More Restrooms Have Adult-Size Changing Tables To Help People With Disabilities
Adults with disabilities and their caregivers are pressing governments and private businesses across the U.S. to help them avoid undignified public bathroom experiences.
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Vance-Walz Debate Highlighted Clear Health Policy Differences
The vice presidential debate showcased the very different views of Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance, Donald Trump鈥檚 running mate, and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, Kamala Harris鈥 VP pick, on health policies past and present.
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Harris鈥 Emphasis on Maternal Health Care Is Paying Dividends With Black Women Voters
Polls are showing renewed support from Black women voters for the Democratic ticket. Vice President Kamala Harris has backed key health priorities for Black women.
Trauma Lives in the Body
Episode 3Denzel Taylor, a young Black father, moved from Chicago to Sikeston, Missouri, for a fresh start in life. There, he proposed to his girlfriend, started a family, and then, in April 2020, was fatally shot by police officers. Taylor had two young daughters and another on the way when he was killed. Pediatrician Rhea Boyd talks about how children process such loss.
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How Minnesota Figures Into the Presidential Politics of Insulin Prices
Minnesota led the way on insulin affordability, culminating in 2020 when Gov. Tim Walz signed a law going further to cut costs than other state laws. Now, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are vying for support from people with diabetes.
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Journalists Weigh In on Racial Trauma, Medicaid Expansion, and Opioid Settlements
杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News and California Healthline staffers made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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Democratic Hopefuls Fault GOP Incumbents for Anti-Abortion Records in Congress
Democratic congressional hopefuls in California are highlighting the anti-abortion records of vulnerable Republican incumbents, many of whom have moderated their stances ahead of the election. With control of the U.S. House at stake, Democrats hope to convince voters that their candidates will do more to protect women鈥檚 health.
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A Few Rural Towns Are Bucking the Trend and Building New Hospitals
A remote Wyoming community hoped for years to have more access to health care. Now, after receiving federal funding, it is bucking dismal closure trends throughout the rural U.S. and building its own hospital. And it鈥檚 not the only one.
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Watch: What You Reveal, You Heal 鈥 Meeting the Makers of 鈥楽ilence in Sikeston鈥
杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony sat down with WORLD executive producer Chris Hastings to discuss the origins of the 鈥淪ilence in Sikeston鈥 project, which explores the impact of a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police killing in the same rural Missouri community.
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Abortion Clinics聽鈥 And Patients 鈥 Are on the Move, as State Laws Keep Shifting
Clinics in states where most abortions are legal, such as Kansas and Illinois, are reporting an influx of inquiries from patients hundreds of miles away 鈥 and are expanding in response. Despite the Supreme Court鈥檚 overturning of federal protections in 2022, abortions are now at their highest numbers in a decade.
Hush, Fix Your Face
Episode 2In Episode 2 of the 鈥淪ilence in Sikeston鈥 podcast, host Cara Anthony speaks with Sikeston, Missouri, resident Larry McClellon, who grew up being told not to talk about the 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright. He is determined to break the cycle of silence in his community. Anthony also unearths a secret in her own family and grapples with the possible effects of intergenerational trauma.
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Watch: New Documentary Film Explores a Lynching and a Police Killing 78 Years Apart
The 鈥淪ilence in Sikeston鈥 documentary film explores how the nation鈥檚 first federally investigated lynching and a police killing 78 years apart haunt the same rural Missouri community. The film from 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News and Retro Report explores the lasting impact of such trauma 鈥 and what it means to speak out about it.
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Decades of National Suicide Prevention Policies Haven鈥檛 Slowed the Deaths
Despite years of national strategies to address the suicide crisis in the U.S., rates continue to rise. A chorus of researchers and experts say the interventions will work 鈥 but that they鈥檙e simply not being adopted by state and local governments.
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No One Wants To Talk About Racial Trauma. Why My Family Broke Our Silence.
Every family has secrets. I spent the past few years reporting about racial violence in Sikeston, Missouri. Interviewing Black families there helped me uncover my family's traumatic past, too.
By Cara Anthony Racism Can Make You Sick
Episode 1The "Silence in Sikeston" podcast explores what it means to live with racism and violence, then charts the toll on health 鈥 from hives and high blood pressure to struggles with mental health. The deaths of two Black men killed nearly 80 years apart in the same Missouri community anchor a conversation about the public health consequences of systemic bias.
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Thanks to Reddit, a New Diagnosis Is Bubbling Up Across the Nation
Social media has helped spread the word about a treatment that involves getting Botox in the neck. It鈥檚 for a condition that鈥檚 gaining awareness but still often dismissed: the inability to burp.
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Errors in Deloitte-Run Medicaid Systems Can Cost Millions and Take Years To Fix
As states wait for Deloitte to make fixes in computer systems, Medicaid beneficiaries risk losing access to health care and food.
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Patients Suffer When Indian Health Service Doesn鈥檛 Pay for Outside Care
The Indian Health Service has a program that can pay for outside appointments when patients need care not offered at agency-funded sites. Critics say money shortages, complex rules, and administrative fumbles often block access, however.
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Public Voices Often Ignored in States鈥 Opioid Settlement Money Decisions
In many places, victims of the opioid epidemic are silenced in decision-making about how to use opioid settlement money, a first-of-its-kind survey conducted by 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News and Spotlight PA found.