A new national state scorecard confirms dramatic inequities, finds regional variations
Apr 23
Premium
Image
DAIRIES WITH MORE THAN 700 COWS, LIKE THIS ONE IN PENNSYLVANIA, ARE KNOWN AS CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS./LANCE CHEUNG/U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Hospital leaders plan to present a full plan to address the emergency department overcrowding in June
Apr 23
Image
An empty hallway is pictured at the Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facilities (NORCOR) jail in The Dalles, Ore., Monday, July 31, 2017.
|
CONRAD WILSON/OPB
They represent a small fraction of the tens of thousands of people who’ve lost free Medicaid benefits since last April
Apr 18
Image
Marsella Elie, a canvasser for the community organization Philly Counts, gives out Narcan, a drug that can reverse an opioid overdose, to a North Philadelphia resident as part of Philadelphia’s door-knocking campaign in neighborhoods heavily affected by the opioid crisis.
|
KIMBERLY PAYNTER/WHYY
City officials hope to normalize naloxone as an everyday item in the medicine cabinet and reduce the disparate impact of overdose deaths on minority communities