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Want to reduce child neglect? Put more money in the pockets of poor families
Child neglect is closely tied to poverty. By focusing on individual families accused of mistreating their kids, are we letting society off the hook?
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."
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.
The latest from our community
The Desert Sun interviewed 200 homeless individuals about health care. Here's what we found
The data showed that drug and behavioral health treatments are among the greatest needs in the community with the least available services in the Coachella Valley.
Health Media Jobs & Opportunities: Join a premier media company in New York
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.
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.
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.
