2022-05-26 ‘Almost Like Malpractice’: To Shed Bias, Doctors Get Schooled to Look Beyond Obesity Lauren Sausser When Melissa Boughton complained to her OB-GYN about dull pelvic pain, the doctor responded by asking about her diet and exercise habits. The question seemed irrelevant, considering the type of pain she was having, Boughton thought at […]
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Tribal Pharmacy Dispenses Free Meds and Fills Gaps for Native Americans in the City
2022-05-25 Tribal Pharmacy Dispenses Free Meds and Fills Gaps for Native Americans in the City Katherine Huggins and Julia Mueller MINNEAPOLIS — Tucked away on a side street near downtown, the Mashkiki Waakaa’igan Pharmacy offers its Native American clientele the services of any ordinary drugstore — it dispenses critical medication and provides consultation […]
High-Tech’s Business Model Hasn’t Worked for the Cue Covid Test
2022-05-23 High-Tech’s Business Model Hasn’t Worked for the Cue Covid Test Eric Taub “I’ve got this,” coos Gal Gadot in Cue Health’s Super Bowl TV commercial. Cue hired the “Wonder Woman” actress to be the voice of the company’s new high-tech covid-19 testing device. The ad pushes the notion that the at-home covid test produces […]
Bison Pastrami, Anyone? Preschool Assistant Makes Sure Kids Get to Know Indigenous Foods
2022-05-22 Bison Pastrami, Anyone? Preschool Assistant Makes Sure Kids Get to Know Indigenous Foods Ariel Gans and Katherine Huggins MINNEAPOLIS — Bison pastrami is not typical school lunch fare, but it’s a crowd favorite at a preschool in Minneapolis. Fawn Youngbear-Tibbetts — the seemingly always on-the-go coordinator of Indigenous foods at the Wicoie […]
States Have Yet to Spend Hundreds of Millions of Federal Dollars to Tackle Covid Health Disparities
2022-05-20 States Have Yet to Spend Hundreds of Millions of Federal Dollars to Tackle Covid Health Disparities Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News and Lauren Weber and Sam Whitehead The Biden administration in March 2021 announced it was investing $2.25 billion to address covid health disparities, the largest federal funding initiative designed specifically to […]
Should You Worry About Data From Your Period-Tracking App Being Used Against You?
2022-05-17 Should You Worry About Data From Your Period-Tracking App Being Used Against You? Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News and Victoria Knight It’s estimated that millions of people in the U.S. use period-tracking apps to plan ahead, track when they are ovulating, and monitor other health effects. The apps can help signal […]
Senate GOP Puts Up Roadblocks to Bipartisan House Bill for Veterans’ Burn Pit Care
2022-05-16 Senate GOP Puts Up Roadblocks to Bipartisan House Bill for Veterans’ Burn Pit Care Michael McAuliff Thousands of military veterans who are sick after being exposed to toxic smoke and dust while on duty are facing a Senate roadblock to ambitious legislation designed to provide them care. The Senate could start work […]
Census Undercount Threatens Federal Food and Health Programs on Reservations
2022-05-16 Census Undercount Threatens Federal Food and Health Programs on Reservations Carly Graf The 2020 census missed nearly 1 of every 17 Native Americans who live on reservations, an undercount that could very well lead to insufficient federal funding for essential health, nutrition, and social programs in remote communities with high poverty rates […]
Ripple Effects of Abortion Restrictions Confuse Care for Miscarriages
2022-05-15 Ripple Effects of Abortion Restrictions Confuse Care for Miscarriages Charlotte Huff As the Supreme Court appears poised to return abortion regulation to the states, recent experience in Texas illustrates that medical care for miscarriages and dangerous ectopic pregnancies would also be threatened if restrictions become more widespread. One Texas law passed last […]
Is Paxlovid, the Covid Pill, Reaching Those Who Most Need It? The Government Won’t Say
2022-05-14 Is Paxlovid, the Covid Pill, Reaching Those Who Most Need It? The Government Won’t Say Hannah Recht As the nation largely abandons mask mandates, physical distancing, and other covid-19 prevention strategies, elected officials and health departments alike are now championing antiviral pills. But the federal government isn’t saying how many people have […]