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Health equity
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Older same-sex couples gain financial protection in SCOTUS decision
In the wake of last month’s Supreme Court ruling on marriage, same-sex married couples in all 50 states should now…
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Indiana using telemedicine consults to integrate mental health, primary care
Indiana is embarking a new way to deliver mental health care to Medicaid members. John Wernert, M.D., a psychiatrist who…
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Could the other SCOTUS ruling improve health for the LGBT community?
All eyes were on the U.S. Supreme Court last week as it handed down its highly anticipated decision in King…
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Reaching rural populations and providers: more from #ruralhealth15
Distance dominated much of the conversation at AHCJ’s recent Rural Health Journalism Workshop in Fort Worth, Texas, a vast state…
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Percentage of adult Americans with cavities remains high, study notes
Although tooth decay and tooth loss have been declining in recent decades, more than nine of 10 working-age Americans have cavities…
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The reality of rural care: Covering the divide and distance
At a glance, the Dallas-Fort Worth area doesn’t seem so remote. Touching down in northern Texas, there’s a glut of…
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Covering infant mortality’s grip in South Carolina
Journalists Doug Pardue and Lauren Sausser of The Post and Courier in South Carolina almost saw their story, about tackling the perpetually…
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Workshop to offer look at nation’s rural health landscape #ruralhealth15
A lot has been made of mapping health care lately, from states and counties to ZIP codes and income. But…
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Love, marriage and millennials – one more look at fertility
Recent data on the economic recession’s impact on U.S. birth rate showed a slowdown among millennials struggling to regain their…
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Journalists expose weaknesses in Idaho’s fragmented, threadbare mental health system
Last fall, The Idaho Statesman newspaper and NPR member station Boise State Public Radio ran a series titled, “In Crisis,”…