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Health data can be shockingly available. A group of nonprofits and corporations is proposing to patch up the holes in health apps, but many of the biggest companies didnāt participate in the proposalās creation.
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
After Texas limited transgender medical care for young people, patients are trying to figure out whatās next.
Three years after a government site launched to connect Americans to treatment, finding addiction care is still a struggle.
In California, where overdose deaths are on the rise, physicians say administering anti-addiction medication as a monthly injection holds tremendous potential. So, why arenāt more patients getting it?
The top candidates to lead Californiaās most populous city have pledged to expand services for homeless people struggling with mental illness and substance use disorders. But they differ on whether the city should control homeless funding or continue a partnership with the county.
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
More people have visited emergency departments for eating disorders during the pandemic. Those living in rural areas have limited pathways to treatment.
Empathy overload and compassion fatigue contribute to the mental health woes of veterinarians, who are more likely than other Americans to attempt suicide. And with 23 million families adopting pets during the pandemic, vetsā stress burden is no doubt heavier now.
Becca Levy of Yale University talks with āNavigating Agingā columnist Judith Graham about how people can alter ingrained perceptions of aging ā which are often formed unconsciously and are unrecognized.
Nearly all psychiatric residential treatment centers for children in South Carolina operate as for-profit businesses ā some backed by private equity ā and many prioritize out-of-state kids because itās 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.
The company awarded the stateās Medi-Cal Rx contract was taken over by another company, Centene. That left the state with a contractor it didnāt pick ā one that has been accused of overbilling nine other state Medicaid programs and is now under investigation by California.
Many sleep scientists maintain that people who prefer to stay up late could improve their mental and physical health by synchronizing their natural sleep cycles with workday demands. The flexible work schedules that came with covidās work-from-home trend, according to one new study, backs up this idea.
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
Black students at many predominantly white colleges are speaking out about the racial hostility theyāve experienced, which contributes to depression, elevated stress levels, and anxiety. But the students are often not getting the mental health help they need on campus.
Recent studies from around the world have found that people with schizophrenia are as much as five times as likely to die from covid-19 as the general population. Scientists think the findings suggest schizophrenia is not just a disease of the brain, but also a disease of the immune system.
Although its fate was in doubt more than a few times, the Affordable Care Act turned 12 this week. Year 13 could be pivotal in determining how many Americans receive ACA health insurance, and at what price. Meanwhile, three leading credit bureaus agreed to stop using most medical debt to measure U.S. consumersā creditworthiness. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and KHNās Mary Agnes Carey join KHNās Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
Black mental health therapists talk openly on TikTok about working in a predominantly white field, while at the same time making mental health care more accessible for people of color who might be shut out of the health care system.
Relatives who often provide vital caregiving for nursing home residents say the lockdowns during the covid pandemic showed the need for family members to visit in person with their loved ones. About a dozen states have passed laws guaranteeing that right, and California is considering one.
A backlog at Montanaās psychiatric hospital for those facing criminal charges has left people with serious mental illness behind bars for months without adequate treatment. In some cases, judges have freed defendants over due-process violations.
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