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Silence in Sikeston: Hush, Fix Your Face

By Cara Anthony September 17, 2024 Podcast

In Episode 2 of the “Silence in Sikeston” podcast, host Cara Anthony speaks with Sikeston, Missouri, resident Larry McClellon, who grew up being told not to talk about the 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright. He is determined to break the cycle of silence in his community. Anthony also unearths a secret in her own family and grapples with the possible effects of intergenerational trauma.

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Watch: New Documentary Film Explores a Lynching and a Police Killing 78 Years Apart

By Cara Anthony September 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The “Silence in Sikeston” documentary film explores how the nation’s first federally investigated lynching and a police killing 78 years apart haunt the same rural Missouri community. The film from KFF Health News and Retro Report explores the lasting impact of such trauma — and what it means to speak out about it.

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Historic Numbers of Americans Live by Themselves as They Age

By Judith Graham September 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Longer life spans, rising rates of divorce, widowhood, and childlessness, and smaller, far-flung families are fueling a “gray revolution” in older adults’ living arrangements. It can have profound health consequences.

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La vejez en soledad, así vive un número histórico de estadounidenses

By Judith Graham September 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Más de 16 millones de estadounidenses viven solos mientras envejecen. Sorprendentemente, se sabe muy poco sobre sus experiencias.

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A Possible Downside to Limits on Teens’ Access to Social Media

By Daniel Chang September 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

In 1982, then-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop warned that video games might be hazardous to young people’s health, a statement he later walked back, acknowledging it had no basis in science. These days, state and federal policymakers are sounding alarms about the need to protect children from the harmful effects of social media platforms such […]

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Décadas de programas nacionales contra el suicidio no han frenado estas muertes

By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock September 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Durante los últimos 20 años, funcionarios federales han lanzado tres estrategias nacionales de prevención del suicidio, incluida una anunciada en abril.

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Viewpoints: Ozempic Has Many More Health Benefits; A Vaccine May Not Be The Final Answer To Lyme Problem

September 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle these public health issues.

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Tennessee Confirms Measles Case In Traveler; West Nile Spreads In Mass.

September 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

In other news from around the country: Oklahoma ditches naloxone vending machines; medical waste is washing ashore in Maryland and Virginia; and more.

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Tune In Tonight For ‘Silence In Sikeston’ Documentary Premiere

September 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

At 8 p.m. ET, WORLD will premiere “Silence in Sikeston,” a co-production of KFF Health News and Retro Report, as part of “Local, USA.”
Stemming from reporting by KFF Health News, the documentary tells the story of the 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright and the ensuing failure of the first federal attempt to prosecute a lynching. The lynching continues to haunt the rural Missouri community as it struggles to cope with the fatal 2020 police shooting of a young Black father, Denzel Taylor. The film airs on WORLD stations nationwide and will be available to stream on WORLD’s YouTube channel, WORLDchannel.org and the PBS app.

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CMS Considering Oversight For Health Care Vendors After Change Cyberattack

September 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

The goal is to limit the broader impacts on care like those seen after the Change Healthcare hack earlier this year. Among other news, Mercy health system is threatening to stop accepting Anthem insurance, and the surgeon who pioneered laparoscopy has died.

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Trump Unharmed As FBI Investigates Another Assassination Attempt

September 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

The incident happened at his Florida golf club Sunday. Authorities recovered a rifle pointed into the golf course. Plus, more election news.

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Pediatricians Struggle With Obesity Guidelines For Kids

September 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

Stat reports on the aftermath of the changes made to childhood obesity guidelines last year by the American Academy of Pediatrics, with some doctors remaining concerned over the potential impact on eating disorder development. Meanwhile, kids’ sugary drinks consumption is up.

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2 Close Contacts Of Missouri Bird Flu Patient Also Exhibited Symptoms

September 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

The CDC said Friday that the first person was a member of the initial patient’s household, and the second person was a health care worker. The CDC also said the simultaneous development of symptoms doesn’t provide evidence of person-to-person spread, NBC reported.

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American Cancer Society CEO Leaving Post; Search Is On For Successor

September 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

Karen Knudsen, who has led the body for more than three years, will stay on as a strategic adviser through early 2025. Also in the news: Incyte’s immunotherapy drug is effective against anal tumors; Bayer seeks broader approval for its prostate cancer drug; and more.

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Morning Briefing for Monday, September 16, 2024

September 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

Nebraska Court Allows Competing Abortion Measures On The Ballot

September 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

Voters must weigh in on a measure that would expand abortion protections and another that would limit them. Meanwhile in Arizona, lawmakers repealed the 1864 law that was revived to ban abortions. Also, a study reveals tubal ligation isn’t a sure-fire method for preventing pregnancies.

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First Edition: Monday, Sept. 16, 2024

September 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

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Tossed Medicine, Delayed Housing: How Homeless Sweeps Are Thwarting Medicaid’s Goals

By Angela Hart September 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

As California cities crack down on homeless encampments in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling authorizing fines and arrests, front-line workers say such sweeps are undercutting billions in state and federal Medicaid spending meant to stabilize people’s health and get them off the streets.

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Decades of National Suicide Prevention Policies Haven’t Slowed the Deaths

By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock September 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Despite years of national strategies to address the suicide crisis in the U.S., rates continue to rise. A chorus of researchers and experts say the interventions will work — but that they’re simply not being adopted by state and local governments.

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Journalists Explore Breast Cancer Rates and the Medical Response to Mass Shootings

September 14, 2024 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News and California Healthline journalists made the rounds on local and state media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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