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Montana youth, Michael Woods attempted suicide in February 2007, instead he became a survivor and is now an advocate for Living Independently for Today and Tomorrow Inc.
For at least 35 years, Montana has had one of the highest suicide rates in the nation, and a disturbing number of those self-imposed death sentences have been young people. Guns are the most common means of committing suicide in Montana, which ranks third in the nation for per capita gun possession.
More than a million California children who currently lack health insurance will qualify for coverage under the Affordable Care Act. But children’s advocates are concerned that some kids won’t get the best coverage.
High cancer mortality rates in Portsmouth, Va., might be linked to a variety of factors related to race, socioeconomics, culture and possibly even biology.
After talking with their daughter's friends and reading the emails they got from her, it was easy for Garret and Tammie McFarland to see all the signs they had missed before 14-year-old Nicole committed suicide. This story is part of Cindy Uken's look at the suicide epidemic in Montana.
In Portsmouth, Va., where people die of cancer at the highest rate in the state, recent surveys indicate that residents are pretty good about getting screenings for colorectal cancer. They're also among the best in the state for getting mammograms, despite having only two places to go in the city.
In the first part of her three-part series for The Virginian-Pilot, 2012 National Health Journalism Fellow Amy Jeter reports on why people in Portsmouth, VA, are more likely to die of cancer than people elsewhere in the state.
What does aging with HIV look like? The Graying of AIDS: Portraits from an Aging Pandemic seeks to challenge cultural stereotypes about both aging and HIV/AIDS by exploring diverse perspectives from around the world through a participatory documentary arts installation.
