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Scientists estimate PFAS concentrations in breast milk and raise the need for more research

A Canada-U.S. research team has estimated concentrations of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in breast milk - and raise the need for more research.

24 Feb 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Contemplating a post-‘Roe’ world

With those on both sides of the abortion debate anticipating that the Supreme Court this year will weaken or overturn Roe v. Wade, which established the right to the procedure, activists are arguing about how best to proceed.

24 Feb 2022

New analysis on intersectionality in cancer care

Intersectionality posits that social categorizations and personal identities are interconnected in a way that creates a unique nuanced lived experience for individuals rather than an additive experience.

24 Feb 2022

Abortion services in England to return to pre-pandemic arrangements

Abortion services will return to pre-pandemic arrangements from August, following the end of temporary measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic which allowed the access of pills for early medical abortion via a teleconsultation and to take both pills at home.

24 Feb 2022

UK funding will support CEPI’s drive to accelerate vaccine development

The UK will pledge £160 million to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to speed up vaccine development, as the Foreign Secretary and Health and Social Care Secretary urge international partners to step up and support this vital work.

24 Feb 2022

Third dose of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine efficiently recalls Omicron-reactive B cell memory

A new study examined how the quantity and quality of antibody and memory B cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 change temporally and with the number of exposures to antigens.

24 Feb 2022

Why pregnant people were left behind while vaccines moved at ‘warp speed’ to help the masses

Kia Slade was seven months pregnant, unvaccinated, and fighting for breath, her oxygen levels plummeting, when her son came into the world last May.

24 Feb 2022

Watch: Seniors share how they’ve made it through the pandemic

Too often the voices of older people are not heard. Judith Graham, KHN’s Navigating Aging columnist, invited nine seniors from across the country to talk candidly about their highs and lows as they enter Year 3 of the pandemic, with lives reordered by risk and restriction.

24 Feb 2022

Covid aid to protect Montana prisons and jails sits unused

Last summer, Montana created a list of more than a dozen upgrades for its state prison facilities to protect inmates and staffers from covid-19 infections, all of which would be paid for with nearly $2.5 million in federal covid relief money.

24 Feb 2022

Research shows the importance of stopping drug use in early adulthood

Young people who use drugs but quit before adulthood are – on average – not harming their future life chances, according to new research which tracked thousands of people over a 16-year period.

23 Feb 2022

Firearms surpass car crashes as the leading cause of premature traumatic deaths in the U.S.

Firearms have overtaken car crashes as the main cause of premature deaths due to trauma in the US since 2017, finds research published online in the journal Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open.

23 Feb 2022

Nearly 1% of all US adults prescribed opioids are also taking various other sedatives

As many as 2.6 million Americans—equivalent to 1 per cent of all US adults —prescribed opioids are also taking various other sedatives, including benzodiazepines plus another type of sedative drug, estimates research published online in the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.

23 Feb 2022

Study suggests a broader approach to decrease the transmission of pathogens

Scientists have extensively studied water and sanitation interventions to decrease the transmission of pathogens and disease prevention.

23 Feb 2022

Study explores the effectiveness of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine against omicron, delta variants

New Kaiser Permanente research published February 21, 2022 in Nature Medicine shows that while Moderna COVID-19 vaccine protection is strong against coronavirus infection by the delta variant, it is not as strong against infection from the omicron variant.

23 Feb 2022

Understanding the immune responses after secondary vaccinations with Pfizer and Moderna vaccines

In a new study, researchers assessed the serological responses to secondary booster doses of Pfizer's Comirnaty and Moderna's Spikevax COVID-19 vaccines.

23 Feb 2022

Targeted by politicians, trans youth struggle with growing fear and mental health concerns

Charlie Apple had experienced people calling into question his humanity, suggesting he was just a confused kid or even a moral aberration. As a transgender teen, he had accepted that his future could include discrimination, verbal abuse, and violence. The sense of peace he said he felt in transitioning physically, however, was worth the risk.

23 Feb 2022

Outcomes of phase 3 clinical trial of CVO PLUS CURATIF capsules for COVID-19 treatment

A phase 3 randomized clinical trial has recently been conducted to investigate the efficacy of a capsule formulation in treating mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients.

23 Feb 2022

Other states keep watchful eye on snags in Washington’s pioneering public-option plan

With prospects dim for the U.S. to adopt a single-payer "Medicare for All" program, health care reform advocates turned instead to an insurance plan designed by the government that could compete with private insurance plans sold on the health care exchanges.

23 Feb 2022

An $80,000 tab for newborns lays out a loophole in the new law to curb surprise bills

When Greg and Sugar Bull were ready to start a family, health challenges necessitated that they work with a gestational surrogate. The woman who carried and gave birth to their twins lived two states away.

23 Feb 2022

$5 million federal grant helps establish innovative community-based behavioral health program at NYU Langone

To address the sharp rise in mental health challenges in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, an innovative community-based behavioral health program is bringing novel peer-to-peer counseling, telehealth, advanced psychiatric care, and early intervention programs for youth and young adults to Southeast Brooklyn.

22 Feb 2022

Healthcare News

Scientists estimate PFAS concentrations in breast milk and raise the need for more research

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Contemplating a post-‘Roe’ world

New analysis on intersectionality in cancer care

Abortion services in England to return to pre-pandemic arrangements

UK funding will support CEPI’s drive to accelerate vaccine development

Third dose of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine efficiently recalls Omicron-reactive B cell memory

Why pregnant people were left behind while vaccines moved at ‘warp speed’ to help the masses

Watch: Seniors share how they’ve made it through the pandemic

Covid aid to protect Montana prisons and jails sits unused

Research shows the importance of stopping drug use in early adulthood

Firearms surpass car crashes as the leading cause of premature traumatic deaths in the U.S.

Nearly 1% of all US adults prescribed opioids are also taking various other sedatives

Study suggests a broader approach to decrease the transmission of pathogens

Study explores the effectiveness of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine against omicron, delta variants

Understanding the immune responses after secondary vaccinations with Pfizer and Moderna vaccines

Targeted by politicians, trans youth struggle with growing fear and mental health concerns

Outcomes of phase 3 clinical trial of CVO PLUS CURATIF capsules for COVID-19 treatment

Other states keep watchful eye on snags in Washington’s pioneering public-option plan

An $80,000 tab for newborns lays out a loophole in the new law to curb surprise bills

$5 million federal grant helps establish innovative community-based behavioral health program at NYU Langone

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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