Opinion | My Sister’s Mental Health Crisis Became My Crisis
How much are you prepared to lose yourself in someone else’s pain? In the Opinion video above, Kaitlin Prest, an audio artist and podcaster acclaimed for her intimate explorations of…
‘The Devil They Know’: McConnell’s Health Issues Worry Democrats
Senator Chuck Schumer was downright effusive when asked about Senator Mitch McConnell’s health status after the Kentucky Republican’s second frozen moment before television cameras last week. “I’m very glad to…
Can Covid Damage Your Heart? A Look At Short- and Long-Term Health Risks
During the first two years of the pandemic, from March 2020 to March 2022, there were approximately 90,000 more deaths in the United States attributed to cardiovascular disease than were…
McConnell, Dismissing Health Concerns, Says He Will Finish His Senate Term
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the longtime Republican leader whose recent medical episodes have raised questions about his ability to continue steering his party in the Senate, declared on Wednesday…
At Yale, a Surge of Activism Forced Changes in Mental Health Policies
In the weeks after Rachael Shaw-Rosenbaum, a first-year student at Yale, died by suicide in 2021, a group of strangers began convening on Zoom. Some of them knew Ms. Shaw-Rosenbaum.…
Opinion | Partisan Politics Puts a Huge Win for Public Health at Risk
At the end of 2001, not long after George W. Bush became president, there were 40 million people across the globe living with H.I.V./AIDS, which was usually a death sentence…
Cutting Health Care Costs – The New York Times
As his re-election effort gets underway, President Biden is signaling that health care — and particularly the cost of it — will be central to his campaign. “We’re taking on…
New RSV Vaccines Aren’t Covered by Some Health Insurance Plans
Lucien Dhooge, 63, likes to get his flu shot early every year before being around college students at the University of Washington Tacoma, where he teaches law and ethics. This…
Mental Health Spending Surged in Pandemic, Study Finds
Use of mental health care increased substantially during the coronavirus pandemic, as teletherapy lowered barriers to regular visits, according to a large study of insurance claims published Friday in JAMA…
Nonprofit Health System Says It Is Ending Policy That Denied Care to Indebted Patients
Allina Health, a large nonprofit health system based in Minnesota, announced Wednesday that it would end its policy of denying medical care to patients with $4,500 or more in outstanding…