Southern NM medical facilities strain to meet needs of vulnerable migrants
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Hospitals and clinics from Silver City to Deming, Lordsburg, and Alamogordo have recently treated children. Continue Reading
Measure allowing medical cannabis in public schools advances
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A legislative committee voted 6-0 to advance a bill granting school districts the power to let students use prescription marijuana. Continue Reading
Committee adds time frame to aid-in-dying bill
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Medical professionals would have to determine a patient has no more than six months to live before prescribing drugs that would help the patient end his or her own life. Continue Reading
Aid-in-dying bill builds support but faces tough questions from critics
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The bill would add New Mexico to a small list of states that allow what proponents call medical aid in dying, which is also known as assisted suicide. Continue Reading
Dysfunctional computer system cuts off needy New Mexicans from help
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Expensive, bug-riddled software has resulted in needy families being improperly denied benefits throughout the state. Continue Reading
Opportunity costs: Weighing a joint venture between children’s hospitals
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Health-care professionals argue that consolidation between two Albuquerque hospitals would make good medical sense. But what about financial sense? It depends whose wallet you’re talking about. Continue Reading
Without Obamacare penalty, think it’ll be nice to drop your plan? Better think twice.
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A provision in last year’s Republican tax bill repeals the Obamacare tax penalty by zeroing out the fines. Continue Reading
Funding cuts, health-care shortage harm NM’s autistic children
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Though the rate of autism has soared since 2007, state funding for autism programs was simultaneously cut by about half by Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration. Continue Reading
Dems taking key leadership jobs have pocketed millions from pharma
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Top House Republican also received more than $1 million from drugmakers since 2007. Continue Reading
Hospital competition leaves kids in the lurch
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Now, Presbyterian and UNM leaders are quietly mapping a collaborative relationship that could benefit New Mexico kids. Continue Reading
Gun control vs. mental health care: Debate after mass shootings obscures murky reality
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Post-shooting debates typically are painted in black and white — but research suggests that the truth is less clear-cut. Continue Reading
Women applaud Michelle Obama’s decision to share her trauma of miscarriage
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Miscarriage is ‘lonely, painful, and demoralizing,’ Michelle Obama writes in her new memoirs. Continue Reading
Midterm election boosts Medicaid expansion, but challenges remain
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Health experts caution that GOP opposition won’t fade away. Continue Reading
In swing districts, Republicans may pay for trying to reverse Affordable Care Act
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Tom MacArthur’s candidacy has become a kind of Rorschach test for Republicans’ repeated attempts to repeal and otherwise undermine the health-care law — and how much candidates in swing districts will pay for those efforts. Continue Reading
After ICE detained this migrant, her C-section scar ripped open. She was denied surgery for 4 months.
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A woman from Honduras crossed the Rio Grande and asked for asylum. For months, she said, doctors in a detention center gave her only ibuprofen and antibiotics for a persistent open wound. Continue Reading