ER boarding, or keeping patients for longer than 4 hours, disproportionately affects elderly people. The experience can be especially harrowing for those with dementia. As the U.S. grays, experts say things are poised to worsen. More from me and @sadradiolad.bsky.social: apnews.com/article/er-w...

ICYMI: A program that supports Native communities using traditional medicines to combat persistent chronic disease rates has been gutted in federal layoffs. Leaders say it’s another violation of the federal government’s legal responsibility to tribes. apnews.com/article/heal...

Meeting postponed for CDC's vaccine advisory committee. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was critical of the panel, known as ACIP, during his confirmation process. @devnabose.bsky.social has the story. #medsky apnews.com/article/vacc...

Doctors and patients say direct primary care — a health care model that cuts out insurance companies — makes it easier to get routine medical care. But experts warn that DPC shouldn't replace insurance. Here's why it could become more common under President Trump. apnews.com/article/dire...

Hospitals in Colorado, Virginia and Washington, D.C. have stopped providing gender-affirming health care for trans youth in light of President Trump’s order to cut federal support for such care. apnews.com/article/tran...

U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.

AP examines the theory of presidential power underlying the federal grant freeze. apnews.com/article/dona...

On Jan. 21, 2020, the U.S. reported its first known case of the 2019 novel coronavirus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who had returned the previous week from the outbreak’s epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle. Read more about what happened on this date: t.ly/TBJnk

What we can learn from people who are #covidcautious 5 years into the pandemic. Here's my story for AP with my writing partner @devnabose.bsky.social and video by @lbargfeld.bsky.social apnews.com/article/covi...

In New Orleans since New Year's Day, journalists have worked tirelessly to find, vet and share information about the attack that killed 14 on Bourbon Street. Here are highlights of some of that vital reporting (in no particular order). 🧵 #lalege #lagov

It’s been 5 years since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the US. While most Americans have returned to some version of normalcy, there are others who still live in the shadow of the virus. apnews.com/article/covi...

A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across the Deep South: Alongside about 200 majority-Black public school districts are private academies filled almost entirely with white students. @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social, @natlash.bsky.social, @mrsimon22.bsky.social propub.li/3BFytzN

BREAKING: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reverses its decision to put a time limit on anesthesia after widespread outcry. apnews.com/article/anth...