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New report predicts health care worker shortages in Colorado, with less populated areas suffering more
By John Daley Sep. 10, 2024, 4:00 am If you’re a nurse practitioner or some other health care occupation, you can expect to be in high demand in Colorado and many other states in the coming years. That’s according to a new report from Mercer, a global consulting firm, which examines labor markets around the U.S. in a…
Maternity care deserts are growing
Caitlin Owens September 11, 2024 Half of U.S. counties don’t have a hospital that provides obstetric care and more than a third lack a single obstetric clinician, according to a new report by March of Dimes. Why it matters: Access to care is getting worse even as America’s maternal mortality rate is more than double that of some other high-income…
White House announces rule that would cut insurance red tape over mental health and substance use disorder care
By Carma Hassan and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Updated 3:43 PM EDT, Mon September 9, 2024 The Biden administration announced a final rule on Monday meant to expand access and lower costs for care for mental health and substance use disorders. Most provisions in the rule will apply to group health plans and health insurance issuers for plan years starting…
More Women Underwent Surgical Sterilization After Fall of Roe v. Wade
By HealthDay Sept. 11, 2024, at 11:00 a.m By Ernie Mundell As fears of the consequences of an unintended pregnancy rose after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, rates of surgical sterilization rose in those states most affected by the decision, new research shows. Rates of tubal sterilization — tying, cutting or removing the fallopian…
How Columbia’s Gentrification Impacts Reproductive Justice in West Harlem
SEP 4, 2024, 9:24AM SURINA VENKAT The gap in access to reproductive health care caused by the closing of St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital has not yet been filled in West Harlem. In 1990, at a protest against the move of reproductive care units from St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in West Harlem to midtown New York that drew…
New Mexico starts building an abortion clinic to serve neighboring states, train medical students
BY MORGAN LEE Updated 7:33 PM CDT, September 5, 2024 SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Construction is getting underway on a state-funded reproductive health and abortion clinic in southern New Mexico that will cater to local residents and people who travel from neighboring states such as Texas and Oklahoma with major restrictions on abortion, Gov. Michelle…
Voting is a social determinant of health
By Hugo Balta Aug 29, 2024 Approximately 244 million Americans will have the opportunity to vote in the 2024 elections. In the 2020 election, an unprecedented 67 percent of those eligible turned out to vote. If turnout reaches that level again, it will result in over 162 million ballots being cast by November, reports the Bipartisan Policy Center. Over the…
Tribal Health Officials ‘Blinded’ by Lack of Data
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 A strong public health system can make a big difference for those who face stark health disparities. But epidemiologists serving Native American communities, which have some of the nation’s most profound health inequities, say they’re hobbled by state and federal agencies restricting their access to important data. American Indians…
In a rural small town, a group of locals steps up to support senior health
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 5:00 AM ET By Juliana Kim, Tim Evans GLEN ULLIN, N.D. — When small rural towns get smaller, the challenges for those who remain get bigger. It’s especially true for older residents and those who care for them in this shrinking North Dakota town. Adults age 65 and older make up a third…