Wave of Rural Nursing Home Closures Grows Amid Staffing Crunch
By Tony Leys
Many small-town care facilities that remain open are limiting admissions, citing a lack of staff, while a wave of others shutter. That means more patients are marooned in hospitals or placed far away from their families.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Today’s roundup covers mass shootings, the trauma of gun violence, annual covid shots, prescription drug costs, opioids, and more.
Watch: Fifty Years after ‘Roe,’ Abortion Rights Battle Shifts to the States
By Sarah Varney
On the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we asked people across the U.S. what the abrupt upending of abortion rights has meant to them, and we lay out the stakes in the battles ahead.
Daily Edition for Monday, January 23, 2023
Lunar New Year Massacre Shatters Hope For Asian Community: It was supposed to be a day of heralding the birth of spring with symbolic rituals like wearing red for good luck and eating long-life noodles to ensure good health. Instead, those who celebrate Lunar New Year woke Sunday to news of a mass shooting at a dance studio in the majority Asian suburb of Monterey Park that left 10 people dead and another 10 wounded. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Orange County Register, San Francisco Chronicle, and CNN. Keep scrolling for more coverage of the shooting.
Watch: Anti-Abortion Activists Rally in DC in a Watershed Moment for Their Movement
By Sarah Varney
Friday’s annual March for Life rally in Washington, D.C., held for the first time since Roe v. Wade was overturned, signals a new chapter in the anti-abortion movement.
Latino Teens Are Deputized as Health Educators to Sway the Unvaccinated
By Heidi de Marco
Some community health groups are training Latino teens to conduct outreach and education, particularly in places where covid vaccine fears linger.
Abortion Debate Ramps Up in States as Congress Deadlocks
By Julie Rovner
Abortion is a top issue for state lawmakers meeting for their first full sessions since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Transgender People in Rural America Struggle to Find Doctors Willing or Able to Provide Care
By Helen Santoro
Many health professionals in rural areas don’t know how to provide gender-affirming care, leaving transgender patients with few options.
Adolescentes latinos se entrenan para educar sobre las vacunas contra covid
By Heidi de Marco
Organizaciones comunitarias de salud en California y en todo el país forman a adolescentes, muchos de ellos latinos, para que actúen como educadores de la salud en la escuela, en las redes sociales y en las comunidades donde persiste el miedo a la vacuna contra covid.
Daily Edition for Friday, January 20, 2023
Today’s roundup covers covid testing, long covid, mental health, the Supreme Court leak, superbugs, housing, mpox, Medicare, and more.
