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The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.
A 窪蹋勛圖厙 News investigation reveals that employers and the government have offered nursing aides little assistance for PTSD and other ongoing maladies triggered by hazardous work during the pandemic.
The term health equity means different things to different people. Beyond guaranteeing all Americans access to adequate, affordable medical care, the pursuit of equity can include addressing social determinants of health, such as housing, education, and environment. Systemic and historical racism manifested in over-policing or contaminated drinking water, for instance can negatively affect health. In a live taping at the Texas Tribune Festival, special guests Carol Alvarado, the Texas state Senates Democratic leader, and Ann Barnes, president and CEO of the Episcopal Health Foundation, along with 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Sabriya Rice and Cara Anthony, join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner to discuss addressing health inequities.
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has a plan to protect farmworkers from extreme heat and wildfire smoke, but farmworkers who pick California grapes say they need more, as climate change brings more extreme weather.
For decades, state and federal agencies have restricted or delayed tribes and tribal epidemiology centers from accessing public health data, a blackout that leaves health workers in Native American communities cobbling together information to guide their work, including tracking devastating disease outbreaks.
Rural communities are losing access to maternity care, raising the risk of pregnancy complications, especially for Black women, who face higher rates of maternal mortality. Now, a Georgia medical school is trying to help by training doulas, practitioners who offer patients extra support before, during, and after childbirth.
窪蹋勛圖厙 News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media in the last couple of weeks to discuss topical stories. Heres a collection of their appearances.
Administrators at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine are trying to recruit more Black students and more Hispanic and Choctaw Nation students, for that matter. But they face several obstacles, including a recent swell of Republican opposition to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
窪蹋勛圖厙 News and California Healthline staffers made the rounds on national and local media in the last couple of weeks to discuss topical stories. Heres a collection of their appearances.
As billions of dollars from settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors go to state and local governments, efforts to reduce the epidemics harm can be hamstrung by drug paraphernalia laws. Health authorities say distributing clean syringes to users can save lives, but in states like Pennsylvania, it may be illegal.
People with disabilities say they are abruptly losing their Medicaid home health benefits and are being advised incorrectly when they call state offices for more information. Every day the anxiety builds, one beneficiary told 窪蹋勛圖厙 News.
The legislature is considering taking the first steps to make Covered California plans available to immigrants without permanent legal status. The state has already extended Medi-Cal coverage to low-income immigrants.
People across the nation claim cancer-causing emissions from local sterilizing plants are making them sick. Its an example of environmental racism, say residents of one predominantly Black area in southwest Memphis, Tennessee, where life expectancy is much shorter than county and state averages.
The state is looking at ways to weed out false reporting of child abuse and neglect as the number of reports reaches a record high.
Researchers in Charleston, South Carolina, are trying to build a DNA database of 100,000 people to better understand how genetics affects health risks. But theyre struggling to recruit enough Black participants.
Facing widening racial disparities in overdose deaths, Philadelphia officials are sending workers and volunteers to knock on doors across the city, aiming to equip households with naloxone and other drug overdose prevention supplies. City officials hope a proactive approach will normalize naloxone as an everyday item in peoples medicine cabinets and prevent overdoses, especially among Black residents.
窪蹋勛圖厙 News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Heres a collection of their appearances.
A federal program that helped pay for more than 23 million low-income households internet access runs out of money soon. The end of the subsidy launched earlier in the pandemic could have profound impacts on health care access.
With U.S. syphilis rates climbing to the worst level in seven decades, public health experts and the federal Indian Health Service are scrambling to detect and treat the disease in Native American communities, where babies are infected at a higher rate than in any other demographic.
Many people from racial and ethnic minority groups brace themselves for insults and judgments before medical appointments, according to a new survey of patients that reaffirms the prevalence of racial discrimination in the U.S. health system.
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