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Health equity
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New tip sheet can assist your coverage of threats to Medicaid dental benefits
Roughly 38 million low-income adults across the United States rely upon Medicaid for a broad range of health care benefits.…
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Food insecurity: Especially for older adults, it’s about more than hunger
Food insecurity — lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life — is a serious and…
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Landmark oral health report due for an update
In his landmark Oral Health in America report in 2000, then-Surgeon General David Satcher reminded the nation that oral health…
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Good health reporters know how to size up medical evidence
Care to know more about what it takes to accurately weigh medical evidence? You’ve got just a couple of days…
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University’s decision exacerbates dental care access crisis for Iowa’s poor
Complaining of low reimbursement rates and newly restrictive rules, University of Iowa (UI) officials have announced that the school’s dental…
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Save the date: Baltimore to host Health Journalism 2019
The Association of Health Care Journalists will convene in Baltimore for Health Journalism 2019. The organization’s annual conference is slated…
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National study finds LGBT seniors face tougher old age
Aging and health issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender baby boomers have often been ignored by services, policies and…
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Unlikely coalition expands use of dental therapists in Arizona
A bill recently signed into law by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey opens the way for dental therapists to begin providing…
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Webcast will address employers’ efforts to reform labor and delivery services
In an important series last year, ProPublica partnered with NPR to report on maternal deaths in the United States. In…
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Young women falling short of exercise recommendations
Many young women in recent weeks have walked across a stage in cap and gown to accept their hard-earned high…