Also this week: Social and economic factors take more than a decade off Native American life expectancy.
Healthcare Regulation and Reform
In 1998, the year I was diagnosed with autism, the CDC estimated that 1 in 500 children had a form of autism. Today, education and awareness have shifted those numbers to one in 68 children who are being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Hospitals in South LA are more likely to divert ambulances and are more likely to be under-resourced and understaffed.
Louisiana's abortion ban affects maternal care, leading to delays and unnecessary cesarean sections, disproportionately impacting Black and low-income women.
Study links medical debt with poor health outcomes, urging attention to financial hardships in healthcare.
While lithium has been in the limelight, Imperial Valley locals have been watching their already strained health care system struggle to provide critical resources.
If the plan is approved, Madera Community Hospital could reopen as early as July.
Waiting on a fix on pulse oximeter inaccuracies among darker-skinner patients; while a new survey reveals growing health care disparities for transgender Americans.
After a major injury, every minute can affect a patient’s chance of survival. In some parts of the country, help can be far away.
An investigation finds that thousands die from preventable trauma annually, with large geographic disparities and access to trauma care.