PAMELA WINN, A REGISTERED NURSE BY TRAINING, WAS PREGNANT WHEN INCARCERATED IN 2008. AFTER A MISCARRIAGE, SHE WAS PUT INTO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR WHAT SHE WAS TOLD WAS MEDICAL OBSERVATION. THAT EIGHT MONTHS IN SOLITARY SCARRED HER FOR LIFE, SHE SAYS./KATJA RIDDERBUSCH/KHN
At the height of the pandemic last year, up to 300,000 incarcerated individuals were in solitary, according to estimates.
Oct 5, 2021
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DR. PAULA BRAVEMAN, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER ON SOCIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SAN FRANCISCO, SAYS HER LATEST RESEARCH REVEALED AN “ASTOUNDING” LEVEL OF EVIDENCE THAT RACISM IS A DECISIVE “UPSTREAM” CAUSE OF HIGHER RATES OF PRETERM BIRTH AMONG BLACK WOMEN./NANCY ROTHSTEIN/KHN
Black women are about 1.6 times as likely as whites to give birth more than three weeks before the due date — a statistic with costly health consequences.
Oct 5, 2021
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BRITNEY SPEARS PERFORMS IN 2014./RHYSADAMS/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Health experts say this could be the only time a fix to the “Medicaid gap” in Republican controlled states will be possible for many years.
Sep 30, 2021
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ANTIVIRAL DRUGS LIKE THE INVESTIGATIONAL PILL MOLNUPIRAVIR COULD CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, EXPERTS SAY./PHOTO COURTESY OF MERCK & CO./KHN
Health leaders agree Biden’s foot-dragging on finding a new director during a national health crisis has demoralized the staff and sent the wrong message about the agency’s importance.
Medical professionals look to biosimilar drugs as a way to increase competition and give consumers cheaper options, but doctors and patients are raising concerns.