A weekslong investigation revealed numerous barriers to health care in rural and reservation areas of South Dakota that are leading to increased illness and higher mortality rates. This is the first of a two-part series.
Healthcare Regulation and Reform
A key interview proved elusive for one reporter, but building trust and showing up in-person made a crucial difference in the end.
California faces a multi-billion dollar cleanup of toxic PCE from dry cleaners. Current funds are insufficient, and unlike other states, California lacks a dedicated remediation program, leaving residents at risk.
Taline Mazlemian has run Paragon Cleaners since her uncle's 2004 death. The business faces costly PCE contamination cleanup, common in California dry cleaners, worsened by COVID-19 losses. Many have shut down.
“It’s murder. It’s outright murder.”
Jonathan I. Epstein resigned amid a review, telling The Post he did not want to return to work with colleagues who he says falsely accused him of misconduct
Florida doctors see a health crisis unfolding: Infant mortality rates in the state persist at levels higher than the national average, but equally as concerning is the rising number of premature births.
Promotoras have emerged as an essential piece in California’s ambitious plan to deliver healthcare to all residents regardless of immigration status.
Also this week: Social and economic factors take more than a decade off Native American life expectancy.
In 1998, the year I was diagnosed with autism, the CDC estimated that 1 in 500 children had a form of autism. Today, education and awareness have shifted those numbers to one in 68 children who are being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.