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Health equity
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Many states slow in offering dental sealant programs for at-risk children
Professionally applied dental sealants offer effective protection against tooth decay. Moreover, progress has been made over recent decades in getting…
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AHCJ webcast to look at role of communities in terms of wellness, health
How do housing, along with space, community resources and other development issues, combine to impact health? From infrastructure to proximity…
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Budget includes massive cuts to Medicaid beyond AHCA proposal
The Trump administration is doubling down on its goal of reshaping Medicaid financing and sharply reducing spending. As we’ve noted…
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International group shares concerns about disconnect between dental, medical care
Back in 2000, then-Surgeon General David Satcher warned in his landmark “Oral Health in America” report about the nation’s “silent…
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Looking at new leads on covering hunger
Like in other areas of health, hunger also is facing an ever-widening dichotomy. On the one hand, there is a…
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Study: Add poor oral health as a contributor to malnutrition among older adults
New research on senior hunger serves as a reminder of the impact that untreated dental disease may have upon overall…
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Reporter describes opportunities, challenges in covering oral health stories in ethnic neighborhoods
Tooth decay puts a particularly heavy burden upon children of color, as do the pain and tooth loss that can…
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Refugees, undocumented immigrants often face ’roundabout care’
For Ghassan, a Syrian refugee seeking asylum after arriving in the United States about two years ago, a recent visit…
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Reporter’s work pushes regulators, legislators to act on opioids
Lack of work, educational gaps, despair, overprescribing – there’s a host of reasons behind the nation’s opioid crisis. It may…
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Changes in health care landscape could mean big stories in oral health
It is hard to know, amid the ongoing battle to reshape the nation’s health care system, what the future holds…