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Going It Alone

LGBTQ+ People Relive Old Traumas as They Age on Their Own

The generation that faced discrimination, ostracism, and the AIDS epidemic now faces old age. Many struggle with isolation along with a host of pressing health problems.

Systemic Sickness

‘Waiting List to Nowhere’: Homelessness Surveys Trap Black Men on the Streets

Homelessness experts and community leaders say vulnerability questionnaires have worsened racial disparities among the unhoused by systematically placing white people in front of the line ahead of Black people. Now places like Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Austin, Texas, are developing alternative surveys to reduce bias.

Postcard From Las Vegas

Caseworkers Coax Homeless People out of Las Vegas’ Tunnels for Treatment

Street medicine providers and homeless outreach workers who travel into Las Vegas’ drainage tunnels have noticed an uptick in the number of people living underground, and it can be difficult to persuade them to come aboveground for medicine and treatment.

Systemic Sickness

Trash Incinerators Disproportionately Harm Black and Hispanic People

Across the country, trash incinerators disproportionately overburden majority-Black and -Hispanic communities. Though the number of incinerators has declined nationwide since the 1980s, Florida offers financial incentives to waste management companies that expand existing facilities or build new ones.

An Arm and a Leg

An Arm and a Leg: Revisiting ‘Christmas In July’

From the archives of “An Arm and a Leg”: a family tragedy, a 40-year tradition, and a million dollars in medical debt erased.

Weekly Podcast

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': End-of-Year Chaos on Capitol Hill

Daily Cartoon

‘Elf and Safety?’

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