Céline Gounder, KHN’s editor-at-large for public health, discusses new data showing an excess of deaths in 2020 related to heart disease. The deaths — from heart attack and heart failure — show that the virus can affect the heart and that ... [Continue Reading]
Part II: The State of the Abortion Debate 50 Years After ‘Roe’
The Host Julie Rovner KHN ... [Continue Reading]
Part I: The State of the Abortion Debate 50 Years After ‘Roe’
The Host Julie Rovner KHN ... [Continue Reading]
Unmet Needs: Critics Cite Failures in Health Care for Vulnerable Foster Children
Need Help? If you or someone you know is in a crisis, please call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. One night last month, a 9-year-old boy who had autism and talked about killing himself was among about 70 foster care ... [Continue Reading]
As States Seek to Limit Abortions, Montana Wants to Redefine What Is Medically Necessary
Montana’s conservative leaders, stymied by the courts from passing laws that impose significant statewide abortion restrictions, seek to tighten the state’s Medicaid rules to make it more difficult for low-income women to receive ... [Continue Reading]
Transgender People in Rural America Struggle to Find Doctors Willing or Able to Provide Care
For Tammy Rainey, finding a health care provider who knows about gender-affirming care has been a challenge in the rural northern Mississippi town where she lives. As a transgender woman, Rainey needs the hormone estrogen, which ... [Continue Reading]
NFL Has Been Slow to Embrace Mental Health Support for Players
When Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field in the middle of the “Monday Night Football” game in Cincinnati on Jan. 2, Carrie Hastings, half a continent away, understood what she needed to do ... [Continue Reading]
A $30 Million Gift to Build an Addiction Treatment Center. Then Staffers Had to Run It.
DECATUR, Ill. — The question came out of the blue, or so it seemed to Crossing Healthcare CEO Tanya Andricks: If you had $30 million to design an addiction treatment facility, how would you do it? The interim sheriff of Macon ... [Continue Reading]
Listen: Who Investigates Suspicious Deaths in Your Community — And Why It Matters
Each state has its own laws governing the investigation of violent and unexplained deaths, and the expertise and training of those in charge of such investigations vary widely across the nation. The job can be held by an elected coroner as young as ... [Continue Reading]