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Many students at Sarah Scott Middle School in Terre Haute, Indiana, deal with poverty, dysfunction and stress. Since the pandemic hit, teachers and administrators have struggled to give kids and families the support they need.
Half the public believes the worst of the pandemic is yet to come, but most are prepared to continue to take measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 until vaccines are distributed.
Pediatric hospitals are creating clinics for the increasing number of children reporting lingering covid symptoms similar to those that plague some adults long after they have recovered.
Many undocumented immigrants are essential workers at high risk of exposure to the virus — and the pandemic’s economic crash — with no direct access to federal financial lifelines available to U.S. citizens.
Tuesday's roundup covers child covid vaccines, drug prices, monkeypox, abortion, covid deaths, health data, medical bills, and more.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky said scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were "muzzled" and "diminished" by the Trump team, especially during the pandemic. She aims to fix that.
As the newest federally recognized tribe, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana is starting from scratch to deliver health care to members. While covid-19 has been devastating, it has sped up the tribe's ability to build a clinic. Yet, lacking a reservation, the tribe faces challenges reaching its scattered members.
Tuesday's roundup covers covid vaccines and tracking, monkeypox, baby formula, Medicaid, diabetes drug, abortion, opioids, and more.
Thursday's roundup covers guns, baby formula, covid cases, vaccines and funding, Medicaid, taxed ERs, abortion, cancer, monkeypox, and more.
Tuesday's roundup covers Medicare costs, gun violence, mental health, abortion, long covid, vaccines, formula, monkeypox, drugs, and more.
Lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing bills to restrict transgender kids from participating in sports and ban doctors from treating them.
Thursday's roundup covers abortion laws, infant formula, gun violence, mental health, long covid, vaccines, hepatitis, Medicaid, and more.
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Federal officials say that some of the money changing hands has corrupted doctors and endangered patients.
As the crisis crushed smaller providers, some of the nation’s richest health systems thrived, reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in surpluses after accepting huge grants for pandemic relief. But poorer hospitals — many serving rural and minority populations — got a smaller slice of the pie and limped through the year with deficits and a bleak fiscal future.
Thursday's roundup covers mask ruling appeal, booster shots, covid cases, Medicaid, ransomware, drug pricing, marijuana, cancer, and more.
Tuesday's roundup covers U.S. call for J&J vaccine pause, Michigan's surge, shot mandates, Biden administration news, Medicaid and more.
Monday's roundup covers covid cases, vaccines and treatments, medical debt, tobacco use, asthma, segregation in hospitals, Ukraine, and more.
A growing body of research shows that overuse and misuse of antibiotics in children’s hospitals is helping fuel superbugs, which typically strike frail seniors but are increasingly infecting kids. And the pandemic is making things worse.
Friday's roundup covers vaccines, baby formula, guns, telehealth, covid cases, treatments, drug prices, and more. Plus, weekend reads.
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