal health officials and get an updated covid vaccine, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is drumming the message that ignited his national political career: Ignore what the federal…
Objections to Rio Grande SCOTUS settlement could drop in October
The clerk of the Supreme Court granted an extension for parties to submit arguments against a settlement proposal in the decade-long lawsuit over Rio Grande water.
U.S. 8th Circuit Judge Michael Melloy –…
Watch: Thinking Big in Public Health, Inspired by the End of Smallpox
One of humanity’s greatest triumphs is the eradication of smallpox. Many doctors and scientists thought it was impossible to eliminate a disease that had been around for millennia and killed nearly 1 in 3 people infected. Smallpox…
Health Workers Warn Loosening Mask Advice in Hospitals Would Harm Patients and Providers
Nurses, researchers, and workplace safety officers worry new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might reduce protection against the coronavirus and other airborne pathogens in hospitals.
A CDC…
How ethics, finance complaint filed against Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto will proceed
The New Mexico State Ethics Commission is currently looking into a complaint filed last month against Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto that alleges financial and ethical misconduct.
The state agency is not…