Victoria Pelham
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Washington, DC, United States
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Melissa Herrold identified as girl killed in Palm Springs murder-suicide
The Riverside County Coroner's Office on Monday identified the young girl killed in an apparent murder-suicide in Palm Springs → Read More
Indian Canyon Drive closed at wash by low visibility
Indian Canyon Drive was closed at the Whitewater Wash on Monday afternoon because of poor visibility, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. → Read More
Nicholas Seibert of La Quinta suspected of stabbing Palm Desert man
A man was stabbed with a knife in the driveway of a home in the 74-000 block of Fairway Drive about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, according the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. → Read More
ACA enrollment exceeds expectations
More than 3 million people statewide have signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act entering the final month of open enrollment, exceeding projections, according to the most recent figures from Covered California. More than 880,000 people have signed up for plans through the new insurance marketplace, with 762,174 of them eligible for subsidies. Another 1,136,000 people were deemed… → Read More
LGBT health report: Inland Empire men fare better than women
More gay and bisexual men in the Inland Empire self-report very good or excellent health than those in California and the region, according to the LGBT Health and Wellness Profile released Wednesday by Riverside County. But the opposite is true for lesbian and bisexual women, and serious health disparities persist in the region. → Read More
Tribes take closer look at Affordable Care Act, health care reform
About 200 American Indians frequent the Indian Health Services clinic in Thermal, a small beige building located on the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians reservation, receiving regular care for diabetes, colds and other health concerns. Some have insurance. Some pay small fees in cash. Others rely on the federal program to provide all medical care. → Read More
V. Manuel Pérez bill aims to get doctor calls, emails covered
A bill introduced by Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez aims to encourage communication between doctors and their patients outside of office visits by requiring insurance companies to cover it. → Read More
Affordable Care Act: Coachella Valley students courted
The success of the Affordable Care Act depends on enough young people signing up to balance out the costs of the older, sicker people with pre-existing conditions who had often gone years without regular care, experts have said. Enrollment efforts in the Coachella Valley are focusing on reaching out to more young people at college campuses. → Read More
Health survey: A third in Coachella Valley remain uninsured
Despite a heavy focus on health in the Coachella Valley in recent years, several major diseases increased and health coverage among adults dropped in the desert in 2013, according to new data from the Health Assessment Resource Center. → Read More
Stigma of HIV/AIDS prevents testing
Even as cocktails of powerful anti-retroviral drugs have sent death rates for AIDS spiraling down in the U.S. and improved the situation for tens of thousands of HIV patients, persistent stigma born of early ignorance about the disease has led thousands to avoid testing and a diagnosis that could prevent further exposure. The situation is more pronounced and widespread in Latino communities where… → Read More
Affordable Care Act: Patients begin using new medical coverage
A stream of valley residents have been entering hospitals and clinics in the Coachella Valley with insurance coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act now that the central core of the legislation has been activated. → Read More
Health care signup at JFK Memorial Hospital draws about 35
About 35 people sat down with insurance counselors at John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Indio on Thursday morning and pored over paperwork to apply for coverage, the latest in a series of Affordable Care Act enrollment events through the hospital's Path to Health. → Read More
New study shows Medicaid enrollment increased emergency visits
The entrance to the emergency department at John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Indio. Brian Indrelunas/MyDesert. A new study published in the journal Science calls a key theory behind the Affordable Care Act into question, noting that patients enrolled in a Medicaid insurance program for the low-income in Oregon actually increased their emergency-department use. Walk into any emergency room across… → Read More
California keeps Dec. 23 ACA enrollment deadline, offers some leeway
As the deadline drew down to the wire Monday to apply for plans on the Affordable Care Act exchange with coverage beginning Jan. 1 California broke with the troubled federal exchange healthcare.gov once again and chose not to delay the enrollment deadline. But leaders did offer some leeway for those who made an effort to at least start their application by the cut-off. “If someone starts the application… → Read More