Rachel Bluth

Con récord de infecciones de transmisión sexual, California impulsa las pruebas caseras

January 5, 2022 at 9:07 p.m.

California se ha convertido en el primer estado en exigir que los seguros médicos cubran las pruebas caseras para infecciones de transmisión sexual (ITS) como el VIH, la clamidia y...

Miami-Dade residents line-up as they are tested for COVIE-19 at Cagni Park, a Miami-Dade County testing site in North Miami, Florida on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021.

Déja vu? Consumers scramble for COVID tests in hard-hit areas

August 9, 2021 at 4:44 p.m.

Andrea Mosterman, an associate professor of history at the University of New Orleans, was already dismayed that she had to wait three days to secure a COVID-19 test at a...

Taryn Keane programó visitas telefónicas con su médico durante la pandemia por problemas de salud mental y otros. Las clínicas de la red de seguridad, como la que visita Keane, generalmente no ofrecían citas telefónicas antes de la pandemia porque los programas de salud pública no las pagaban. Ahora los legisladores están debatiendo si valen la pena el costo.

¿Médico al teléfono? Los legisladores debaten cuánto pagar por consultas telefónicas

June 15, 2021 at 4:03 p.m.

Hizo falta el COVID-19 para que millones de estadounidenses tuvieran la opción de contar a su médico sus dolores por teléfono. Pero ahora que más médicos y pacientes vuelven a...

The speed limit on Hwy. 100 north of I-394 officially went up with the installation of 60 mph signs to replace the old 55 mph signs. (Minneapolis Star Tribune file photo/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

After a deadly year on the roads, states push for safety over speed

March 12, 2024 at 12:18 p.m.

As more Americans start commuting to work and hitting the roads after a year indoors, they'll be returning to streets that have gotten deadlier. Last year, an estimated 42,000 people...

El límite de velocidad en Hwy. 100 al norte de la I-394 se subió oficialmente con la instalación de señales de 60 mph para reemplazar las antiguas señales de 55 mph.

Tras año mortal en las carreteras, los estados priman la seguridad sobre la velocidad

April 23, 2021 at 3:58 p.m.

A medida que más estadounidenses se desplacen al trabajo y salgan a la calle después de un año de confinamiento, volverán a vialidades que se han vuelto más mortíferas. El...

DITCH THE GLOVES | According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gloves should be used when cleaning and disinfecting your home and when caring for someone who is sick. Wearing gloves outside of those two instances, like at the grocery store, will not protect you from contracting the virus and may still spread germs. Instead, stick to hand sanitizer and handwashing.

Pandemic erects barriers for prized bloc of voters in nursing homes, senior facilities

October 12, 2020 at 3:40 p.m.

The convergence of the coronavirus pandemic and election season has complicated this year's voting for residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other long-term care centers. Many seniors who...

More than 6.6 million people signed up for unemployment insurance during the week that ended March 28. Many of these newly unemployed people may turn to Medicaid for their families.

‘The pandemic is like a punch in the mouth’: Medicaid faces new challenges amid U.S. coronavirus outbreak

April 3, 2020 at 5:10 p.m.

As the coronavirus roils the economy and throws millions of Americans out of work, Medicaid is emerging as a default insurance plan for many of the newly unemployed. That could...

Betty Schottler, middle, was born with profound hearing loss. In the early days, it took Betty's big sister, Ellie, left, banging on a toy drum to capture the newborn's attention. Now Betty hears with the help of a cochlear implant.

For newborns with hearing loss, screening opens window to a world of sound

December 3, 2019 at 8:24 p.m.

Four-year-old Betty Schottler starts each morning with the same six sounds: (m), (ah), (oo), (ee), (sh) and (s). Her mom makes the sounds first, then Betty repeats them to check...

Betty Schottler holds up part of her cochlear implant.

For newborns with hearing loss, screening opens window to a world of sound

November 25, 2019 at 5:27 p.m.

Four-year-old Betty Schottler starts each morning with the same six sounds: (m), (ah), (oo), (ee), (sh), and (s). Her mom makes the sounds first, then Betty repeats them to check...

Mark Asbrock, of Fairfield, Ohio, vapes while listening to speakers during a pro vaping rally on October 1, 2019, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.

‘We vape, we vote’: How vaping crackdowns are politicizing vapers

October 16, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

Vapers across the country are swarming Twitter, the White House comment line and statehouse steps with the message "We Vape, We Vote." They're speaking out after a slew of attacks...

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