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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

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

Pain in the back or the neck is extremely common and accounts for more healthcare spending than any other health condition.

23 Dec 2022

U.S. counties with more evictions have higher mortality rates, study finds

Mortality rates are higher in U.S. counties where eviction rates are also elevated, and this trend is strongest in areas with higher proportions of Black residents and women, UT Southwestern researchers found.

22 Dec 2022

Inflation Reduction Act provides a roadmap for mitigating climate change and improving public health

In August President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant measure ever adopted by the U.S. Congress to combat climate change.

22 Dec 2022

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

When April Roby-Bell joined the Gangster Disciples in middle school, the street gang treated her like family when she felt abandoned by her own. She was looking for love, acceptance, and stability.

22 Dec 2022

Study provides valuable knowledge about physical fitness disparities among demographic groups

Sedentary behavior, a large waist circumference, and advanced age: These factors are clearly associated with inferior physical fitness among people aged 50 to 64.

22 Dec 2022

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

Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House covid-19 response coordinator, is the guest for a wide-ranging interview on this week's "What the Health?" podcast.

22 Dec 2022

Adults could achieve physical activity targets by walking “Teabag style” for a few minutes each day

Adults could achieve global physical activity targets by walking inefficiently for just a few minutes each day, finds a study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.

22 Dec 2022

Elite male football players who played in the 1960s and later have lower risk of alcohol disorders

Elite male football players have a lower risk of alcohol and drug related disorders than men from the general population, but this protective effect was seen only for those who first played in the 1960s and later, not for players from earlier eras, finds a study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.

22 Dec 2022

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

In October, Yibran Ramirez-Cecena didn't alert the staff at Stewart Detention Center to his cough and runny nose.

22 Dec 2022

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

Health coverage generally does not cover dental work. But Susan Rice of Atlanta should have been the exception: She was hit by a speeding car, causing extensive damage to her own “grill.”

22 Dec 2022

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

A group of emergency physicians and consumer advocates in multiple states are pushing for stiffer enforcement of decades-old statutes that prohibit the ownership of medical practices by corporations not owned by licensed doctors.

22 Dec 2022

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

In the final days of 2020, the U.S. health insurer Centene made a swift incursion into Britain's prized National Health Service, one of the world's largest employers.

22 Dec 2022

UK government strikes a deal with Moderna to boost mRNA research and development

Patients in the UK will be protected against potential future global health threats, including potential pandemics, thanks to a deal struck between the government and Moderna.

22 Dec 2022

Analysis highlights substantial cost savings by reducing sedation for pediatric brain MRI examinations

Findings from an accepted manuscript published in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology have highlighted potentially substantial cost savings by reducing the use of sedation for pediatric brain MRI examinations.

21 Dec 2022

Dutch study shows the effectiveness of COVID vaccination in reducing hospitalizations

The study, which is currently available in the medRxiv* preprint server, reveals that the COVID-19 vaccination has prevented a large number of hospitalizations during the pandemic.

21 Dec 2022

Migrant and nonmigrant women report gaps in overall quality of maternal and newborn care

A recent study examines how obstetric healthcare services differed between women considered to be natives of Europe as compared to migrants.

21 Dec 2022

Black patients do not have the same level of access to new, safer heart procedures as white people

Traditional heart surgery, which involves fully opening the chest and cutting through the breastbone, comes with a high risk of complications and a long recovery time.

21 Dec 2022

Brazilian model for COVID-19 vaccination reduced severe case and mortality even from variants

A study conducted in Serrana, a small town in São Paulo state used as a model for COVID-19 vaccination in Brazil, shows that mass vaccination reduced the severe case and death rates even while the gamma and delta variants were circulating.

21 Dec 2022

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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

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

U.S. counties with more evictions have higher mortality rates, study finds

Inflation Reduction Act provides a roadmap for mitigating climate change and improving public health

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

Adults could achieve physical activity targets by walking “Teabag style” for a few minutes each day

Elite male football players who played in the 1960s and later have lower risk of alcohol disorders

‘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

UK government strikes a deal with Moderna to boost mRNA research and development

Analysis highlights substantial cost savings by reducing sedation for pediatric brain MRI examinations

Dutch study shows the effectiveness of COVID vaccination in reducing hospitalizations

Migrant and nonmigrant women report gaps in overall quality of maternal and newborn care

Black patients do not have the same level of access to new, safer heart procedures as white people

Brazilian model for COVID-19 vaccination reduced severe case and mortality even from variants

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Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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