Jeanne Pinder
Paying for Covid tests has gotten a lot more complicated. The tests are no longer routinely covered by insurance or by federal money for many people, in a change from previous practices. Also, a number of testing places have closed, making it harder to get tested. This didn’t happen overnight. The federal government reduced coverage […]
Jeanne Pinder
Medication abortion (abortion pills) have been around for a while, but they are about to get a lot more common with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, mandating legal abortion for all Americans. Also more than half of the states have made it clear they are certain or likely to ban abortion […]
Jeanne Pinder
It seems like overnight: The practice of wearing a mask has changed I went to a memorial in New York City recently at which maybe 6 people of the 125 or so were masked. My social media feeds are full of pictures of unmasked people. A colleague went to a party at a bar in […]
Jeanne Pinder
The rollout of the Covid vaccine for children under 5 has started, but it’s still rocky in many places. A week after the White House announced the rollout, and five days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved both the Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna vaccines for very young children, the New York State vaccine-finder […]
Jeanne Pinder
“Understandably, many parents of young children have questions about the new coronavirus vaccines for babies and toddlers and the expected rollout next week of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna shots. We talked with infectious disease pediatricians to get answers to the most common ones,” Melinda Wenner Moyer writes over at The New York Times. “One specific […]
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“Elizabeth Woodruff drained her retirement account and took on three jobs after she and her husband were sued for nearly $10,000 by the New York hospital where his infected leg was amputated,” Noam N. Levey writes about rising medical debt for Kaiser Health News. “Ariane Buck, a young father in Arizona who sells health insurance, […]
Jeanne Pinder
(Updated) Covid vaccines for under-5 kids have been recommended for approval by the Food and Drug Administration’s advisory committee, but there are still a lot of questions about the rollout. The White House said last week that it has a plan for vaccinating kids under 5 years old against Covid, with the first shots for […]
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“As a science journalist, I’ve read dozens of research papers about Covid-19, and I’ve interviewed so many virologists, infectious disease physicians and immunologists over the past two years that I’ve lost count,” Melinda Wenner Moyer writes over at The New York Times. “But nothing prepared me for what happened after my 7-year-old daughter tested positive […]
Jeanne Pinder
“David Putrino, a rehabilitation and long Covid researcher at the Mount Sinai medical school in New York City, has watched mounting evidence that suggests between 4 and 36 percent of Americans infected with Covid have symptoms lasting at least six months,” Keren Landman wrote about Long Covid experts over at Vox. “It makes him nervous, […]
Jeanne Pinder
How much does a mammogram cost? As with everything in health care, that depends. The cost can be $0 or it can be as high as $2,786.95. Why the differences? Let us help you sort it out. First, is it a screening mammogram or a diagnostic one? First, screening (preventive) mammograms for women over 40 […]
