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Latino Teens Are Deputized as Health Educators to Sway the Unvaccinated
Classmates often stop Alma Gallegos as she makes her way down the bustling hallways of Theodore Roosevelt High School in southeast Fresno, California. The 17-year-old senior is frequently asked by fellow students about covid-19…
Watch: Anti-Abortion Activists Rally in DC in a Watershed Moment for Their Movement
By Sarah Varney
January 23, 2023
Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News
Thousands of anti-abortion activists descended on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20 for the annual…
Transgender People in Rural America Struggle to Find Doctors Willing or Able to Provide Care
For Tammy Rainey, finding a health care provider who knows about gender-affirming care has been a challenge in the rural northern Mississippi town where she lives.
As a transgender woman, Rainey needs the hormone estrogen,…
Abortion Debate Ramps Up in States as Congress Deadlocks
Anti-abortion advocates are pressing for expanded abortion bans and tighter restrictions since the Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion. But with the debate mostly deadlocked in Washington, the focus is shifting…
Journalists Follow Up on Radon Mine Health Spas, Open Enrollment, and Health Fraud
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Luring Out-of-State Professionals Is Just the First Step in Solving Montana’s Health Worker Shortage
Jenna Eisenhart spent nearly six years as a licensed therapist in Colorado before deciding to move to a place with a greater need for her services. She researched rural states facing a shortage of behavioral health providers and…
The ‘KHN Health Minute’ Debuts on CBS News Radio
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NFL Has Been Slow to Embrace Mental Health Support for Players
When Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field in the middle of the “Monday Night Football” game in Cincinnati on Jan. 2, Carrie Hastings, half a continent away, understood what she…
Readers and Tweeters Diagnose Greed and Chronic Pain Within US Health Care System
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U.S. Health Care Is Harmful to One’s Health
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A $30 Million Gift to Build an Addiction Treatment Center. Then Staffers Had to Run It.
DECATUR, Ill. — The question came out of the blue, or so it seemed to Crossing Healthcare CEO Tanya Andricks: If you had $30 million to design an addiction treatment facility, how would you do it?
The interim sheriff of Macon…