Category: Public Health

California Prisons Are COVID Hotbeds Despite Billions Spent On Inmate Health

By Dan Morain in COVID-19, Kaiser Health News, Prison Health Care, Public Health
June 29, 2020

At $3.6 billion a year, California spends more on prison health care than other states spend to run their entire prison systems. But despite the spending, and federal court oversight, prisons across California are struggling to contain deadly outbreaks of COVID-19.

In Arizona Race, McSally Makes Health Care Pledge At Odds With Track Record

By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News in Kaiser Health News, KHN & PolitiFact HealthCheck, obamacare plans, Preexisting Conditions, Public Health
June 29, 2020

The use of the word “always” makes this claim a stretch.

Conflicting COVID Messages Create Cloud Of Confusion Around Public Health And Prevention

By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News in CDC, COVID-19, fda, Kaiser Health News, Public Health, Trump Administration
June 29, 2020

The pandemic has been marked by a significant amount of misinformation — some spread on purpose — that could prove deadly.

What’s to blame for the obesity epidemic? [PODCAST]

By The Podcast by KevinMD in KevinMD, Obesity
June 28, 2020

“Obesity is a topic that literally hits home for me. For the past two years, the website WalletHub has voted the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX metroplex as the ‘fattest city in America.’ As a health care provider, this is deeply distu…