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2023-05-15 Students in Rural Colorado Are Left Without Options as Specialized Schools Close Rae Ellen Bichell and Helen Santoro GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — At first glance, nothing seems particularly unusual about the four-room school in this western Colorado city. Inside, six students are learning about radioactivity. The walls of their classroom are plastered […]
2023-05-14 An Outdated Tracking System Is a Key Factor in Texas’ Foster Care Shortcomings Colleen DeGuzman The decades-old system Texas foster care officials use to track and monitor the health records of the nearly 20,000 children in their custody is both outdated and unreliable — so much so, advocates say, that children have […]
2023-05-13 California Confronts Overdose Epidemic Among Former Prison Inmates Don Thompson Michael Vera walked into a bedroom of a residential drug treatment program in Los Angeles in March to find its occupant slumped over on his bed and struggling to breathe, a homemade straw on the floor beside him and tinfoil with what […]
2023-05-12 PBMs, the Brokers Who Control Drug Prices, Finally Get Washington’s Attention Arthur Allen For two decades, patients and physicians eagerly awaited a lower-cost version of the world’s bestselling drug, Humira, while its maker, AbbVie, fought off potential competitors by building a wall of more than 250 patents around it. When the first […]
2023-05-11 Republicans Vow Not to Cut Veterans’ Benefits. But the Legislation Suggests Otherwise. Michael McAuliff Addressing the impact of the House GOP debt-ceiling bill on veterans’ programs,“I’m dead serious that we’re not cutting veterans, and I mean it.” Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), chair of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, in a speech […]
2023-05-10 California Debates Extending PTSD Coverage to More First Responders Annie Sciacca If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” or the Crisis Text Line by texting “HOME” to 741741. A paramedic for about 30 years, Susan Farren knew all […]
2023-05-09 In Idaho, Taking a Minor Out of State for an Abortion Is Now a Crime: ‘Abortion Trafficking’ Sarah Varney, KFF Health News MOSCOW, Idaho — Mackenzie Davidson grew up in a Mormon household and sheepishly admits she knew little about pregnancy. “This is embarrassing,” she said, sitting outside a café […]
2023-05-08 After Idaho’s Strict Abortion Ban, OB-GYNs Stage a Quick Exodus Sarah Varney, KFF Health News SANDPOINT, Idaho — At a brewery in this northern Idaho city, hundreds of people recently held a wake of sorts to mourn the closure of Sandpoint’s only labor and delivery ward, collateral damage […]
2023-05-07 Community Paramedics Don’t Wait for an Emergency to Visit Rural Patients at Home Arielle Zionts GILLETTE, Wyo. — Sandra Lane said she has been to the emergency room about eight times this year. The 62-year-old has had multiple falls, struggled with balance and tremors, and experienced severe swelling in her legs. A […]
2023-05-06 Colorado Becomes the First State to Ban So-Called Abortion Pill Reversals Claire Cleveland In Glenwood Springs, Colorado, registered nurse Katie Laven answers calls from people who’ve started the two-pill medication abortion regimen and want to stop the process. “They are just in turmoil,” said Laven, who works at the Abortion Pill Rescue […]