by Research Team | Nov 8, 2015 | Health News
Hawaii’s time zone and language needs are compounding difficulties as more than 40,000 people migrate from the state’s health insurance exchange to the federal exchange. Average enrollment time through the federal website HealthCare.gov has been about an...
by Research Team | Nov 8, 2015 | Health News
Ontario wants to make it easier for transgender people to get a medical referral for sex reassignment surgery, but they will still have to leave the province for the procedures. Currently, only the Gender Identity Clinic at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health...
by Research Team | Nov 8, 2015 | Health News
A second Washington woman and an Oregon man who contracted E. coli after eating at a Chipotle franchise are suing the Mexican restaurant chain. Health officials in Washington and Oregon say more than three dozen people have gotten sick with E. coli in an outbreak...
by Research Team | Nov 8, 2015 | Health News
Tens of thousands of low-income residents on one of Minnesota’s subsidized health care programs will see a hefty jump in many out-of-pocket costs next year — a likely surprise to those enrollees, who received notices earlier this fall suggesting the costs...
by Research Team | Nov 7, 2015 | Health News
An X-ray showing two sharp, opaque pieces of a hair pin swallowed by a four-year-old boy, which then pierced his right kidney. Doctors have warned of the dangers of hair pins, head lice and herbal medicines in a series of unusual cases among patients.