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Are we massively underestimating how many women have postpartum depression?
The CDC estimates that about one in 10 women experience symptoms of depression after their baby is born. That’s starting to look like a huge underestimate.
California’s individual mandate: A fix for a broken system? Or a penalty on the poor?
Gov. Newsom’s proposed mandate is designed to shore up California's individual health care market. But it could disproportionately impact low- and middle-income residents.
How ‘engaged’ journalism helped a community tackle suicide
A nuts-and-bolts account of how community engagement made a crucial difference in telling the stories behind one California county's alarmingly high suicide rate.
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Health Media Jobs & Opportunities: Editor opening at a well-known health nonprofit
KFF, the non-profit health policy analysis, polling and journalism organization, is seeking a St. Louis-based Editor/Correspondent to join the staff of Kaiser Health News (KHN), its editorially independent newsroom distributing in-depth coverage of health issues across the country.
Sacramento clinic serves as life-line for the undocumented seeking care
Luis Miguel’s cerebral palsy makes access to health care essential, but this is complicated by his undocumented status. UC Davis’ student-run program Clinica Tepati has linked families like his to affordable care for the past 45 years.
A reporter revisits the fundamentals for series on childhood trauma in D.C. schools
The lessons I learned reporting these stories seem so basic to the work of journalism, and yet I realized I had either forgotten these fundamentals or I had compromised them too many times in the course of my career.
Why the battle to bring back school nurses is such a big deal for health and academics
Why are teachers going to the mat to get more nurses in schools? And what do nurses have to do with education?
Why did we stop talking about all the people left off the insurance rolls?
You don't see many stories about people stuck in the "family glitch" or who have fallen in the "coverage gap." But millions remain left out of the ACA's thwarted dream of universal coverage — and their stories matter.
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Is California trying to solve its homeless crisis by stiffing mental health?
Is California merely robbing Peter to pay Paul with its voter-approved bond measure to house mentally ill homeless people? Places such as Tulare County could end up losing badly needed mental health funding.
Health Media Jobs & Opportunities: NBC News Health and Medical Unit is looking for a Health Reporter
NBC News Health and Medical Unit needs a Health Reporter to work with the Senior Health Editor, NBC News.com, broadcast producers and senior producers to pitch and write health news content for NBC News.com and TODAY.com.
Merced County has a childhood obesity problem. Want to do something about it?
Data shows children in Merced County are three times more likely to be obese than the average California kid.
