A popular asthma inhaler is leaving pharmacy shelves. Here’s what you need to know
Doctors and medical societies are suggesting patients who rely on Flovent take action now to ensure they can get the medication in 2024. Mariia Siurtukova/Getty Images Some asthma patients may start out the new year scrambling for their go-to inhaler – at least that’s the concern as Flovent, a popular drug, leaves store shelves starting […]
A popular asthma inhaler is leaving pharmacy shelves. Here’s what you need to know
Doctors and medical societies are suggesting patients who rely on Flovent take action now to ensure they can get the medication in 2024. Mariia Siurtukova/Getty Images Some asthma patients may start out the new year scrambling for their go-to inhaler – at least that’s the concern as Flovent, a popular drug, leaves store shelves starting […]
COVID hospitalizations down in Minnesota this year
Our end-of-year retrospective on COVID-19 activity in Minnesota reveals a fourth year where thousands of Minnesotans ended up hospitalized and hundreds died due to the disease. As tragic as those numbers are, it is worth noting that both hospitalizations and deaths are down by more than 55 percent from the year prior. Since the pandemic […]
COVID hospitalizations down in Minnesota this year
Our end-of-year retrospective on COVID-19 activity in Minnesota reveals a fourth year where thousands of Minnesotans ended up hospitalized and hundreds died due to the disease. As tragic as those numbers are, it is worth noting that both hospitalizations and deaths are down by more than 55 percent from the year prior. Since the pandemic […]
More states extend health coverage to immigrants even as issue inflames GOP
Immigrants wait to be processed after they crossed the border into the U.S. in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Dec. 22. Eleven states and D.C. offer taxpayer-funded health insurance to some immigrants without legal status. Chandan Khanna | AFP via Getty Images A growing number of states are opening taxpayer-funded health insurance programs to immigrants, including […]
More states extend health coverage to immigrants even as issue inflames GOP
Immigrants wait to be processed after they crossed the border into the U.S. in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Dec. 22. Eleven states and D.C. offer taxpayer-funded health insurance to some immigrants without legal status. Chandan Khanna | AFP via Getty Images A growing number of states are opening taxpayer-funded health insurance programs to immigrants, including […]
‘Red flag’ gun removal orders become new option in Minnesota in 2024
Beginning next week, there is a new pathway for petitioning Minnesota judges to temporarily remove a person’s firearms if they’re believed to pose a risk to others or are at significant risk of suicide. They’re officially called Extreme Risk Protection Orders, often referred to as a “red flag” law. The policy takes effect on Jan. […]
Health workers struggle to prevent an infectious disease ‘disaster in waiting’ in Gaza
Palestinian children, having fled the Israeli bombing of the northern Gaza Strip in response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, are living in temporary shelters at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Global health groups say they are doing what they can to keep a lid on infectious diseases amid crowded, unsanitary conditions and a devastated health-care […]
‘Jane Roe’ is anonymous no more. The very public fight against abortion bans in 2023
Person speaks at a press conference outside. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images As 2023 comes to a close, so too does the first full year of the post-Roe era in America. Some of the year’s developments were expected, like more conservative states enacting abortion restrictions. Others were surprising, like the fact that there were more […]
Virtual reality gives a boost to the ‘lazy eye’
A research participant in the Levi Lab at University California, Berkeley undergoes treatment for amblyopia using virtual reality. Elena Zhukova/UC Regents Amblyopia, or lazy eye, is the most common cause of vision loss in children. And the condition, which compromises depth perception, can last into adulthood. But until recently, treatments for amblyopia hadn’t changed much. […]