The media has largely taken a pass on covering the dark side of Medicare Advantage plans, so people don't understand how the plans’ cost-sharing and provider networks really work.
Health Equity & Social Justice
Early in the pandemic, Randolph County had the state's highest rate of Covid-19 cases. Going forward, the closest hospital would be at least a half-hour drive across the state line, in Alabama.
Priska Neely, managing editor of Gulf States Newsroom, and Cheryl Giscombe, a distinguished professor at UNC Chapel Hill, shine new light on a decades-old disparity.
Will states rush to put up new Medicaid enrollment hurdles when a key federal funding boost goes away?
More than 100 anti-transgender bills were introduced in state legislatures this year, many targeting children and teens. Arkansas became the first state to ban gender-affirming care for minors, overriding the governor’s veto, and 19 other states have taken up similar measures. Eight states now bar t
Researchers found, unsurprisingly, links between the absence of critical infrastructure and the spread of the virus.
As part of an 11Alive investigative series, this story examines the gaps in Georgia's system to help children with mental and developmental disabilities.
Three journalists share advice on listening to community voices and avoiding the specter of "poverty porn."
“We are still trying to understand how it manifests and how it happens,” said Dr. Emnet Gammada, a clinical geriatric neuro-psychology fellow at the UCLA Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior. “What surprises me is how much we know and how much we don’t know.”
Arline C. Geronimus explains how she developed her influential theory of "weathering," while Issac Bailey shares his own shock of recognition.