Health & Safety

The health care impact of Haiti's violence

5:15pm March 16, 2024

by Ari Daniel

The constant state of crisis in Haiti is taking a toll on health care facilities in the country. Some doctors and staff are no longer showing up at hospitals for fear of being kidnapped.

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New study raises questions about the CDC's data on the maternal mortality rate

8:03am March 16, 2024

A new study raises doubts about the high rate of maternal mortality in the U.S. that was officially reported.

(From left to right) Portrait of Nicole Brownstein, Bernie Wagenblast, and Patrick Buenaventura at Wagenblast's home in Cranford, NJ, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024.

Transitioning later in life can feel isolating. One social group wants to change that

5:01am March 16, 2024

by Margaret Cirino

Social spaces for trans folks tend to be youth-oriented. Transitioning for those over 50 can bring unique challenges. One New Jersey support group offers community and a path forward.

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Bridget Barton drove back to Kansas City, Mo., the day after the parade to turn in the bullet she found in her backpack to police and to give a statement. She was mobbed by media that had assembled for a news conference at the same location â interviews she says are now a blur.

They were injured at the Super Bowl parade. A month later, they feel forgotten

5:58pm March 15, 2024

A Kansas family remembers Valentine's Day as the start of panic attacks, life-altering trauma and waking to nightmares of gunfire. They wonder how they'll recover from the Kansas City parade shooting.

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This hospital in Port-au-Prince was damaged during an armed attack in November. With the current unrest in Haiti, health-care facilities are at even greater risk as are staff and patients.

Health & Safety

'This is not a time to get sick,' says a doctor in Haiti on the health-care crisis

3:42pm March 15, 2024

by Ari Daniel

The unrest has dealt a devastating blow to health care. Staff face the possibility of attack and abduction. Patients could lose their lives en route — or in a hospital where services are curtailed.

An Alzheimer's patient receives a lecanemab infusion treatment.

Health & Safety

'The beginning of better ways to treat Alzheimer’s disease' comes to the Triad

3:34pm March 15, 2024

by David Ford

On Thursday, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist became the first health system in the region to treat an Alzheimer's disease patient with the new medication lecanemab, according to the Winston-Salem-based health system.

Vice President Harris speaks at a roundtable on marijuana reform that included rapper Fat Joe and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.

Flanked by Fat Joe, Harris urges DEA to 'get to it' on its marijuana review

3:32pm March 15, 2024

by Tamara Keith

Vice President Harris framed marijuana reform as a racial justice issue. It's also something that polls well with young voters.

What is the breast cancer calculator actor Olivia Munn suggested after her mastectomy?

12:44pm March 15, 2024

by The Associated Press

The questionnaire on the National Cancer Institute's website estimates lifetime risk and five-year risk based on factors known to increase the likelihood of a woman developing breast cancer.

Sandra Johnson was responding well to an injectable drug to treat her persistent asthma, but then her insurance company stopped allowing her to get it in a process called "prior authorization."

Her insurer stopped approving her medicine that worked. Will a new state law help?

9:00am March 15, 2024

by Alan Yu

When a law passed this January takes effect next year, health insurance companies will have three days — or sometimes 24 hours — to decide on prior authorization.

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2 friends in Alaska discuss losing so many people to suicide

7:45am March 15, 2024

Qaiyaan Harcharek and Don Rearden grew up in small towns, and both have experienced much tragedy. (If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.)

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