KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Wrapping Up Summer’s Health NewsĬongress and President Joe Biden are officially on summer vacation, but they left behind a lot of health policy achievements. KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Readers And Tweeters Place Value On Community Services And Life-Sustaining Care The shift was good news for vaccine-strapped cities throughout the country because it meant what little supply is available could be stretched much further. Last week, the FDA told health care providers to split a one-dose vial of the monkeypox vaccine into five doses. Los Angeles County health officials found out Tuesday that the federal government slashed the county’s requested and expected monkeypox vaccine allotment by 60%. Local Health Officials To Feds: Where’s The Rest Of Our Monkeypox Vaccine? Los Angeles, California’s largest city, and San Diego will implement prohibitions in January. Like San Jose, Sacramento County also imposed a ban this summer. Will California Follow?Ĭalifornia’s third-largest city banished flavored tobacco products from store shelves this summer, joining scores of other cities and counties in the state in a public health push to reduce nicotine addiction among youths and young adults. More Communities Are Giving Flavored Tobacco The Boot. Caitlin Bernard, an Indiana OB-GYN who provides abortions and trains residents at the university hospital. “She has 24/7 security, has her own lawyer.” They were talking about Dr. Bernard doing?” “Bernard is actually in really good spirits - I mean, relatively,” Scott answered. After a few moments of silence, one resident asked: “How’s Dr. “Any more abortion care questions?” she asked the trainees. Nicole Scott, the residency program director, addressed the elephant in the room. After the usual updates and announcements, Dr. On a Monday morning, a group of obstetrics and gynecology residents, dressed in blue scrubs and white coats, gathered in an auditorium at Indiana University School of Medicine. Indiana’s New Abortion Ban May Drive Some Young OB-GYNs To Leave A State Where They’re Needed On top of that, specialists are not spread out evenly across the country. It’s important for children with kidney disease - especially end-stage kidney disease, or ESKD - to receive specialized care, but pediatric nephrology is a niche field. Sandra Amaral, the lead researcher for a study published by JAMA this month. Pediatric kidney care is not as simple as prescribing small doses of adult medication, said Dr. And because his family lives in Tamaqua, a rural Pennsylvania town, his diagnosis also meant taking frequent two-hour trips to Philadelphia to see the closest pediatric nephrologist - even though an adult dialysis center was just five minutes from their home. His illness meant that for years his life would depend on daily dialysis. Jaxon Green, 6, was diagnosed with kidney disease the day he was born.
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