JACKSON, Omit. — Miracle Allen used her remaining tank of fuel to force an hour and quarter-hour to the nearest sanatorium that might maintain her and her unborn child. Allen, 29, was once 4 months pregnant when Storm Ida ripped via her Houma, Louisiana, neighborhood. She spent 3 nights within the remnants of a space with a…
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The every-other-year Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, which for years has provided crucial insights into middle- and high-schoolers’ physical, mental, social and behavioral health, has been in conservatives’ cross hairs before. Now the anonymous, voluntary survey is even more politicized. Students are asked about sexual activity, consent, drug and alcohol use, suicide, weapons, bullying, gender identity…
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More than 500,000 Floridians could lose their health insurance if Congress fails to extend tax credits passed through the American Rescue Plan Act, a new report warns. The tax credits dramatically lowered premiums for millions of Florida families who this year obtained their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. But those subsidies will expire…
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Combined firm would take aim at health disparities Two Western New York nonprofit organizations that have partnered on past initiatives are joining forces – a combination that will look to leverage a network of community-based groups and health data to take a bite out of this area’s health inequities. Under an agreement announced June 9,…
Parents and families of infants who rely on baby formula for their nutritional needs are scrambling due to the nationwide shortage. Ongoing supply chain issues from the pandemic, coupled with a recall on formula by Abbott Nutrition and the shuttering of their manufacturing plant in Michigan, have significantly impacted the scarcity. By talking to their…
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A federal court in Georgia ruled Thursday that employers who categorically exclude gender-affirming medical care from health insurance coverage violate federal law. Anna Lange, a transgender woman and sheriff’s deputy in Houston County, Georgia, sued in 2019 after she was denied coverage for a vaginoplasty in November 2018. The Sheriff’s Office provides health care coverage…
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Many paintings of Hamilton’s industrial landscape are grey and gritty. But, that’s not how Aleda O’Connor paints local steel mills and smokestacks. She takes the grey away. “The varied greys in the buildings pointed to the saturated colours I chose, so I took direction from that,” she says. “Eventually I began to play with colour…
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Florida is preparing to launch mentoring and outreach programs geared toward bolstering fathers’ parenting skills and, in turn, helping at-risk youths as part of a $70 million initiative. The initiative was included in a new law (HB 7065) approved unanimously this year by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in April. Some state…