Cost of healing
A new way to treat women's mental health in prison

A new way to treat women's mental health in prison

A program in California state prisons helps women convicted of violent offenses face trauma from their pasts

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Prison
Mental Illness
Health
Child obesity in Mexico

Child obesity in Mexico

US sends its supersized diet to kids south of the border

Topics:
Health
Obesity
Mexico
The human cost of Texas’ refusal to expand Medicaid

The human cost of Texas’ refusal to expand Medicaid

Rejecting ‘Obamacare’ has cost Texas over $8 billion and, advocates say, put poor people’s health at risk

Topics:
Texas
Obamacare
Health Care
Hygiene and heartache: Homeless women’s daily struggle to keep clean

Hygiene and heartache: Homeless women’s daily struggle to keep clean

For many homeless women, administering self-care on the streets is a time-consuming and risky endeavor

Topics:
Homelessness
Gender
Health
Revealed: The malaria crisis India doesn’t want to acknowledge

Revealed: The malaria crisis India doesn’t want to acknowledge

An investigation shows routine manipulation of data, shortages of supplies, understaffing and enduring dysfunction

Topics:
Health
India
Race & Ethnicity
The military's hidden mental health crisis: spousal trauma

The military's hidden mental health crisis: spousal trauma

How the US military is failing partners with secondary trauma

Topics:
U.S.
Mental Illness
Public Health
Food allergies on a budget

Food allergies on a budget

Stocking the shelves can be a struggle for low-income families who require gluten-free and allergy-friendly foods

Topics:
U.S.
Food Insecurity
Health
Sobering conditions at Narco Freedom’s three-quarter houses

Sobering conditions at Narco Freedom’s three-quarter houses

Nonprofit bosses accused of bilking Medicaid to fund lavish lifestyle; residents cite leaky, moldy, neglected buildings

Topics:
Housing
Medicare & Medicaid
New York
The dangerous Medicare loophole of observation status

The dangerous Medicare loophole of observation status

As more seniors get unexpected hospital bills, advocates press Congress to end the ambiguity in the Social Security Act

Topics:
Health
Congress
Elderly

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