Patient Voices: Childhood Cancer
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Cancer is the leading cause of disease-related death among children ages 15 and younger.
Health
Google Bows out of the “Bidding for Addicts” Business
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Google Bows out of the “Bidding for Addicts” Business As addiction has grown, so have for-profit rehab centers, from those sponsored by massive corporations to little fly-by-night endeavors. Many of them, to judge by recent...
Alcohol Abuse Is Rising Among Older Adults
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Epidemiologists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism last month reported a jarring trend: Problem drinking is rising fast among older Americans.
‘Medicare for All’: Is It Popular? And Is It the Same as Britain’s System?
Release Date:
09/15/2017
As leading Democrats embrace Senator Bernie Sanders’s proposal to vastly expand Medicare to cover all Americans, Republicans are fighting back with familiar critiques of such a single-payer system.
Health at A Planetary Scale
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Why we should think bigger about public health — way bigger.
Here's What's In Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare For All' Bill
Release Date:
09/14/2017
On Wednesday came a "Medicare for All" bill from Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders — his attempt to push single-payer health care, long one of his favorite causes.
Governor Cuomo Announces New Initiatives to Combat Addiction Across New York State
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Gov. Cuomo announced that a $25 million residential center opened on Wards Island and new recovery centers opened in Queens and the Bronx as well as other steps to treat addictions.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Backs the Bernie Sanders 'Medicare For All' Bill
Release Date:
09/13/2017
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has signed on to the “Medicare for All” plan, making her the latest potential presidential candidate to get behind the bill.
With DSH Cuts Looming, Cuomo Must Decide How to Allot Fewer Dollars
Release Date:
09/13/2017
The Disproportionate Share Hospital cuts the industry has feared for years are scheduled to begin taking effect in less than three weeks, creating a tough choice for the Cuomo administration, which may have to decide how to apportion a much smaller...
Opinion: Want to Fix America’s Health Care? First, Focus on Food
Release Date:
09/13/2017
Food is the number one cause of poor health in America.
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