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Cities Know That the Way Police Respond to Mental Crisis Calls Must Change. But How?
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” or the Crisis Text Line by texting…
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FDA’s Plan to Ban Hair Relaxer Chemical Called Too Little, Too Late
Ronnie Cohen
In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to unveil a proposal…
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Colorado avanza con proyectos para conectar a trabajadores agrícolas con servicios de salud mental
Legisladores de Colorado han propuesto un par de medidas que, dicen, mejorarán el acceso a recursos de salud mental para la industria agrícola del estado, donde el estrés, la…
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Even in Bright-Blue California, Abortion Is on the Ballot
The race to replace the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is in full swing in California. Although the state enshrined abortion rights into its constitution, the prospect…
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Halfway Through ‘Unwinding,’ Medicaid Enrollment Is Down About 10 Million
We’re halfway through the Medicaid “unwinding,” in which states are dropping people from the government health insurance program for the first time since the pandemic began.…
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Is Housing Health Care? State Medicaid Programs Increasingly Say ‘Yes’
States are plowing billions of dollars into a high-stakes health care experiment that’s exploding around the country: using scarce public health insurance money to provide…
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Congressman Off-Base in Ad Claiming Fauci Shipped Covid to Montana Before the Pandemic
Katheryn Houghton
“IT’S BEEN REVEALED THAT FAUCI BROUGHT COVID TO THE MONTANA ONE YEAR BEFORE COVID BROKE OUT IN THE U.S!”
An ad from the Matt Rosendale for Montana campaign…
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Back From COP28, California Climate Leaders Talk Health Impacts of Warming
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Wildfire smoke. Drought. Brutal heat. Floods. As Californians increasingly feel the health effects of climate change, state leaders are adopting sweeping…
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Journalists Catch Up on Top Issues Facing 2024 Voters, From Obamacare to Opioids
Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and health policy. We distribute our journalism for…
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Advocates Say a Practice Harms Disabled Children, Yet Congressional Action Is Stalled
Fred Clasen-Kelly
In the photos, a 9-year-old boy with autism appears barricaded between cubbies and furniture stacked near the walls of a North Carolina classroom.
His mother,…
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