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Abortion Is Shaking Up Attorneys General Races and Exposing Limits to Their…
Lauren Weber and Sam Whitehead
As the country grapples with states’ newfound power to regulate abortion in the aftermath of…
Readers and Tweeters Place Value on Community Services and Life-Sustaining…
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For Kids With Kidney Disease, Pediatric Expertise Is Key — But Not Always…
Jaxon Green, 6, was diagnosed with kidney disease the day he was born. His illness meant that for years his life would…
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Wrapping Up Summer’s Health News
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Local Health Officials to Feds: Where’s the Rest of Our Monkeypox Vaccine?
Jackie Fortiér, KPCC/LAist
Los Angeles County health officials found out Tuesday that the federal government slashed the…
Sleepless Nights Over Her Children’s Future as Debts Pile Up
Noam N. Levey
“My doctor saved my life, but my medical bills are stealing from my children’s lives.”Jeni Rae Peters…
Some Rural Hospitals Are in Such Bad Shape, Local Governments Are…
ERIN, Tenn. — Kyle Kopec gets a kick out of leading tours through the run-down hospitals his boss is snapping up,…
Public Health Agencies Adapt Covid Lessons to Curb Overdoses, STDs, and Gun…
LIVINGSTON, Mont. — Shannan Piccolo walked into a hotel with a tote bag full of Narcan and a speech about how easy it is…
After Wiping Out $6.7 Billion in Medical Debt, This Nonprofit Is Just…
Yuki Noguchi, NPR News
Soon after giving birth to a daughter two months premature, Terri Logan received a bill from the…
On the Wisconsin-Illinois Border: Clinics in Neighboring States Team Up on…
Kristen Schorsch, WBEZ Chicago
WAUKEGAN, Ill. — Around two days a week, Natalee Hartwig leaves her home in Madison, Wisconsin,…