Skip to main content.

Health Care

Picture of Laura Santhanam
On Election Day, South Dakotans will have the option on their ballot to expand Medicaid coverage.
Picture of Laura Santhanam
Across the state, 16,000 adults are uninsured because they can’t afford private coverage, but their incomes disqualify them from Medicaid.
Picture of Laura Santhanam
A new state poll finds that supporters currently outweigh the opposition, but a large percentage have not made up their minds.
Picture of Daniel Ross
A pledge to sharply reduce infant mortality by 2023 faces daunting obstacles.
Picture of Breanna Reeves
The state acknowledges doula services as part of the solution to reduce maternal mortality.
Picture of Breanna Reeves
Highly valued, proven effective and undercompensated.
Picture of Anita Hofschneider
Patients who hadn’t sought health care in years flocked to clinics when a temporary pandemic program expanded Medicaid access to the commonwealth’s guest worker population.
Picture of Talis Shelbourne
Ma’Siah’s asthma was uncontrolled. And when his mother watched him, her feelings went from joy to helplessness.
Picture of Kellie  Schmitt
The move in health care to value-based payments has not solved racial health disparities. In some cases, it's even made them worse.
Picture of Nada Hassanein
A legacy of injustice and inequity underpins reproductive health care disparities faced today by people of color.

Pages

Announcements

The Center for Health Journalism’s 2023 National Fellowship will provide $2,000 to $10,000 reporting grants, five months of mentoring from a veteran journalist, and a week of intensive training at USC Annenberg in Los Angeles from July 16-20. Click here for more information and the application form, due May 5.

The Center for Health Journalism’s 2023 Symposium on Domestic Violence provides reporters with a roadmap for covering this public health epidemic with nuance and sensitivity. The next session will be offered virtually on Friday, March 31. Journalists attending the symposium will be eligible to apply for a reporting grant of $2,000 to $10,000 from our Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund. Find more info here!

CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY

Follow Us

Facebook


Twitter

CHJ Icon
ReportingHealth