Will Congress Bring Sky-High Air Ambulance Bills Down To Earth? Jackie Fortier An investigation by Kaiser Health News and NPR found that the cost of getting medivac helicopter rides range from $28,000 to $97,000. Unlike most markets, increased competition has…
According to a survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the percentage of smokers over 18 for January-September 2017 was 14.1%–the lowest it’s ever been. In recent decades, smoking cigarettes has become less popular than alternatives like electronic cigarettes, which…
Imagine walking a mile or so home from the bus stop with your hands full of groceries. Imagine walking a mile or so to the bus stop when you are ill so that you can go to the doctor. This…
Globally, losing the fight against cancer and other chronic diseases Susan Scutti New analysis shows that more than half of the countries making up the United Nations will fail to reduce premature deaths from cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease,…
Hurricane Florence has created havoc in North Carolina, wreaking damage on homes, flooding whole towns, dismantling beaches and businesses, and killing at least thirty people. Yet as the floodwaters begin to recede, they are revealing the watermarks of a phenomenon…
Imagine a bank that accepts not money, but human saliva. This is a biobank– a type of biorepository or ‘library’ that collects and stores human biological samples and their associated data for use in current or future research. Biobanks can…
Editor's Note: This is the third three blogs introducing new News Team members. The first one can be found here and the second one can be found here. My name is Kaia Ordal, and I am a new member of…
​New Medicare Advantage Tool To Control Drug Prices Could Narrow Choices Susan Jaffe New restrictions under the Medicare Advantage plans could require patients to try low-priced drugs before high-priced ones. Medicare Advantage plans, which are run under private companies approved…
Editor's Note: Over the next week, we will be introducing our new News Team members through posts about recent experiences in health. Today is the first of three. So, this has been one of the best summers of my life.…
Maternal mortality, or death that occurs during pregnancy or shortly after, is used by the World Health Organization as an indicator of how healthy one country is compared to others. A common misconception is that maternal mortality is a public health…