Transportation barriers prevent many Detroiters from accessing vital care at John Mailey’s clinic, where weight and blood pressure management are offered. This issue contributes to higher hospitalization rates and a $150 billion annual cost to the U.S. healthcare system.
Pima County jails people with mental illness for competency restoration, using force and long delays in a system critics say turns jail into a de facto psych ward.
Around 400,000 Californians could lose their health coverage if Congress fails to extend federal health subsidies before the end of the year.
Ninety-nine year old Ronghui Ye lives in a senior housing complex subsidized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the federal Section 8 program, which provides long-term rental assistance for low-income families. Residents who live in these units pay about 30% of their income in rent. Ye moved in 2000, after winning a lucky draw — a system now replaced by decades-long waiting lists.
The quality of care can vary vastly between two clinics only 20 miles apart. Adrienne Bryant learned this the hard way after a recent mammogram.
In San Francisco, a growing number of Latinos who work physically demanding jobs are turning to supplements like Artri Ajo King and related supplements to relieve chronic pain. The supplements are marketed as natural remedies for pain relief. But doctors warn of hidden pharmaceuticals that can lead to serious medical conditions, including liver toxicity and death.
In Part Two of The Mercury’s Pulse Check series, we explore how hospitals, clinics and nonprofits are grappling with various federal funding cuts to public health.
In Part One of the Mercury’s Pulse Check series, we examine the challenges that were roiling the state health department even before this year’s federal cuts introduced new hurdles, and how officials are responding.
We are on the cusp of what promises to be a tech-driven revolution in medicine. Join us for a forward-looking and thought-provoking conversation about keeping equity front and center in an era of rapid technological advances.
D’Angelo’s death is a sobering reminder of the racial gaps in the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of pancreatic cancer that go well beyond biology.
