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Hospitals Confront Climate Change as Patients Sick From Floods and Fires Crowd ERs
When triple-digit temperatures hit the Pacific Northwest this summer, the emergency room at Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center was ill prepared.
Read MoreBiosimilar Drugs Are Cheaper Than Biologics. Are They Similar Enough to Switch?
It took years for Elle Moxley to get a diagnosis that explained her crippling gastrointestinal pain, digestion problems, fatigue, and
Read MoreAt an Overrun ICU, ‘the Problem Is We Are Running Out of Hallways’
BILLINGS, Mont. — Nurses fill the hospital room to turn a patient from his stomach to his back. The ventilator
Read MoreCongress Cites KHN Investigation in Probe of National Academies
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is requesting a ream of documents from the prestigious National Academies of Sciences,
Read MoreCovid-Overwhelmed Hospitals Postpone Cancer Care and Other Treatment
It’s a bad time to get sick in Oregon. That’s the message from some doctors, as hospitals fill up with
Read MoreKHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Much Ado About Drug Prices
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Read MoreUnder Pressure, Montana Hospital Considers Adding Psych Beds Amid a Shortage
Gary Popiel had to drive more than 200 miles round trip to visit his adult daughters in separate behavioral health
Read MoreJournalists Explain Ramifications of Theranos Trial and Texas’ New Abortion Law
KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal discussed health tech and the start of the fraud trial of Elizabeth Holmes, who founded the
Read MoreFlorida Spine Surgeon and Device Company Owner Charged in Kickback Scheme
A Florida orthopedic surgeon and designer of costly spinal surgery implants was arrested Tuesday and charged with paying millions of
Read MoreLack of a Vaccine Mandate Becomes Competitive Advantage in Hospital Staffing Wars
In the rural northeastern corner of Missouri, Scotland County Hospital has been so low on staff that it sometimes had
Read MoreJaw Surgery Takes a $27,119 Bite out of One Man’s Budget
For years, Ely Bair dealt with migraine headaches, jaw pain and high blood pressure, until a dentist recommended surgery to
Read MoreKHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Vaccine Approval Moves the Needle on Covid
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Read MoreMicrobiome Startups Promise to Improve Your Gut Health, but Is the Science Solid?
After Russell Jordan sent a stool sample through the mail to the microbiome company Viome, his idea of what he
Read More‘An Arm and a Leg’: Meet the Mississippi Lawyer Who Helped Start the Fight for Charity Care
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, famous for taking on Big Tobacco in the ’90s
Read MoreMission and Money Clash in Nonprofit Hospitals’ Venture Capital Ambitions
Cone Health, a small not-for-profit health care network in North Carolina, spent several years developing a smartphone-based system called Wellsmith
Read MoreKHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Booster Time
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Read MoreApple Aims to Push More Patient Data to Doctors. But Who Can Gauge Its Impact on Health?
Soon, Apple announced recently, it will enable doctors to monitor health data from their patients’ phones and watches between visits,
Read MoreSurgeons Cash In on Stakes in Private Medical Device Companies
Several orthopedic surgeons who invested in Renovis Surgical Technologies made big money when a Japanese technology giant snatched up the
Read MoreInjuries Mount as Sales Reps for Device Makers Cozy Up to Surgeons, Even in Operating Rooms
Cristina Martinez’s spinal operation in Houston was expected to be routine. But after destabilizing her spine, the surgeon discovered the
Read MoreHard Lessons From a City That Tried to Privatize Public Health
If you were growing up in Detroit in the 1970s or ’80s, chances are you knew the city’s Herman Kiefer
Read MoreProvidence-KP Team Up to Attract Patients in California’s Growing High Desert Region
A plan by Providence and Kaiser Permanente to build a new medical center in the High Desert region of California
Read MoreA Health Care Giant Sold Off Dozens of Hospitals — But Continued Suing Patients
Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon doesn’t exist anymore as a hospital. But it still sued Hope Cantwell. A knock came on the door
Read MoreAt Urgent Care, He Got 5 Stitches and a Big Surprise: A Plastic Surgeon’s Bill for $1,040
It was a Sunday morning in late November when Bryan Keller hopped on a bike for a routine ride to
Read More12,000 Square Miles Without Obstetrics? It’s a Possibility in West Texas
The message from Big Bend Regional Medical Center was stark: The only hospital in a sparsely populated region of far
Read MoreFacing Recall, Newsom Draws Support from Health Care Allies
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Californians upset with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pandemic rules — which shuttered businesses, kept schoolkids at home and
Read MoreDiabetes Drug’s New Weight Loss Formula Fuels Cost-Benefit Debate
The long list of side effects that follow ads for the newer expensive drugs to treat Type 2 diabetes sometimes
Read MorePfizer Court Fight Could Legalize Medicare Copays and Unleash ‘Gold Rush’ in Sales
Three years ago, pharma giant Pfizer paid $24 million to settle federal allegations that it was paying kickbacks and inflating
Read MoreHow a Doctor Breaks Norms to Treat Refugees and Recent Immigrants
AURORA, Colo. — Fatumo Osman, a 65-year-old Somali refugee who speaks limited English, was in a bind. She made too
Read MoreThe Pandemic Made Telemedicine an Instant Hit. Patients and Providers Feel the Growing Pains.
Crystal Joseph pays for two telemedicine video services to ensure that her small therapy practice in Silver Spring, Maryland, can
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