LAS VEGAS — Maurice Clark huddled in his tent along dusty railroad tracks as two homeless-outreach workers began asking him…
Tag: health care
Ebola: how a vaccine turned a terrifying virus into a preventable disease
By Yap Boum, Mbarara University of Science and Technology The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000…
Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress.
By Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam, California Healthline October 28, 2024 KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a…
Did a Georgia hospital break federal law when it failed to save Amber Thurman? A Senate committee chair wants answers.
Thurman died after waiting 20 hours for emergency care under the state’s abortion ban. Sen. Ron Wyden demanded records his…
Most Black hospitals across the South closed long ago. Their impact endures.
By Lauren Sausser, California Healthline MOUND BAYOU, Miss. — In the center of this historically Black city, once deemed “the…
Shortage of Black doctors is rooted in racist history − a $600M gift will help historically Black medical schools address the gap
By Benjamin Chrisinger, Tufts University Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education,…
‘I feel dismissed’: People experiencing colorism say health system fails them
By Chaseedaw Giles, California Healthline LOS ANGELES — Jonnae Thompson has felt for a long time that her dark brown…
Harris, once Biden’s voice on abortion, would take an outspoken approach to health
By Stephanie Armour and Julie Appleby and Julie Rovner, California Healthline July 21, 2024 Throughout Joe Biden’s presidency, he leaned on…
Americans with HIV are living longer. Federal spending isn’t keeping up.
By Sam Whitehead, California Healthline June 17, 2024 DECATUR, Ga. — Malcolm Reid recently marked the anniversary of his HIV…
Millions were booted from Medicaid. The insurers that run it gained revenue anyway.
By Phil Galewitz. California Healthline April 26, 2024 Private Medicaid health plans lost millions of members in the past year…