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More than 6.6 million people signed up for unemployment insurance during the week that ended March 28. Many of these newly unemployed people may turn to Medicaid for their families.

‘The pandemic is like a punch in the mouth’: Medicaid faces new challenges amid U.S. coronavirus outbreak

April 3, 2020 at 12:10 p.m.

As the coronavirus roils the economy and throws millions of Americans out of work, Medicaid is emerging as a default insurance plan for many of the newly unemployed. That could...

Employees work in a pharmacy in Berlin's Mitte district. Germany has struggled much less with opioid addiction than the United States.

How Germany averted an opioid crisis

December 11, 2019 at 3:00 a.m.

In 2016, 10 times as many Americans as Germans died as a result of drug overdoses, mostly opiates. Three times as many Americans as Germans experienced opioid addiction. Even as...

In Hamburg, ‘gesundheit’ means more than a wish for good health

October 23, 2019 at 10:45 a.m.

Researchers around the world hail Germany for its robust health care system: universal coverage, plentiful primary care, low drug prices and minimal out-of-pocket costs for residents. Unlike in the U.S.,...

David Burns, de 38 años y quien padece diabetes tipo 1, prepara su insulina para inyectarse en casa.

Diabéticos debaten entre comer y medicarse

May 15, 2019 at 11:46 a.m.

Los altos precios de los medicamentos de venta con receta son un tema político importante, y medicamentos como la insulina surgen como un símbolo del problema. Tras casi duplicar su...

Sheri Khan lost her 9-year-old daughter Sofia Khan in a kayaking accident. In her memory, a little garden is nestled into the southwest corner of Logan Square's Haas Park playground where a blue sign reads "Sofia Khan Garden." <a href="/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-sunday-sofias-garden-haas-park-0729-story.html">Read the full story.</a>

Will I always face the threat of a peanut-laden kiss of death?

January 18, 2019 at 11:02 a.m.

Whenever I see a report touting possible new peanut allergy treatments, I devour it. I can't help it. It's an occupational hazard for any health journalist whose reporting specialty and...

Everett Reynolds, a Waukegan artist, paints a mural July 12, 2018, on the Zuniga Automotive Service and Towing building on Belvidere Road. The mural aims to inspire kids "to dream big" and pays tribute to Waukegan native Ray Bradbury.

New heart drug spotlights troubling trends in drug marketing

December 11, 2018 at 8:05 p.m.

At the end of September, Amarin Corp. teased some early findings for Vascepa, its preventive medicine for people at risk of heart disease. The claim was astounding: a 25 percent...

A sand sculpture at the 2004 Sand Sculptures Festival in Zeebrugge, Belgium. The year's theme was Hollywood.

Out-of-pocket costs put HIV prevention drug out of reach for many at risk

December 12, 2018 at 9:08 p.m.

Public health officials are expanding efforts to get the HIV prevention pill into the hands of those at risk, in a nationwide effort to curb infections. But the officials are...

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