Youth from the Colorado Youth Advisory Council presented a state committee proposal that could become bills during the 2025 legislative session. The proposal included policy proposals related to naloxone distribution, access and clean energy. Recommendations are made by committees within COYAC. The group of young people on the council come from all over the … Read more
RED CLOUD, Neb. — This far-flung town in southern Nebraska has an advantage its neighbors must envy. Its favorite daughter, Willa Cather, was a literary giant of the early 20th century. Her legacy brings a steady stream of writers, artists and biology-and-birder types who split time between this small town (population 962) and the spring … Read more
The Oregon Health Authority seeks to expand access to health care, expand the state’s behavioral health system and connect more families with preventive health care. The goals are fundamental to the agency’s goal of eliminating health care disparities by 2030. strategic plan that will guide the work. The plan spans the next three years … Read more
Among the issues that affect Americans, health care is one of the most important and one of the most complex and evolving as new technologies, public policies, and issues emerge. brought new problems to the fore. Health care is the third most pressing issue in this presidential election year, according to WisconSays data collected … Read more
After a five-year legal battle, the United States District Court recently ruled that transgender people incarcerated in Connecticut prisons have a right to receive gender-affirming health care. Veronica-May Clark originally filed the case in 2019, and the American Civil Liberties Union filed her case in 2021. Clark, who has been in custody since 2007, … Read more
The Commonwealth Fund’s 2024 Scorecard on State Health System Performance provides a stark post-crisis picture of health care access, quality and outcomes for women across the United States. “We have gone backwards in terms of life expectancy and preventable death, and women’s health, mental health, and the problem of drug use are crying out … Read more
High health care costs continue to hit Coloradans hard, with two out of three respondents to a new survey saying they have delayed or missed health care because of the cost in the past 12 months Nearly three in four said they had trouble affording health care in the past year. That’s according to … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Dr. Kaaren Mathias coordinates an international team studying the quality of mental health goods in Ghana, India, Occupied Palestine and South Africa. Dr. Mathias is a public health practitioner and Senior Lecturer in the School of Health Sciences at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC). It … Read more