Health: Page 144

Tagging Malaria

As a volunteer physician in a small hospital in Nigeria 30 years ago, I was bitten by lots of mosquitoes and soon came down with headache, chills, fever, and muscle aches. It was malaria. Fortunately, the drug available to me then was effective, but I was pretty sick for a few days. Since that time, […]

S.T.D. Rates in L.A. Skyrocket

The teenagers tucked their hands into their sweatshirt pockets as they shuffled to form a circle. Some gazed at the asphalt, trying to avoid the game they had been drafted to play. “It’s like hot potato/musical chairs, but with a penis,” said the girl leading the group. The kids gathered on a spring morning in […]

Nurse Charged in Patient’s Death after a Fall

A nurse was charged Thursday in the death of the father of President Trump’s former national security advisor after authorities said she failed to give him a series of neurological exams after his fall at a Philadelphia senior care facility. Christann Shyvin Gainey, 30, was charged with involuntary manslaughter, neglect and records tampering in the […]

Native Americans Feel Under Siege

Every time black dust blows through the windswept Moapa River Indian Reservation about an hour’s drive from Las Vegas, residents grow more unnerved. This tribal community of just 225 has seen more than its share of sickness. Tribal council member Vickie Simmons watched her brother, a former coal plant worker, die at age 31 from […]

Native Americans

For Black Men, Healthcare Begins at the Barber Shop

Last week, a man came in to the Men’s Health and Education Center on Madison’s west side and received a blood pressure screening. His blood pressure was so high that he needed medical attention, but he didn’t have health insurance. He mentioned he’d been suffering from mouth pain for over four years. Just 72 hours […]

Barber Shop Healthcare

The Pandemic We Won’t Be Able to Stop

Health officials warn while they are convinced a deadly pandemic is coming, they still have no idea what it will be. However, experts believe the disease or virus is likely to be respiratory, as not enough research is being put into this area and respiratory issues are difficult to spot once they have begun spreading. […]

200-plus Members of Congress: Don’t Mess with Family Planning

More than 200 members of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday signed letters sent to Alex Azar, head of President Trump’s virulently anti-choice Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), voicing opposition to a so-called domestic gag rule that would place restrictions on federal family planning funding. Both letters refer to a potential “domestic gag rule” championed […]

Planned Parenthood

Margot Kidder Did Battle With Bipolar Disorder

While Margot Kidder is best known for her recurring role as Lois Lane in the original Superman films, she will also be remembered for her long and courageous battle with bipolar disorder, once known as manic depression. The actress died at the age of 69 on Sunday at her home in Livingston, Montana, PEOPLE confirmed on Monday. Her cause of death […]

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Costly Care

President Trump has nominated an individual to serve as the 17th secretary of Veterans Affairs, including 10 secretaries and seven acting secretaries. There are some politicians, both in Trenton and Washington, D.C., who believe that the private sector can do a better job of providing health care for veterans. This view seems to ignore the […]

Skipping Insurance

VA Employees Indicted for Bribery

Three employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs were indicted on charges of accepting bribes from a pharmaceutical company called MiMedx Group. This is a story about bribery, SEC stock fraud, and selling baby making byproducts to the Department of Veterans Affairs that are not reportedly as effective at healing as promised. The three VA […]

Smithsonian to Install Henrietta Lacks Portrait

WASHINGTON — A portrait of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken without her consent and widely used in groundbreaking research, will be installed at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The Baltimore Sun reports the portrait will be installed May 15. It was painted by Kadir Nelson and jointly acquired by the gallery and the National […]

Henrietta Lacks Portrait

More Nebraska Tribes File Opioid Suits

LINCOLN, Neb.— The three remaining Nebraska tribes have filed lawsuits against manufacturers and distributors of opioid painkillers. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the Winnebago Tribe, Omaha Tribe and Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska filed lawsuits May 8 in U.S. District Court in Omaha. The Ponca Tribe and Knox County filed a lawsuit April 25. […]

Native American Opioid Issues

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