Tag
disparities
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Panel looks to Medicaid as possible housing partner to boost health
Is housing a prescription for better health for the poor? And, if so, who pays for it? That was the…
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New tip sheet offers resources for tracking geographic disparities in organ transplants
David Wahlberg, a health reporter at the Wisconsin State Journal, is using his yearlong AHCJ Reporting Fellowship on Health Care…
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Calif. water shortage highlights lack of another resource: time
Reporters covering inequality know that one commodity the poor have very little of is time. Whether it’s a lack of…
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Washington Post examines impact of Calif. water shortage on the poor
With record rainfall in parts of the United States this summer, people in some of the nation’s wettest areas –…
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Examining psychology, racism in wake of Charleston shooting
“Our anxiety and fear is palpable,” New York Times reporter Jenna Wortham wrote recently. “Racism’s Psychological Toll,” written for The…
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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…