Fighting Staff Shortages With Scholarships, California Bill Aims To Boost Mental Health Courts
A seemingly innocuous proposal to offer scholarships for mental health workers in California’s new court-ordered treatment program has sparked debate...
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California May Regulate and Restrict Pharmaceutical Brokers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon decide whether the most populous U.S. state will join 25 others...
Tossed Medicine, Delayed Housing: How Homeless Sweeps Are Thwarting Medicaid’s Goals
SAN FRANCISCO — Andrew Douglass shoved his clothes and belongings into plastic trash bags as five police officers surrounded his...
Journalists Explore Breast Cancer Rates and the Medical Response to Mass Shootings
KFF Health News contributor Phillip Reese discussed the rapid rise of breast cancer rates among Asian American and Pacific Islander...
At Catholic Hospitals, a Mission of Charity Runs Up Against High Care Costs for Patients
When Jessica Staten’s kidney stones wouldn’t pass, she said, her doctor suggested a procedure to “blow ’em up.” She went...
Racism Can Make You Sick
Cara Anthony SIKESTON, Mo. — In 1942, Mable Cook was a teenager. She was standing on her front porch when...
Boom, Now Bust: Budget Cuts and Layoffs Take Hold in Public Health
Even as federal aid poured into state budgets in response to the covid-19 pandemic, public health leaders warned of a...
As Record Heat Sweeps the US, Some People Must Choose Between Food and Energy Bills
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — During the heat dome that blanketed much of the Southeast in June, Stacey Freeman used window units...
Breast Cancer Rises Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Women
Phillip Reese Christina Kashiwada was traveling for work during the summer of 2018 when she noticed a small, itchy lump...
Her Life Was at Risk. She Needed an Abortion. Insurance Refused To Pay.
Sarah Varney, KFF Health News Ashley and Kyle were newlyweds in early 2022 and thrilled to be expecting their first...
Trabajadores dicen que cuidan a vacas enfermas en medio de la gripe aviar usando solo guantes
GREELEY, Colorado — A principios de agosto, trabajadores agrícolas se reunieron en un parque de Greeley para celebrar con un...
