A cadre of Johns Hopkins nurses are adapting a model for primary care that’s been successful in Costa Rica. They will visit every household in a Baltimore community to assess health care and social needs at least once a year.
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How to reduce health care’s climate impact? Increase telehealth
A new study finds telehealth for cancer treatment could make a big difference in reducing carbon footprint of health care. Health care generated 8.5% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and there’s a growing effort in medicine to find ways to reduce this impact.
Fat Joe wants hospital price transparency. Here’s how he’s fighting for it in D.C.
The Bronx-born rapper sits with A Martínez to discuss how he advocates for price transparency and what he wants politicians in D.C. to do about it.
Rural U.S. health care is in a crisis. We went to a Georgia town to see how people there experience it
NPR’s A Martínez visits Georgia to see the problems some Americans have accessing healthcare and to hear from providers about what they need to fix it.
Rural U.S. health care is in a crisis. We went to a Georgia town to see how people there experience it
NPR’s A Martínez visits Georgia to see the problems some Americans have accessing healthcare and to hear from providers about what they need to fix it.
Abortion bans that grant exceptions to ‘save the life of the mother’ are a gray area
Florida recently issued new guidance on when an abortion can be performed, but providers say it has caused even more confusion.
The abortion debate is headed to the ballot box. Here’s where voters will decide
From Florida to Arizona, reproductive rights supporters seek to add abortion access to state constitutions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022.
How the Ascension cyberattack is disrupting care at hospitals
With IT systems down, staff at Ascension have returned to manual processes they left behind 20 years ago. It’s the latest in a string of attacks on health care systems that house private patient data.
6 key facts about abortion laws and the 2024 election
State laws on abortion keep changing – with new bans taking effect in some places while new protections are enacted in others. And abortion will be on the ballot in at least four states.
Biden accuses Trump of ‘coming for your health care’ in new campaign ad
The TV ad leans on the Affordable Care Act’s popularity among independent voters and alludes to Biden’s edge over Trump on health issues.
