New Mexico’s child welfare system faces decades-long issues—kids sleeping in offices, lack of care, and systemic trauma—despite reforms aimed at protecting vulnerable foster youth.
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Dozens of mentally incompetent men and women have died awaiting placement in a state hospital, and thousands more have been left for months in jail waiting for a state hospital bed.
Ed Mahon tracks opioid settlement spending in Pennsylvania, and the impacts on those with firsthand experience of the epidemic’s devastating impacts.
New Mexico's child welfare system struggles with deep-rooted issues, stalled reforms and overwhelmed agencies.
Also this week: Reporters localize Trump’s health equity impacts, and where a pregnant person lives shapes their risk of dying.
Health care sharing ministries advertise reimbursements for members’ medical bills. But they are largely unregulated, and most have restrictions on maternity coverage.
A reporter discovers the power of hanging out and listening deeply in California's Imperial Valley, where a struggling rural health system has made it hard to get needed care.
People are dying from this disease and their families are suffering. So why isn't more being done to protect mostly Latino workers who cut artificial stone countertops?
Also this week: Early window key for tackling long-term health inequities, and disparities in orthopedics affect everything from outpatient visits to post-surgery outcomes.
An early look at how the election may reshape U.S. health policy under Trump, from Medicaid to abortion to major changes at federal agencies.