Trabajadores sufren mientras el Congreso y empresarios debaten la necesidad de normas contra el calor – KFF Health News
A veces el calor te hace vomitar, contó Carmen García, trabajadora agrícola en el Valle de San Joaquín, en California. Ella y su marido pasaron el mes de julio en los campos de ajo, arrodillados sobre la tierra ardiente mientras las temperaturas superaban los 105 grados. El cansancio y las náuseas de su marido fueron […]
Workers Pay the Price While Congress and Employers Debate Need for Heat Regulations
Sometimes the heat makes you vomit, said Carmen Garcia, a farmworker in the San Joaquin Valley of California. She and her husband spent July in the garlic fields, kneeling on the scorched earth as temperatures hovered above 105 degrees. Her husband had such severe fatigue and nausea that he stayed home from work for three […]
More Cities Address ‘Shade Deserts’ as Extreme Heat Triggers Health Issues
TAMPA, Fla. — If it weren’t for the traffic along South MacDill Avenue, Javonne Mansfield swears you could hear the sizzle of a frying pan. The sun is scorching with such violent intensity that even weathered Floridians can’t help but take note. In a hard hat, Mansfield pushes a shovel into the earth. Heat radiates […]
The Hospital Bills Didn’t Find Her, but a Lawsuit Did — Plus Interest
Bethany Birch had pain in her diaphragm on and off for eight months in 2016. She knew it was triggered by food, so she said she tried taking an antacid. That helped a little, but, eventually, she avoided eating altogether. She estimated she lost 25 pounds in that time. One night that September, the pain […]
Familias huyen de los estados que niegan atención de salud a las personas trans
Hal Dempsey quería “escaparse de Missouri”. Arlo Dennis está “huyendo de Florida”. La familia Tillison “no puede quedarse en Texas”. Son parte de una nueva migración de estadounidenses que se están desarraigando debido a una oleada de leyes que restringen la prestación de servicios de salud para personas transgénero. Missouri, Florida y Texas se encuentran […]
Medical Exiles: Families Flee States Amid Crackdown on Transgender Care
Hal Dempsey wanted to “escape Missouri.” Arlo Dennis is “fleeing Florida.” The Tillison family “can’t stay in Texas.” They are part of a new migration of Americans who are uprooting their lives in response to a raft of legislation across the country restricting health care for transgender people. Missouri, Florida, and Texas are among at […]
Escasez crónica de salvavidas resalta desigualdades raciales
Hace dos veranos, una adolescente que había saltado del trampolín empezó a agitar los brazos en el fondo de la piscina. La socorrista Makenna John tardó solo unos segundos en darse cuenta. Tomó su salvavidas, saltó y ayudó a la chica a ponerse a salvo. Este es el tercer verano que Makenna trabaja de salvavidas […]
Chronic Lifeguard Shortage Serves as Springboard to Address Racial Inequities
Two summers ago, a teenager who had jumped off the diving board started struggling in the deep end, her arms flailing. It took only a few seconds for lifeguard Makenna John to notice the girl’s distress. She grabbed her rescue tube, jumped in, and helped the girl to safety. This summer is Makenna’s third lifeguarding […]
This Panel Will Decide Whose Medicine to Make Affordable. Its Choice Will Be Tricky.
Catherine Reitzel’s multiple sclerosis medication costs nearly $100,000 a year. Kris Garcia relies on a drug for a blood-clotting disorder that runs $10,000 for a three-day supply. And Mariana Marquez-Farmer would likely die within days without her monthly $300 vial of insulin. At best, a Colorado panel of medical and pharmacy experts seeking to cut […]
Study Reveals Staggering Toll of Being Black in America: 1.6M Excess Deaths Over 22 Years
Research has long shown that Black people live sicker lives and die younger than white people. Now a new study, published Tuesday in JAMA, casts the nation’s racial inequities in stark relief, finding that the higher mortality rate among Black Americans resulted in 1.63 million excess deaths relative to white Americans over more than two […]