Healthcare Management Metablog

https://kaiserhealthnews.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/st-louis-public-radio.mp3 Can’t see the audio player? Click here to download. Lauren Weber, one of Kaiser Health News’ new Midwest correspondents, joined St. Louis Public Radio reporter Jeremy Goodwin on “St. Louis on the Air” Friday to discuss how syphilis is making inroads into rural counties across the Midwest and West. In Missouri, the total number…

The company knew for years about potential risks linked to its popular sleeper and about pediatricians’ objections to the way the product was being pitched to parents.

Doctors believe Ja’bari Gray was born with a rare genetic condition called epidermolysis bullosa that makes his skin appear translucent, or even non-existent.

The popularity of proposals for a government-run, single-payer system among Democratic presidential candidates has hurt health care stocks, despite their strong earnings.

The Friday Breeze Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes, who reads everything on health care to compile our daily Morning Briefing, offers the best and most provocative stories for the weekend. Happy Friday! This week, I discovered a new, salty Twitter account that really speaks to my soul: @justsayinmice. The creator behind the thing is fed up!…

Traveling 50 or more miles to and from work may negatively affect unborn babies, a new study suggests.

Editorials and columnists discuss health care issues.

Each week, KHN’s Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.

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News from state legislatures comes out of Connecticut, Washington, Arizona, Maryland, California and Florida.