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Menopause care often lacks doctor training and patient support. New legislation in California aims to improve education and access, especially for women of color facing systemic gaps in treatment.
"This is the story post-Dobbs, that people are doing everything within their power and expertise to make sure that people can still get care," said David Cohen, a law professor at Temple University.
Advocates say efforts to improve hepatitis B screening and data collection are chronically underfunded.
What if reactions during moments of stress have a deeper, underlying context that connects to past generational history of trauma and racism? Hosts of this podcast explore whether behavior patterns can be inherited, learned or culturally programmed. They explore the evolving social and scientific theories of intergenerational trauma, weathering, epigenetics and John Henryism to build an understanding of how racism can get under skins, be felt in bodies and affect overall health.
Maria Barrera and her fifteen year old daughter struggle to cope after Maria's husband is detained.
While the state Department of Education has made trainings and tools available, researchers say it needs to do more to help districts use them.
Even with incomplete data, experts say districts show alarming reliance on practices meant for emergency use.
Thousands of restraints and seclusions used on students each year reveal fractured interpretation of Maine law.
