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Reproductive justice advocates warn of health care crisis in Louisiana following Planned Parenthood shutdown
By Madhri YehiyaContributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Planned Parenthood’s health centers in New Orleans and Baton Rouge will shut down indefinitely at the end of this
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150,000 in Louisiana could lose health insurance without subsidy renewals
By Shalina ChatlaniContributing Writer (Stateline) — Without congressional action, more than seven million people who buy their health insurance on Affordable Care Act marketplaces would
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By Julie Appleby Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) — Trump administration officials, looking at the possible impact of large insurance premium increases for millions of next year’s Obamacare customers, want more people to consider ... Why are more older people dying after falls?
By Paula Span Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) – For a while, walking the dog felt hazardous. Earl Vickers was accustomed to taking Molly, his shepherd-boxer-something-else mix, for strolls on the beach or around his ... Magic sounds the alarm: The HIV crisis isn’t over for Black folks
By Joseph Williams WORDinBLACK Earvin “Magic” Johnson wants to spread the word to Black Gen Z’ers – especially those who think HIV/AIDS is no big deal because an NBA legend like him ... Many Black, Latino people can’t get opioid addiction meds
By Nada Hassanein Contributing Writer (Stateline) — Pharmacies in Black and Latino neighborhoods are less likely to dispense buprenorphine – one of the main treatments for opioid use disorder – even ... Mental health disorders driving cardiovascular health disparities, new study warns
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (The Washington Informer) — A sweeping review published in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe has drawn a direct line between mental health disorders and cardiovascular ... American kids are less likely to reach adulthood than foreign peers
By Anna Claire Vollers Contributing Writer (Stateline) — Babies and children in the United States are nearly twice as likely to die before reaching adulthood compared with their peers in other wealthy ... Use of weight loss drugs rises nationwide as Serena Williams shares her story
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (Black Press USA) — When Serena Williams told NBC’s “TODAY” show, “I just couldn’t get my weight to where I needed to be at a healthy ... La.’s organ donor agency rebounds from the critical list
By Wesley Muller Contribuitng Writer (lailluminator.com) – The motivation for LOPA’s progress is a new federal rating system launched in 2022 that set strict standards for a medical specialty area that had ...
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