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A Detroit News analysis of Michigan Department of Community Health data found an average of five children die annually of asthma in the city, including nine in 2006 and eight in 2007. But promising projects are underway to combat childhood asthma in Detroit, such as home visits by asthma educators.
Researchers and advocates for underserved, hard-to-reach patient groups are betting that health programs on mobile phones will soon usher in major advances in the treatment of diabetes, heart disease and other chronic conditions.
Hep C is three times more prevalent among veterans than in the general population. The Veterans Health Administration's hepatitis C screening and treatment program is struggling to pay for new treatments – and the rising number of veterans who need them.
The play "The Great Hurt" was written by retired artist and St. Scholastica College faculty member Carl Gawboy of the Bois Forte Band of Minnesota Chippewa. It contains eyewitness accounts, both historic and contemporary, of the Indian boarding school experience.
At the Sister School on the Bad River reservation in Wisconsin, life was harsh and often brutal. I don’t remember a time when I didn’t know about the trauma my relatives endured there; although they aren’t my direct experiences, their stories have always been with me.
Millions of Californians still don't have health insurance. Undocumented people don't qualify for Obamacare benefits, and many others still find coverage too expensive. Leaburn Alexander, a 53-year-old night janitor at a hotel near San Francisco International Airport, is among the latter.
Why do children with serious mental-health issues end up in juvenile hall instead of a doctor’s office? In Sacramento, probation officials are searching for community partners outside of juvenile hall to intercept mentally ill kids, but options are few for the toughest cases.
In May, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality issued a controversial emissions permit to Severstal, a steel company located in the southern end of Dearborn, where sulfur dioxide levels have exceeded state and federal standards.
Drought conditions in parts of Central California have become so harsh that it’s normal to turn on the tap have no coming out. Now, some of the town’s residents will have access to something they haven’t had in months — hot showers.
