Daily Edition for Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Today’s roundup covers dying at home, aftermath of the mass shootings, covid vaccines, treatments and misinfo, Medicare, housing, and more.
Unmet Needs: Critics Cite Failures in Health Care for Vulnerable Foster Children
By Andy Miller and Rebecca Grapevine
More states are moving to specialized managed-care contracts solely to handle medical and behavioral services for foster kids. But child advocates, foster parents, and even state officials say these and other care arrangements are shortchanging foster kids’ health needs.
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.
