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Study reveals long-term health and disability following COVID-19 infection

A new study in BMC Public Health aimed to analyze long-term health and disability among public employees following mild COVID-19 infection.

28 Dec 2022

Health care is growing less affordable for U.S. adults with employer-sponsored health insurance, analysis finds

Health care is growing less affordable for U.S. adults - particularly women - with employer-sponsored health insurance, according to an analysis by researchers at the NYU School of Global Public Health published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

27 Dec 2022

Study investigates the economic effects of labor unionization among the US health care workforce

Unionized health care workers earned better pay and received better non-cash benefits, with little difference in their work hours when compared to non-unionized workers, according to a new study, "Trends in Labor Unionization Among US Health Care Workers, 2009-2021", published on December 27, 2022 in JAMA.

27 Dec 2022

Researchers discover a protein linked with the onset of anthracycline-associated cardiac toxicity

Anthracyclines are a class of chemotherapies effective in treating many forms of cancer, including leukemias, lymphomas and breast cancer.

27 Dec 2022

Seasonal cooks’ secret sauce: Heaping nutrition and cultural zest

Oldways Ambassadors Brenda Atchison and Glorya Fernandez walked a KHN reporter through two cooking demonstrations to showcase modern takes on cultural classics — like a cold black-eyed pea salad just in time for the new year, and a garlicky dill mojo sauce served over spinach salad.

23 Dec 2022

KHN-NPR’s ‘Bill of the Month’ at 5: A treasury of solutions for confounding medical bills

In 2022, readers shared more than 1,000 personal stories of medical billing problems, contributing one patient at a time to an ongoing portrait of the rippling financial consequences of becoming sick or injured in the United States.

23 Dec 2022

Most preventive care visits for reproductive-age women happened with OB/GYNs, study shows

While preventive health care is usually associated with primary care providers, a majority of office visits for preventive services among reproductive-age women happened with obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs), a University of Massachusetts Amherst study shows.

23 Dec 2022

Molnupiravir does not reduce hospitalization or deaths in vaccinated adults with COVID-19, but improves recovery

Molnupiravir (taken as an 800mg dose twice daily for five days) does not reduce hospital admissions or deaths in vaccinated adults with COVID-19 infection who are at higher risk of mortality, according to the results of a randomised controlled trial, published in The Lancet journal.

23 Dec 2022

Health Care News and Research

Study reveals long-term health and disability following COVID-19 infection

Health care is growing less affordable for U.S. adults with employer-sponsored health insurance, analysis finds

Study investigates the economic effects of labor unionization among the US health care workforce

Researchers discover a protein linked with the onset of anthracycline-associated cardiac toxicity

Seasonal cooks’ secret sauce: Heaping nutrition and cultural zest

KHN-NPR’s ‘Bill of the Month’ at 5: A treasury of solutions for confounding medical bills

Most preventive care visits for reproductive-age women happened with OB/GYNs, study shows

Molnupiravir does not reduce hospitalization or deaths in vaccinated adults with COVID-19, but improves recovery

Study compares two non-invasive interventions for spine pain on disability and health care spending

Survivors of gangs and gun violence, these women now help others navigate grief

Study provides valuable knowledge about physical fitness disparities among demographic groups

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The covid response coordinator speaks

‘Caged … for no fault of your own’: Detainees dread covid while awaiting immigration hearings

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Getting insurance to pay for oral surgery is like pulling teeth

ER doctors call private equity staffing practices illegal and seek to ban them

Centene, under siege in America, moved into Britain’s National Health Service

Study: Long COVID has four major subtypes defined by different clusters of symptoms

WHO releases a global strategy for infection prevention and control at the 75th World Health Assembly

Study explores cellular alterations in six distinct neurodegenerative diseases

OMC-New Orleans wins The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for Palliative Care Certification

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

Single-cell proteomics: Revealing proteome diversity from cellular heterogeneity to non-canonical biology

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