Health
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Cáncer gástrico: Hispanos en EE. UU. tienen el doble de riesgo que los blancos no hispanos
Por Isabel Rubio, FACTCHEQUEADO Qué sabemos sobre el cáncer gástrico y por qué los hispanos en EE. UU. tienen el doble de probabilidades de ser diagnosticados y morir por esta enfermedad que los blancos no hispanos Si sólo tienes unos segundos, lee estas líneas: Las búsquedas sobre “cáncer gástrico” en Google en Estados Unidos se…
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As AI nurses reshape hospital care, human nurses are pushing back
Hospitals are using AI to predict medical issues and guide care, but it often leads to false alarms and unsafe advice. In Henderson, a nurse was mistakenly alerted by the system to give fluids to a dialysis patient flagged for sepsis, which would have overloaded the patients kidneys.
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Quién es Robert F. Kennedy Jr., el abogado antivacunas confirmado por el Senado como secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos
Tras ganar las elecciones, el presidente electo Donald Trump nombró al activista antivacunas Robert F. Kennedy Jr. como secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos. El 13 de febrero de 2025, el Senado confirmó a Kennedy Jr. en este cargo con una votación de 52 a 48.
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New strain of bird flu is detected in a Nevada dairy worker, CDC says
By Mike Stobbe and Jonel Aleccia According to state health officials, the dairy worker was exposed at a farm in Churchill County, in the west central part of the state. NEW YORK (AP) — A dairy worker in Nevada was infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has…
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Struggling with your mental health after surviving a disaster? Here’s how to look after yourself
There’s the initial shock and chaos in a collective disaster like the deadly and destructive California wildfires. Here’s what you can do in the aftermath.
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Servicios que ofrece el Consulado de México en Las Vegas en el mes de febrero
Servicios que ofrece el Consulado de México en Las Vegas en el mes de febrero.
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Feds approve Nevada public option health insurance plans
In becoming the third state to offer publicly-available health care plans, officials say residents can soon expect lower premiums and improved quality of health care throughout the Silver State. By Dana Gentry, Nevada Current Public option health insurance plans, offered at lower costs than the plans available through the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, will…
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Medical debt will no longer appear on credit reports for all Americans
This new rule will erase an estimated $49 billion in unpaid medical bills from the credit reports of roughly 15 million Americans, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The agency estimates that the new federal rule could help boost consumer credit scores by an average of 20 points.
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Nevada seniors’ drug costs are now capped at $2,000 per year
The out-of-pocket cost of prescription drugs for Medicare Part D enrollees is now capped at $2,000 per year, thanks to President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. A provision of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) officially went into effect earlier this month, meaning most Nevada seniors will now have their annual out-of-pocket costs for prescription…
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Misinformation about birth control is rampant on social media, alarming doctors
Doctors are concerned that misinformation about birth control might make some women get off it at a time when there are fewer options available for unintended pregnancies in the US.
