Watch: New Documentary Film Explores a Lynching and a Police Killing 78 Years Apart
By Cara Anthony
The “Silence in Sikeston” documentary film explores how the nation’s first federally investigated lynching and a police killing 78 years apart haunt the same rural Missouri community. The film from KFF Health News and Retro Report explores the lasting impact of such trauma — and what it means to speak out about it.
Fighting Staff Shortages With Scholarships, California Bill Aims To Boost Mental Health Courts
By Molly Castle Work
A new bill would create a scholarship program for students who agree to work with specialized courts in California to get patients into treatment, but some people argue the state shouldn’t restrict scholarship aid to a new, untested program given broader behavioral health workforce shortages.
Historic Numbers of Americans Live by Themselves as They Age
By Judith Graham
Longer life spans, rising rates of divorce, widowhood, and childlessness, and smaller, far-flung families are fueling a “gray revolution” in older adults’ living arrangements. It can have profound consequences for their health.
La vejez en soledad, así vive un número histórico de estadounidenses
By Judith Graham
Más de 16 millones de estadounidenses viven solos mientras envejecen. Sorprendentemente, se sabe muy poco sobre sus experiencias.
Daily Edition for Monday, September 16, 2024
Bird Flu Cases Keep Growing In California Dairy Herds: The number of California dairy herds reported to have outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu has grown to eight. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Plus, a top health official says the U.S. should be doing more about bird flu.
California May Regulate and Restrict Pharmaceutical Brokers
By Don Thompson
California lawmakers are moving to rein in the pharmaceutical middlemen they say drive up costs and limit consumers’ choices. The bill sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom would require pharmacy benefit managers to be licensed in California and would ban some business practices. Newsom vetoed a previous effort three years ago.
Decades of National Suicide Prevention Policies Haven’t Slowed the Deaths
By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock
Despite years of national strategies to address the suicide crisis in the U.S., rates continue to rise. A chorus of researchers and experts say the interventions will work — but that they’re simply not being adopted by state and local governments.
Décadas de programas nacionales contra el suicidio no han frenado estas muertes
By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock
Durante los últimos 20 años, funcionarios federales han lanzado tres estrategias nacionales de prevención del suicidio, incluida una anunciada en abril.
Daily Edition for Friday, September 13, 2024
Poverty Has Gotten Worse In California: The state’s overall poverty rate soared to 18.9% in 2023, according to research released this week by the California Budget & Policy Center. That’s up from 16.4% in 2022, but more significantly, it’s a staggering jump from the 11.0% rate that the center’s researchers had recorded in 2021. Read more from Capital & Main.
No One Wants To Talk About Racial Trauma. Why My Family Broke Our Silence.
By Cara Anthony
Every family has secrets. I spent the past few years reporting about racial violence in Sikeston, Missouri. Interviewing Black families there helped me uncover my family’s traumatic past, too.
