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How to talk to people about trauma — and take care of yourself
A Los Angeles Times reporter spent a year reporting on the high schools in LA County surrounded by the highest number of homicides. Here's what she learned about reporting on trauma.
Will undocumented immigrants avoid new state health benefits?
The Trump administration's immigration crackdown stops many immigrants from using public health services for fear they'll be declared a "public charge."
Why do we make it so hard to prescribe the ‘gold standard’ for treating opioid addiction?
Only about 6 percent of medical practitioners have obtained a government waiver that allows them to prescribe a crucial drug for treating opioid addiction. Here's why that's a problem.
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SELF is seeking an experienced health writer and editor with a strong background in science-based health and wellness writing to join the SELF team.
Hospitals Try to Balance Care, Financial Constraints
Making behavioral health pencil out has become a greater challenge for San Diego hospitals like Scripps, Sharp HealthCare, Palomar Health and UC San Diego Health.
Health Media Jobs & Opportunities: INSIDER is hiring a full-time editor to focus on health
Being Patient is looking for an experienced writer/editor for our Alzheimer’s and brain health vertical, or check out the health reporter opening at INSIDER.
'He’s not crazy. He’s hurting': Suicides are rising for young black and Latino men in Texas
The suicide rate has grown faster for young black and Latino males in Texas over the last 10 years, a Dallas Morning News analysis of CDC data found.
The Times-Picayune wins National Press Foundation award for ‘Children of Central City’
“The Children of Central City,” a NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune multimedia series examining the long-term impact of trauma on New Orleans’ children, has won the National Press Foundation’s Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting.
Dire streets: Muddied roads and broken promises on the Navajo nation
In rain or snow, Route 5010 in New Mexico is impassable — a quagmire that highlights the government’s shameful neglect of Native people.
Q&A: Are designer babies our brave new future? A geneticist explains what’s at stake
Last year, Chinese scientist Dr. He Jiankui announced the birth of the first two genetically modified humans. Here's why the announcement triggered outrage in the genetics community.
People can't get to a grocery store easily. So these volunteers are driving them
The Hope Buss offers free rides to the grocery store for people without personal transportation.
