Half of people who could receive jail healthcare in custody are released within two days, the city's health department says.
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4:29 PMClaude responded: San Francisco's budget cuts threaten HIV prevention services serving the city's Latine immigrant community.San Francisco's budget cuts threaten HIV prevention services serving the city's Latine immigrant community.
Insurance denials hit many Americans, but marginalized and sicker patients suffer most because appeals are complex, delaying care and widening health inequities.
A kidney transplant survivor urges donation despite safety fears after a Times investigation sparked registry withdrawals, while reporters are urged to cover access and racial inequities.
Indian American women with breast cancer often hide their diagnoses to protect loved ones. But that silence — rooted in cultural stigma — can delay care and deepen isolation.
Amid ICE raids and dire Medicaid cuts, an LA safety net system fights to care for some of the city's most vulnerable residents.
Suzette Brewer of the Cherokee Nation examines the widespread sterilization of Indigenous people and their centuries-long fight for reproductive freedom.
Illinois prisons were ordered to improve health care for inmates. They've spent seven years failing.
Even though the Illinois Department of Corrections has been under a consent decree since 2019, the state continues to fail to provide adequate medical and dental care to incarcerated people, according to reports from an independent court monitor, legal experts and people held in Illinois prisons.
Experts say autism is largely genetic and shaped by gene–environment interactions in utero, rejecting RFK Jr.’s vaccine claims and single-cause theory.