healthcare disparity
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Covid-19
Bus Stop by Bus Stop, Denver-Area Officials Microtarget Vaccine HesitancyMobile clinics are part of a new push by Denver-area public health officials to find the neighborhoods where vaccinations lag...
Clinical Care
COVID Renews Interest in Radiation, but Docs Caution Against Pilgrimages to Radon-Filled MinesClinical Care
Women Say California Insurer Makes It Too Hard to Get Drug for Postpartum DepressionHowever, California's new law has been hailed by advocates as a national model for mental health reform.
Telehealth
Stakeholders Urge Congress to Avert 'Telehealth Cliff'Virtual care advocates note that telehealth demonstrated its value as a care option for seniors during the pandemic, when in-person...
Clinical Care
How a Doctor Breaks Norms to Treat Refugees and Recent ImmigrantsMango House provides food and clothing assistance, after-school programs, English classes, legal help ? and even a Boy Scout troop.
Telehealth
The Pandemic Made Telemedicine an Instant Hit. Patients and Providers Feel the Growing Pains.Video services were not equally prepared for the titanic influx in users.
Payer
Contraception Is Free to Women, Except When It's NotDespite the ACA's guarantees of free contraception coverage, even for women whose health plans are subject to the law's requirements,...
Telehealth
Latinos Embraced Remote Mental Health Visits Amid PandemicBy greatly boosting the numbers of people using telehealth, COVID-19 may have jumpstarted broader adoption of telehealth for mental health...
Telehealth
Wolters Kluwer Launches Remote Patient Education PlatformThe new platform provides patients with hundreds of videos and more than 8,000 leaflets in 20 languages and at a...
Clinical Care
With a Diagnosis at Last, Black Women with ADHD Start HealingThe longer girls with ADHD aren't diagnosed and treated, the more their problems are likely to worsen as they grow...
Strategy
Sen. Wyden: $3.5T Budget May Have to Trim but It Can Set a Path to 'Ambitious Goals'Healthcare will account for a large proportion of the cost.
Payer
California Makes It Easier for Low-Income Residents to Get and Keep Free Health CoverageA provision in California's newly approved state budget will eliminate the asset test for the 2 million Californians enrolled in...