State programs and efforts by private organizations have reduced North Carolina’s infant mortality rate to its lowest ever, but the state still has a stubborn problem with high levels of black infant mortality.
Healthcare Systems & Policy
Investigative reporters Daniel Gilbert of The Seattle Times and Neil Bedi of the Tampa Bay Times both took deep dives into psychiatric hospitals over the past year.
Deaths of African-American babies declined most quickly in states that expanded Medicaid coverage, researchers have found. North Carolina isn’t one of those states.
Health care is among the most crucial issues for voters heading into the 2020 election season, and more than two-thirds of Democrats say it’s the most important factor in their vote. With Super Tuesday fast approaching, now is the time to brush up on the leading candidates’ plans for health care and
Often when journalists cover sexual assault, they focus on the details of what happened. Rarely do we pause to look at the long-term mental and emotional impacts on the person who came forward about the assault.
The American College of Physicians is calling for either a single-payer system or a government-run public option. "This is huge!" according to contributor Trudy Lieberman.
Roughly three months after its first foray north of the Del Norte County line, Food For People’s Mobile Produce Pantry will become a regular fixture in Klamath.
Simon Haeder has studied narrow health insurance networks for years, but it wasn’t until the professor's 4-year-old son cracked his tooth that he really appreciated the practical implications.
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