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Boom, Now Bust: Budget Cuts and Layoffs Take Hold in Public Health

National
Written By: Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez (NATIONAL) Even as federal aid poured into state budgets in response to the covid-19 pandemic, public health leaders warned of a boom-and-bust funding...

Patients Suffer When Indian Health Service Doesn’t Pay for Outside Care

National
Written By: Arielle Zionts and Katheryn Houghton (NATIONAL) When the Indian Health Service can’t provide medical care to Native Americans, the federal agency can refer them elsewhere...

For Pharma, Trump vs. Harris Is a Showdown Between Two Industry Foes

National
Written By: Stephanie Armour (NATIONAL) Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have a rare point of agreement in their otherwise bitter and divisive contest: It’s...

Social Media Bans Could Deny Teenagers Mental Health Help

National
Written By: Daniel Chang Photo Illustration By: Oona Tempest (NATIONAL) Social media’s effects on the mental health of young people are not well understood. That hasn’t stopped...

Native American Public Health Officials Are Stuck in Data Blind Spot

National
Written By: Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez (NATIONAL) It’s not easy to make public health decisions without access to good data. And epidemiologists and public health workers for Native...

Beyond PMS: A Poorly Understood Disorder Means Periods of Despair for Some Women

National
Written By: Lauren Peace  If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” (NATIONAL) For...

Rate of Young Women Getting Sterilized Doubled After ‘Roe’ Was Overturned

National
Written By: Aaron Bolton, MTPR (NATIONAL) Sophia Ferst remembers her reaction to learning that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade: She needed to get sterilized. Read this...

1st Biden-Trump Debate of 2024: What They Got Wrong, and Right

National
Written By: KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs (NATIONAL) President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees,...

Older Women Are Different Than Older Men. Their Health Is Woefully Understudied.

National
Written By: Judith Graham (NATIONAL) Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of older women, leaving physicians without critically important...

Many Young Adults Who Began Vaping as Teens Can’t Shake the Habit

National
Written By: John Daley, Colorado Public Radio (NATIONAL) G Kumar’s vaping addiction peaked in college at the University of Colorado, when flavored, disposable vapes were taking...