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Durante la presidencia de Joe Biden, la inscripción en Medicaid alcanzó un nivel récord y la tasa de personas sin seguro médico llegó a su nivel histórico más bajo. Pero se espera que el regreso de Donald Trump a la Casa Blanca, junto con un Senado y una Cámara de Representantes controlados por republicanos, cambie…

Una de las tareas del oncólogo es preparar a los pacientes con cáncer para tomar decisiones difíciles cuando se acerca el final. Sin embargo, no siempre se acuerdan de hacerlo. En el sistema de salud de la Universidad de Pennsylvania (Penn Medicine), un algoritmo de inteligencia artificial (IA) que predice las probabilidades de muerte de…

Throughout her childhood, Julia Lo Cascio dreamed of becoming a pediatrician. So, when applying to medical school, she was thrilled to discover a new, small school founded specifically to train primary care doctors: NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine. Now in her final year at the Mineola, New York, school, Lo Cascio remains committed…

Under President Joe Biden, enrollment in Medicaid hit a record high and the uninsured rate reached a record low. Donald Trump’s return to the White House — along with a GOP-controlled Senate and House of Representatives — is expected to change that. Republicans in Washington say they plan to use funding cuts and regulatory changes…

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed the Department of Health and Human Services, the federal workforce, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on WAMU’s “1A” on Jan. 8. Click here to hear Rovner on “1A” KFF Health News video producer and visual reporter Hannah Norman discussed PFAS contamination in well water on KVPR’s…

Los incendios forestales que se propagan rápidamente y han transformado gran parte del condado de Los Ángeles en un infierno en llamas no solo están alterando las vidas de decenas de miles de residentes y dueños de negocios. También están poniendo a prueba a los hospitales, clínicas de salud, socorristas y hogares de adultos mayores…

By MIKE MAGEE For those many, many millions of viewers who tuned in to the live coverage of former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral this week, they were rewarded with two hours of intriguing video images, and moving words and song, including a recounting of the beginnings of environmental advocacy as Los Angeles burns, and John…

The rapidly spreading wildfires that have transformed much of Los Angeles County into a raging hellscape are not only upending the lives of tens of thousands of residents and business owners, but also stressing the region’s hospitals, health clinics, first responders, and nursing homes. At least one medical clinic burned down. Senior patients were evacuated…

Preparing cancer patients for difficult decisions is an oncologist’s job. They don’t always remember to do it, however. At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged to talk about a patient’s treatment and end-of-life preferences by an artificially intelligent algorithm that predicts the chances of death. But it’s far from being a set-it-and-forget-it…