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We unmask the winner and runners-up in KHN鈥檚 fourth annual Halloween haiku competition 鈥 plus the original artwork they inspired as a special treat.
In Nevada, local health officials are assessing the threat of monkeypox, but their response may be hampered by historically limited public health infrastructure worn thin by the covid-19 pandemic.
Congress has once again decided not to decide how to fund the federal government in time for the start of the fiscal year, racing toward a midnight Sept. 30 deadline to pass a stopgap bill that would keep the lights on for two more months. However, it does appear the FDA鈥檚 program that gets drugmakers to help fund some of the agency鈥檚 review staff will be renewed in time to stop pink slips from being sent. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Victoria Knight of Axios join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss these topics and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews filmmaker Cynthia Lowen, whose new documentary, 鈥淏attleground,鈥 explores how anti-abortion forces played the long game to overturn Roe v. Wade.
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
The gay community is disproportionally affected by the monkeypox outbreak, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says public health efforts should prioritize gay and bisexual men. But in the South, some LGBTQ+ advocates fear that this is not happening consistently. They say they are having to take matters into their own hands in the absence of a coordinated response from state governments.
Los Angeles County is getting 60% fewer doses of monkeypox vaccine than officials expected, after the FDA said every vial could be split into five shots.
Las mismas t茅cnicas de vigilancia de aguas residuales para detectar brotes de covid-19 se est谩n adaptando para monitorear la alarmante propagaci贸n de la viruela del simio.
Wastewater testing has proved a reliable early alarm bell for covid outbreaks. U.S. researchers are now adapting the approach to track the explosive spread of monkeypox.
In the first official test vote since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters in Kansas鈥 primary said in no uncertain terms they want to keep a right to abortion in their state constitution. Meanwhile, the Senate is still working to reach a vote before summer recess on its health care-climate-tax measure, but progress is slow. Tami Luhby of CNN, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHN鈥檚 Bram Sable-Smith, who wrote the latest KHN-NPR 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 installment about a very expensive ambulance trip.
Las personas que pueden estar infectadas se enfrentan a callejones sin salida, retrasos, diagn贸sticos incorrectos y tratamientos inadecuados mientras navegan por un sistema de atenci贸n de salud poco preparado y mal informado.
A Bay Area man described himself as 鈥渄elirious鈥 from the pain of a quickly spreading rash, but it took six telehealth appointments, one urgent care visit, and two emergency room trips before he was finally diagnosed and treated for monkeypox.
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
In a rare surprise for official Washington, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced a deal to expand the planned health bill in the Senate to include provisions raising taxes and addressing climate change. The measure would include a third year of expanded subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, but not health care coverage for people left out of Medicaid in states that failed to expand the program. Meanwhile, the ACA goes back to court, and the Biden administration restores anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people that were rolled back by the Trump administration. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Dr. C茅line Gounder of KHN about the latest on the monkeypox outbreak.
Although the disease is currently spreading almost exclusively among men who have sex with men, some cases are turning up in other populations 鈥 and that number is likely to grow if public health officials don鈥檛 effectively nip the outbreak in the bud.
KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber appeared on CBS News鈥 streaming network to discuss 鈥淔ighting Monkeypox, Sexual Health Clinics Are Underfunded and Ill-Equipped,鈥 an article she wrote with KHN senior correspondent Liz Szabo. It details how ill-equipped the nation鈥檚 sexual health clinics and public health system are to tackle monkeypox after decades of underfunding. Weber described […]
Las cl铆nicas que tratan las enfermedades de transmisi贸n sexual 鈥攓ue ya se enfrentaban a un aumento explosivo de enfermedades como la s铆filis y la gonorrea鈥 se encuentran ahora en la primera l铆nea de la lucha para controlar el brote de viruela del simio, que crece r谩pidamente.
Sexual health clinics are scrambling to properly track, test, and treat hundreds of monkeypox patients. So far, it isn鈥檛 going well.
Los casos de la viruela del simio siguen aumentando, pero la respuesta sanitaria es lenta: escasean las pruebas y las dosis de la vacuna que puede prevenir la infecci贸n.
Public health officials say monkeypox is not as dangerous as covid and can be handled well with current treatments and if those at risk use caution. But the rollout of vaccines has been slow and led to angst among some at-risk people.
Generalmente es una enfermedad leve, pero puede ser grave o incluso mortal para las personas inmunodeprimidas, embarazadas, fetos o reci茅n nacidos, mujeres lactantes, ni帽os peque帽os y personas con enfermedades de la piel, como eccema.