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KERA | By Kailey Broussard Published October 7, 2024 at 5:00 AM CDT For North Texas health care professionals and advocates, new breast cancer statistics from the American Cancer Society provide both hope and a reminder of the work needed to improve early detection and access to screenings. Mortality rates for breast cancer have fallen by 44% since 1989,…

By Marissa Perlman September 30, 2024 / 10:09 AM CDT / CBS Chicago To watch video report, Click Here. CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Teachers Union staged “walk-ins” at more than 150 schools on Monday as part of a nationwide movement to call for more funding for public education. The demonstrations came as approximately $200 billion federal COVID…

By Hannah Gaskill | [email protected] UPDATED: September 20, 2024 at 11:32 a.m. More than 100 women gathered in the backroom at Checkerspot brewery Wednesday evening with three goals: to elect Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Angela Alsobrooks; to make Vice President Kamala Harris the first female president; and to enshrine reproductive rights into the state constitution. At the Baltimore Women’s…

By  KEVIN McGILL Updated 4:53 PM CDT, September 24, 2024 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas county that wants to keep 17 books off its shelves — some dealing humorously with flatulence and others with issues including sex, gender identity and racism — argued its case Tuesday before 18 federal appeals court judges amid questions on whether the…

Updated on: September 22, 2024 / 2:44 PM EDT / CBS At least two students at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania were suspended from the swim team after a report that a racial slur was scratched onto a student’s body, officials said. School administrators received “a deeply concerning report of a racial slur being scratched onto a student using…

Millennials and adult Gen Zers were more likely to take care of their mental health than members of Gen X and baby boomers. By Hannah Docter-Loeb September 23, 2024 at 5:30 a.m. EDT About 37 percent of Gen Z men in the United States do not have an established primary care provider, according to a recent survey…

The Ohio Newsroom | By Erin Gottsacker Published September 23, 2024 at 5:15 AM EDT Postpartum depression affects a lot of women. Research suggests about 1 in 7 new moms deal with it. But fewer than half get the mental health care they need, and treatments for the mood disorder remain understudied, said Dr. Frances Wymbs, a clinical psychologist and associate…

Aziza Ahmed Sept. 23, 2024, 3:30 AM CDT Shifts in abortion law, with some states banning abortions altogether, have had a wide impact on maternal and child health. This generalized crisis heightens an already acute issue for racial minorities accessing health care. Almost immediately after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision, patients of all backgrounds began reporting…

By: Dennis Thompson Published on Sep 24, 2024, 4:28 am Key Takeaways TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Latino and Black family doctors are more likely to hang their shingle in their old neighborhood and care for the less fortunate, researchers report. The new findings, which also showed these doctors were more likely to…

Published: September 20, 2024 8:26am EDT Authors At a pharmacy in Iowa, a 42-year-old Black gay man couldn’t find a medication he needed. The pharmacist, a white woman, told him they didn’t stock that medication. But while he waited to pay for his other purchases, he saw another customer place the medication he just asked…