Category: Public Health

Lose 1 million pounds in 3 years: Methodist Le Bonheur's audacious public health goal

When Michael Ugwueke, DHA, FACHE, president and CEO of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, realized his community of Memphis was ranked as the second heaviest city in the U.S., he decided to take action.

Breaking down weight management: insights from a bariatric expert [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Maria Iliakova, a bariatric and general surgeon. In this episode, we’ll explore essential topics in weight management and bariatric surgery. Discover effective ways to start conv…

KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: 2023 Is a Wrap

2023 was another busy year in health care. As the covid-19 pandemic waned, policymakers looked anew at long-standing obstacles to obtaining and paying for care in the nation’s health care system. Meanwhile, abortion has continued to be an issue in much of the nation, as states respond to the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning the constitutional right to the procedure. This week, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and wrap up the year in health. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Jordan Rau about his joint KFF Health News-New York Times series “Dying Broke.”

10 states where COVID admissions are highest, rising fastest

New COVID-19 admissions continue to increase in the U.S., with 23,432 reported for the week ending Dec. 9. 

Inside the Pentagon’s Painfully Slow Effort to Clean Up Decades of PFAS Contamination

Cost estimates balloon and complications mount as the Defense Department grapples with PFAS pollution at hundreds of its bases and surrounding communities.

The Year in Opioid Settlements: 5 Things You Need to Know

In the past year, opioid settlement money has gone from an emerging funding stream for which people had lofty but uncertain aspirations to a coveted pot of billions being invested in remediation efforts. Here are some important and evolving factors to watch going forward.

Pressure to attend gatherings leading to overuse of cold medicines

With the days of social distancing mostly behind us, increasing pressure and anticipation to get back to gatherings, show up in person for work and more are leading Americans to overuse cold and allergy medicines to mask symptoms from regular colds to …

'Tripledemic' risk spurs renewed capacity crisis concerns

Reports of hospitals operating over capacity are creeping up — a situation that could become more widespread over the next few weeks if COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus levels continue to rise, the CDC recently warned. 

‘I Am Just Waiting to Die’: Social Security Clawbacks Drive Some Into Homelessness

The Social Security Administration is reclaiming billions of dollars in alleged overpayments from some of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable, leaving some people homeless or struggling to stay in housing, beneficiaries and advocates say.

COVID admissions jump 51% in 4 weeks: 5 hospital trends to know

Respiratory virus season is well underway, and with holiday travel plans approaching, the CDC said it anticipates millions of people to get sick over the next two months, particularly as vaccination rates remain low.