Category: Health Care
Here’s how those looking to ‘age in place’ can fund home health-care services
Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty Images Some 70% of people want to age at home, yet only 10% have…
Not all health care lies are created equal | Letters
David Lipton, who wrote the recent letter “Remember Obama’s health care lie,” apparently has forgotten the GOP’s terrifying whopper about…
St. Paul health care workers create PPE for Muslim women
When health care workers Yasmin Samatar and Faraoli Adam were on the frontlines of the pandemic, they struggled to find…
COVID-19, RSV and the flu are straining health care systems – two epidemiologists explain what the ‘triple threat’ means for children
AP — Every fall and winter, viral respiratory illnesses like the common cold and seasonal flu keep kids out of…
Medical school students teach science class, mentor Jack Yates students who want to work in health care
As a chemistry teacher at Sharpstown High School, Nabeel Ahmad noticed that some students were taken with the material, and…
Virtual reality apps focus on mental health care, but effectiveness is unstudied
After his father died of Covid last fall, Donkan Martinez was overwhelmed by grief and turned to an unlikely outlet:…
Rural Texas impacted by access to health care
Mental health and Medicaid expansion should be on the table when the Texas Legislature meets in January. Four health care…
What medical mysteries can teach us about getting better health care
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Health care workers and emergency responders on the job find their own way to celebrate Thanksgiving
SAVAGE, Minn. – Renee Rosenberg is on the road this Thanksgiving, but not on the way to a family gathering….
Health Care — Georgia court reinstates six-week abortion ban
It was a mixed day for abortion rights advocates. We’ll look at the details. Plus: Why the COVID-19 pandemic saw…
