SANDY, Utah — Just outside Salt Lake City sits an old, two-story, brick hotel. It’s been given new life as a homeless shelter for seniors. The Medically Vulnerable People shelter — or MVP shelter, as it’s known — is for people 62 and older or for younger adults with chronic health issues. Residents share rooms…
NEW ORLEANS — Elyse Stevens had a reputation for taking on complex medical cases. People who’d been battling addiction for decades. Chronic-pain patients on high doses of opioids. Sex workers and people living on the street. “Many of my patients are messy, the ones that don’t know if they want to stop using drugs or…
By KIM BELLARD I’m an innovation junkie, the further out there the better, but every so often it’s good to be reminded that just because a company has been around for a while, innovation is still possible. Two examples: LEGO® and Kodak. Let’s start with LEGO. If you are around any small children – and…
The federal government has drastically scaled back the number of recommended childhood immunizations, sidelining six routine vaccines that have safeguarded millions from serious diseases, long-term disability, and death. Just three of the six immunizations the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it will no longer routinely recommend — against hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and…
Cuando Matthew Hurley quiso empezar a tomar PrEP para prevenir el VIH, el médico no conocía el medicamento, y cuando finalmente se lo recetó, las facturas que le enviaron eran caras… y erróneas. “Decidí escribirles porque el proceso fue realmente muy frustrante”. En un momento dado, se preguntó: “¿Debería simplemente dejar de tomar este medicamento…
ALEXANDER, Carolina del Norte — Aubreigh Osborne tiene una nueva amiga. Vestida de azul y con un gran moño en sus rizos rubios, la niña de 3 años se sentó en el regazo de su madre pronunciando con cuidado el nombre de una compañerita de clase después de escuchar las palabras “mejor amiga”. Hace apenas…
Year after year, Mary Bucklew strategized with a nurse practitioner about losing weight. “We tried exercise,” like walking 35 minutes a day, she recalled. “And 39,000 different diets.” But 5 pounds would come off and then invariably reappear, said Bucklew, 75, a public transit retiree in Ocean View, Delaware. Nothing seemed to make much difference…
In 2013, before the Affordable Care Act helped millions get health insurance, California’s Placer County provided limited health care to some 3,400 uninsured residents who couldn’t afford to see a doctor. For several years, that number has been zero in the predominantly white, largely rural county stretching from Sacramento’s eastern suburbs to the shores of…
As we start off 2026, I wanted to quickly look back at the research that I published in peer-reviewed journals last year. Here’s the list: Shafrin J, Jadhav K, Warren C, Quddus S, Zawadzki N, Yang D, Damon A, Spurrier K, Batt K, Wei D. Chronic myeloid leukemia treatment intolerance imposes additional resource and economic…
ORANGE, California — Una mañana reciente, Carmen Basu, abrigada con una chaqueta roja y una bufanda de lana, se paró frente a la sede del plan de salud local, luego de recoger alimentos gratuitos. Había traído a su esposo, a su hijo adolescente y a su suegra de 79 años para que la ayudaran. Tomaron…