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Children
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Students find new angles to cover at free dental clinic
The Journalism Center on Children & Families, formerly the Casey Journalism Center, is scheduled to close at the end of…
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U.S. children lacking in dental care, other preventive treatments
A newly published federal study finds that millions of American young people have been missing out on key preventive health…
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California reverses course on pediatric dental coverage
Last year about this time, we were reading about Covered California’s decision to require parents seeking pediatric dental coverage on…
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Reporter shares experience covering Medicaid’s orthodontic benefits
After a hint from her own dentist, Sheila Hagar started looking into concerns about the rising numbers of Medicaid kids getting…
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Connections between housing, health: Finding stories and getting the reporting right
Megan Sandel, M.D., M.P.H., an expert on the impact of housing on child health, says journalists would do well to…
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Is your community fighting tooth decay with school-based dental sealant programs?
Have you visited a school-based dental sealant program in your state or community? There may be a good story there.…
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Tennessean reporter investigates complaints over Medicaid dental provider
Quite a few folks in Tennessee are upset right now with DentaQuest, the giant dental benefits company that took over…
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Complaints about dental benefits provider mounting
The rumblings in Tennessee started earlier this year, after a new company took over the contract to provide dental services…
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Ore. reporter uses data to expose the risks of home births
While beauticians and tattoo artists are regulated in the state of Oregon, midwife certification is voluntary and, even then, the…
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Despite ‘essential’ designation, dental benefits lacking under ACA
State and federal policymakers should take steps to make dental benefits less costly and more widely available under the Affordable…