COLUSA, Calif. — Early on, Jean Franklin got some career advice she followed religiously: “Pay yourself first.” So she did, socking away hundreds of thousands of dollars in retirement savings by the time she became a stay-at-home mom at age 41. She and her husband, Charles, a former high school teacher who goes by Chaz,…
Last month, Justin and Amy Miller packed their vehicles with three kids, two dogs, a pet bearded dragon, and whatever belongings they could fit, then drove 2,000 miles from Wisconsin to British Columbia to leave President Donald Trump’s America. The Millers resettled on Vancouver Island, their scenic refuge accessible only by ferry or plane. Justin…
By GEORGE BEAUREGARD From 2018 to 2022, I served as a physician executive in a large health system on Long Island. During that period, I became acquainted with the Provost and Executive VP of the New York Institute of Technology. One of the university’s divisions is the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM), one…
VaxImpactMap is an interesting online tool that quantifies the health and economic costs of declining childhood vaccination. The tool was developed by Mahmud Sheku, Connor Van Meter, Robert Bednarczyk, and Ben Lopman at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. The tool focuses on changes these outcomes for three vaccine preventable diseases: Rotavirus, Pertussis (Whooping…
Fernando Viera Reyes needed a biopsy for possible prostate cancer when the Trump administration sent him to an immigration detention center in California’s Mojave Desert. There, he waited. Reyes, now 51, made repeated requests for the procedure, according to a lawsuit filed in November against the federal government, but months went by even though there…
Fernando Viera Reyes necesitaba una biopsia por un posible cáncer de próstata cuando el gobierno de Trump lo envió a un centro de detención de inmigrantes en el desierto de Mojave, en California. Allí, esperó. Reyes, ahora de 51 años, solicitó reiteradas veces el procedimiento, según una demanda presentada en noviembre contra el gobierno federal,…
By MIKE MAGEE In 1872, English mathematician and sometimes poet, Augustus de Morgan, wrote this catching rhyme: “Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite ‘em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.” This truism about competition among species for access to nutrition and reproduction could have come in handy to…
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — At around 2 a.m., 7-year-old twin brothers arrived at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Both had a fever, a cough, a rash, pink eye, and cold symptoms. The boys sat in one waiting room and then another. Two hours and 20 minutes passed before the two were isolated, according to Centers for Medicare…
It turns out the answer is Medicare Advantage plans according to a KFF analysis released today. However the reason why Medicare Advantage is more profitable may not be obvious: At the end of 2024, gross margins per enrollee ranged from $608 in the Medicaid managed care market to $1,655 in the Medicare Advantage market. Gross…
Después de un año agotador de quimioterapia, cirugía y radiación para tratar un cáncer de mama, Sadia Zapp se sentía ansiosa. No era la inquietud manejable que había sido parte de su vida durante años, sino algo más profundo y difícil de ignorar. Dijo que “cada pequeña molestia, como un dolor de rodilla, le hacía…