The country with the most expensive health system is not the one that provides better care. Original text is in Spanish, translation available. Faculty Associate Gerard Anderson is quoted.
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Program helps seniors continue to live independently
A program that combines home modifications with specialized counseling may help seniors disabled by aging stay in their homes longer, a new study suggests. Sarah Szanton is quoted.
Hospitals must now post their prices online: $7 for 5-cent aspirin? Hospitals posting prices for medical procedures online, but information hard to decipher
Hoping to empower consumers who are shouldering more and more of their health care costs each year, the federal government this year is requiring hospitals across the country to post […]
Controversial tool emerges in opioid fight: fentanyl test strips
A controversial tool has emerged in the fight against opioid overdose deaths. It’s a strip that allows people who use street drugs such as cocaine and heroin to test whether […]
Naloxone maker rolls out cheaper generic, after pricing outcry
The overdose-reversal drug is a critical tool to easing America’s coast-to-coast opioid epidemic. But not everyone on the front lines has all they need. Baltimore’s health department is rationing its […]
What puts children in Ethiopia more at risk of being injured
Children in poorer countries are far more at risk of death and disability from injuries than their developed-world peers. There needs to be a better understanding of the situation so […]
Street level activists are leading the fight against fentanyl deaths — and it’s working
As overdoses have become the leading killer of people under the age of 50 in the United States, the number of deaths attributed to fentanyl has risen sharply. In 2017, […]
Inequality Makes People Hate
As inequality increases, so does polarization. Extreme policies pushed by the superwealthy have resulted in a self-reinforcing dynamic in which concentrations for economic and political power feed off each other. […]
Pharmaceutical industry challenges Trump plan forcing companies to reveal drug prices in TV ads
The Trump administration is proposing that companies be required to disclose the cost of drugs in legible print on all video advertisements. The pharmaceutical industry is fighting back, arguing that […]
Teaching boys to be ‘gentle men’ in a hyper-masculine world
Health experts argue that masculine stereotypes can be associated with violence, depression and suicide for men later in life. Faculty Associate Robert Blum is quoted.