Biden Rule Cleared Hurdles to Lifesaving HIV Drug, but in Georgia Barriers Remain
A new rule requires insurers to improve coverage of PrEP, which can prevent HIV, but Georgians face challenges getting the drug.
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For California Farmworkers, Telehealth Visits With Mexican Doctors Fill a Gap
The MiSalud app enables Spanish-speaking users in the U.S. to meet virtually with health professionals in Mexico via a smartphone app. At Taylor Farms in Salinas, California, the novel program has been a hit.
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A Program To Close Insurance Gaps for Native Americans Has Gone Largely Unused
Health leaders say a tool to boost medical coverage for Native Americans, a population that has long faced worse health outcomes than the rest of the nation, has been underused by many states and tribes since it was written into the Affordable Care Act more than a decade ago.
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The Growing Inequality in Life Expectancy Among Americans
To deliver on pledges from the new Trump administration to make America healthy again, policymakers will need to close gaps in longevity among racial and ethnic groups.
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Junk Food Turns Public Villain as Power Shifts in Washington
Some Trump insiders are ready to take on the food industry. It remains to be seen whether their entr茅e will result in any meaningful change in government oversight of 鈥淏ig Food鈥 鈥 or in American health.
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Listen: NPR and 51视频 Health News Explore How Racism and Violence Hurt Health
51视频 Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony and Emily Kwong, host of NPR鈥檚 podcast 鈥淪hortwave,鈥 talk about Black families living in the aftermath of lynchings and police killings.
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Stimulant Users Are Caught in Fatal ‘Fourth Wave’ of Opioid Epidemic
The migration of fentanyl into illicit stimulants such as cocaine is especially dangerous for people who are not regular opioid users. That鈥檚 because they have a low tolerance for opioids, putting them at greater risk of an overdose. They also often don鈥檛 take precautions 鈥 such as not using alone and carrying the opioid reversal medication naloxone 鈥 so they鈥檙e unprepared if they overdose.
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鈥榃aiting List to Nowhere鈥: Homelessness Surveys Trap Black Men on the Streets
Homelessness experts and community leaders say vulnerability questionnaires have worsened racial disparities among the unhoused by systematically placing white people in front of the line ahead of Black people. Now places like Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Austin, Texas, are developing alternative surveys to reduce bias.
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Trash Incinerators Disproportionately Harm Black and Hispanic People
Across the country, trash incinerators disproportionately overburden majority-Black and -Hispanic communities. Though the number of incinerators has declined nationwide since the 1980s, Florida offers financial incentives to waste management companies that expand existing facilities or build new ones.
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Journalists Wrap Up 2024 With Topics From Trump 2.0 to Frustration With Health Industry
51视频 Health News staff made the rounds on national and local media in the last two weeks to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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Native American Patients Are Sent to Collections for Debts the Government Owes
Federal law says Native Americans aren鈥檛 liable for medical bills the Indian Health Service promises to pay. Some are billed anyway as a result of backlogs or mistakes from the agency, financial middlemen, or health systems.
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Rural Governments Often Fail To Communicate With Residents Who Aren鈥檛 Proficient in English
Access to information in languages other than English is protected by various federal, state, and local policies. But researchers tracking them say that as rural America grows more diverse, people not proficient in English face added barriers to critical public health information and services.
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Journalists Dish on New Weight Loss Drugs, RFK Jr.’s Fluoride Claims, and Reproductive Health
51视频 Health News staffers and contributors made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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Journalists Reflect on Trump Picks, Racism and Public Health, and Unnecessary Dental Implants
51视频 Health News staff made the rounds on national and local media in the last two weeks to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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Readers Embrace ‘Going It Alone’ Series on Aging and Chastise Makers of Pulse Oximeters
51视频 Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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Journalists Examine Health Care for Native Americans and Recent Food Recalls
51视频 Health News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media in recent weeks to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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Watch: Why the US Has Made Little Progress Improving Black Americans鈥 Health
51视频 Health News senior correspondents Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam discuss how government decisions undermine Black health.
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Community Health Workers Spread Across the US, Even in Rural Areas
Community health workers are increasingly common in rural areas, where they help patients overcome barriers to accessing care and staying healthy.
Can Racism Make You Sick?聽
Season 12, Episode 6In this episode of 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg,鈥 host Dan Weissmann sits down with 51视频 Health News鈥 Cara Anthony to talk about the documentary and podcast series she produced about the impact of a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police killing on a rural Missouri community. The project is called 鈥淪ilence in Sikeston.鈥
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Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here鈥檚 Why There鈥檚 So Little Progress.
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.
By Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam