Sam Whitehead

States鈥 Efforts To Alter Arcane Hospital Rules Mix Politics With Drama

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Georgia is one of dozens of states that require health-care facilities to ask for permission to build or expand by obtaining 鈥渃ertificates of need.鈥 Basically, state regulators get to decide whether a town needs a new hospital or long-term care center. If the need is deemed real, they鈥檙e granted a 鈥淐ON.鈥 The intent of the […]

The Court Case That Could Upend Access To Free Birth Control

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A lawsuit winding its way through the courts could undermine the power of federal agencies to mandate the services health insurance providers must cover. And that could threaten access to free birth control for millions of Americans. The case is called Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra, and it was brought by plaintiffs looking to strike […]

Federal Budget Constraints May Hurt Older Americans With HIV

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Researchers say that by the end of the decade, 70 percent of people in the United States living with HIV will be older than 50. Thanks to advances in medicine, the diagnosis is no longer a death sentence. 鈥淚鈥檝e been fortunate to take care of some people with HIV for over 30 years,鈥 said Melanie Thompson, a physician […]

Toxic Gas That Sterilizes Medical Devices Prompts Safety Rule Update

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The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening regulation of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic gas used to sterilize medical devices. The agency is trying to balance the interests of the health care industry supply chain with those of communities where the gas creates airborne health risks.

Mental Health Courts Can Struggle to Fulfill Decades-Old Promise

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Mental health courts have been touted as a means to help reduce the flow of people with mental illness into jails and prisons. But the specialized diversion programs can struggle to live up to that promise, and some say they鈥檙e a bad investment.

PrEP, a Key HIV Prevention Tool, Isn鈥檛 Reaching Black Women

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New HIV infections occur disproportionately among Black women, but exclusionary marketing, fewer treatment options, and provider wariness have limited uptake of preexposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, drugs, which reduce the risk of contracting the virus.

The CDC Works to Overhaul Lab Operations After Covid Test Flop

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In early 2020, U.S. public health labs received covid-19 tests from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that were flawed, as a result of poor design and contamination. Now the CDC is overhauling its lab operations, but efforts to be better prepared for future threats won鈥檛 be easy, observers say.

As Federal Emergency Declaration Expires, the Picture of the Pandemic Grows Fuzzier

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The pandemic gave federal officials expanded power to access crucial data about the spread of covid-19, but that authority will change when the public health emergency sunsets in May. That, along with the end of popular covid trackers, will make it harder for policymakers and the public to keep an eye on covid and other threats.