Opinion: How 911 dispatchers take care of their mental health
Perkins has been a fire dispatcher with the San Diego Fire Department for over three years. She lives in San Diego. Mental health is a complex subject in itself. Add …
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For uninsured cancer patients, getting care can be like spinning a roulette wheel
Eighteen months after April Adcox learned she had skin cancer, she finally returned to the Medical University of Charleston in South Carolina last May for treatment. By then, the reddish …
America funded nationwide child care during World War II. Here’s how Biden is trying to jump-start that effort | Regional/national titles
During World War II, the federal government spent more than $1 billion in today’s dollars to help provide affordable child care to mothers who entered the workforce in droves to …
Ask Amy: Care for older mothers may not be equal, but can it be more equitable?
Dear Amy: My husband’s mom and sister recently moved to our town, and it’s been bumpy. I hope you could weigh in on a disagreement that has arisen. My mother-in-law …
Private sector disruptors, not Beltway bureaucrats, offer the best hope of making health care affordable and accessible – Orange County Register
The American healthcare system is broken. Its biggest problem is the ridiculous cost that makes health care and coverage unaffordable, even inaccessible, for many Americans. The numbers are staggering: healthcare …
Protesters want Maryland lawmakers to expand health care to undocumented immigrants
Comment this storyComment Protesters – later detained by police – who occupied the stone steps of the State House in Annapolis on Friday morning to demand health care for undocumented …
Defenders of Mass. are pushing to continue masking in health care settings
Health Massachusetts’ COVID-19 public health emergency expires on May 11, ending state masking requirements in healthcare facilities. Public health advocates are urging Massachusetts health officials to keep universal masking in …
Massachusetts plans to let judges order mental health care
Policy A bill before Massachusetts lawmakers would allow family members and mental health professionals to ask the courts to order outpatient mental health care for adults with persistent mental illness …
Massachusetts lawmakers are considering letting family members and professionals ask the court to order mental health care
When Ashoke and Vinita Rampuria’s son returned home after taking a year off to finish school, he didn’t seem like himself. “He was unable to complete tasks. He was lying …
Idaho passes law to restrict interstate travel for abortion care for minors
Idaho just became the first state to implement an interstate travel restriction on abortion care since the Supreme Court repealed federal protections last year. Governor Brad Little (R) signed legislation …