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States Fight Student Mental Health Crisis With Days Off

By Giles Bruce June 13, 2022 KFF Health News Original

In early 2022, Illinois joined a growing number of states where lawmakers and school leaders are trying to combat the ongoing student mental health crisis by granting days off for mental health needs.

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After Two Ectopic Pregnancies, I Fear What Might Happen Without Roe v. Wade

By Joanne Faryon June 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A journalism professor’s four failed pregnancies forced her to use procedures or drugs that could soon be difficult to turn to.

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A photo shows a vial of the Jynneos vaccine next to a box.

Igual que con covid, atraso en pruebas y vacunas para la viruela del simio

By Michelle Andrews July 8, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Los casos de la viruela del simio siguen aumentando, pero la respuesta sanitaria es lenta: escasean las pruebas y las dosis de la vacuna que puede prevenir la infección.

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Cuando hay mala praxis en centros de salud comunitarios, pagan los contribuyentes

By Phil Galewitz and Bram Sable-Smith November 28, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Los 1,375 centros de salud financiados con dinero federal, que atienden a 30 millones de estadounidenses de bajos ingresos, son en su mayoría organizaciones privadas. Sin embargo, reciben $6,000 millones anuales en subvenciones federales y, según la ley federal, sus responsabilidades legales están cubiertas por el gobierno

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LGBTQ+ Youth Report High Suicide Risk, Poor Mental Health Care Access

May 2, 2023 Morning Briefing

An annual survey by The Trevor Project has found an alarming deterioration in the mental health of LGBTQ+ youth in the U.S., with 41% saying that they have seriously considered killing themselves in the last year. The numbers are even higher for transgender or non-binary kids.

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Can a Monthly Injection Be the Key to Curbing Addiction? These Experts Say Yes

By Jenny Gold May 6, 2022 KFF Health News Original

In California, where overdose deaths are on the rise, physicians say administering anti-addiction medication as a monthly injection holds tremendous potential. So, why aren’t more patients getting it?

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From Alabama to Utah, Efforts to Vaccinate Medicaid Enrollees Against Covid Run Into Obstacles

By Phil Galewitz February 28, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Inoculation rates remain low despite massive outreach efforts and incentives from federal and state programs and Medicaid plan operators, leaving many low-income people vulnerable to the virus.

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Is Paxlovid, the Covid Pill, Reaching Those Who Most Need It? The Government Won’t Say

By Hannah Recht May 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Many public health workers are unable to see how many doses of Pfizer’s antiviral treatment are shipped to their communities and cannot tell whether vulnerable residents are filling prescriptions as often as their wealthier neighbors.

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A digital illustration in pencil and watercolor. In the center of the image, there is a square. Within that square is a hospital room. A concerned woman wearing yellows stands beside a hospital bed, holding a briefcase. There is a partially-deflated balloon in the corner that reads “Get Well!” Outside the room, it is raining medical bills and debt collection notices.

Medical Bills Can Shatter Lives. North Carolina May Act to ‘De-Weaponize’ That Debt.

By Aneri Pattani June 21, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Medical debt is most prevalent in the Southeast, where states have not expanded Medicaid and have few consumer protection laws. Now, North Carolina is considering two bills that could change that, making the state a leader in protecting patients from high medical bills.

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Profit Strategy: Psychiatric Facilities Prioritize Out-of-State Kids

By Lauren Sausser April 11, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Nearly all psychiatric residential treatment centers for children in South Carolina operate as for-profit businesses — some backed by private equity — and many prioritize out-of-state kids because it’s better for the bottom line. The scramble to secure treatment for children and teenagers has become so competitive that South Carolina will spend millions more each year as of April 1 to keep out-of-state patients from flooding the state’s treatment facilities.

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The Pandemic Exacerbates the ‘Paramedic Paradox’ in Rural America

By Katheryn Houghton April 7, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Emergency medical services are a lifeline in regions with scarce medical care. But paramedics, trained to respond to patients with life-threatening injuries, are in short supply where they’re needed most.

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5 Things You Should Know About ‘Free’ At-Home Covid Tests

By Damon Darlin January 19, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Telling insurance companies to pay for rapid covid-19 tests is just the latest covid-related cost the federal government expects them to bear. But who really ends up paying for it?

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Novavax Missed Its Global Moonshot but Is Angling to Win Over mRNA Defectors

By Arthur Allen and Sarah Jane Tribble May 26, 2022 KFF Health News Original

After years of failure, the Maryland company aims to attract the vaccine-hesitant with an alternative to mRNA shots. But will it find a market?

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Stacy Whitford sits in her house on the right, facing a window. Her son sits on the floor in the corner on the left.

Patients’ Perilous Months-Long Waiting for Medicaid Coverage Is a Sign of What’s to Come

By Bram Sable-Smith and Rachana Pradhan April 4, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The pandemic crisis has overwhelmed understaffed state Medicaid agencies, already delaying access to the insurance program in Missouri. As the public health emergency ends, low-income people nationwide could find it even harder to have coverage.

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A digital illustration in pencil and watercolor. A woman with pink, curly hair climbs up a spiral staircase. She is trying to avoid medical bills that fall from above like heavy snowfall. The staircase is colored various shades of vibrant blues and darken s at the center to appear bottomless. The image looks to be a dreamscape or nightmare of medical debt.

How to Get Rid of Medical Debt — Or Avoid It in the First Place

By Yuki Noguchi, NPR News July 1, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Medical bills can add stress to the already stressful experience of dealing with a medical crisis. And if you can’t pay those bills, they can linger, wreaking havoc on your financial goals and credit. Here’s how to protect yourself.

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Babies Die as Congenital Syphilis Continues a Decade-Long Surge Across the US

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester April 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Congenital syphilis rates keep climbing, according to newly released federal data. But the primary funding source for most public health departments has been largely stagnant, its purchasing power dragged even lower by inflation.

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Readers and Tweeters Remain Vigilant on Masking and Billing

By Terry Byrne March 16, 2022 KFF Health News Original

KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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¿Puede una inyección mensual frenar la adicción a opioides? Expertos dicen que sí

By Jenny Gold May 6, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Una opción inyectable mensual para el tratamiento de la adicción a opioides no logra llegar a todos los que la necesitan por las trabas burocráticas para obtener el medicamento.

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A dispenser pours a dose of methadone — a red liquid — into a plastic cup.

Calls to Overhaul Methadone Distribution Intensify, but Clinics Resist

By Markian Hawryluk March 3, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The pandemic has shown that loosening the strict regulations on distributing methadone helps people recovering from addiction stay in treatment. But clinics with a financial stake in keeping the status quo don’t want to make permanent changes.

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A long line of people facing away from the camera are lined up outside of a building.

Las clínicas de salud sexual luchan sin medios contra la viruela del simio

By Liz Szabo and Lauren Weber July 19, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Las clínicas que tratan las enfermedades de transmisión sexual —que ya se enfrentaban a un aumento explosivo de enfermedades como la sífilis y la gonorrea— se encuentran ahora en la primera línea de la lucha para controlar el brote de viruela del simio, que crece rápidamente.

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