Thirty-eight percent of the nation's households report facing serious financial problems in the past few months. Among Latino, Black and Native American households, more than 50% had serious financial problems, while 29% of white households did. https://t.co/GhaNWSYffd
Richard Besser, M.D., is president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a former acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He recently wrote an OpEd for U.S. News on why HHS cuts will make America unhealthy. Check it out now! #HHS#OpEd #Opinion #Disease #Health
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"Allowing these credits to expire will force families to choose between health care and other necessities like housing and food," said @khemp64, senior policy adviser @RWJF. https://t.co/HLJColssro
SUNDAY: @MarthaRaddatz speaks with former CDC Director @DrRichBesser following President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his Health and Human Services secretary. @ThisWeekABC https://t.co/8zPdUUGkL0
This is a great software update. Hearing loss contributes to isolation, depression and cognitive decline. It raises dementia risk and rewires the brain. https://t.co/4CoVQhIx4B
The National Organization on Disability estimates that excluding people with disabilities from the workplace results in an economic loss of $490 billion. And there's more...
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Nearly 1 out of every 4 Americans will soon be 65+, facing tough health care decisions.
@paula_span, author of The New Old Age column at @nytimes, is on a mission to help older adults navigate these choices with confidence.
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Minority and low-income communities bear the brunt, despite evidence showing them to be no more likely than white communities to commit crimes.
These charges perpetuate health and wealth inequities nationwide. https://t.co/ODYnSzGEAl via @routefifty
A 1942 lynching and a 2020 police killing in Sikeston, Mo., left the community grieving and divided.
#SilenceInSikeston, a podcast from KFF Health News & @worldchannel hosted by @CaraRAnthony, explores connections between silence, trauma, and resilience.
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In part one of our three-part series, Race to the Bottom, we revisit the birth of today's generic drug industry and explore how choices made 40 years ago explain the wild success and troubles we see today with America's generic drug market.
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Perez, who arrived in the U.S. from Guatemala less than a month before for his nursery job, was sending money home to his wife for her to eventually undergo fertility treatment. But Perez was never able to become a father.
NEW: Without requirements for employers to provide workers with resources to stay cool during 100-degree temperatures, many rely on the few volunteers who visit work sites and workers’ homes to distribute water, sports drinks, hats and other supplies.
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Meet the Sandwich Generation—adults in their 30s and 40s caring for both their children and aging parents.
Stephanie Wittels Wachs, Lemonada Media co-founder, mom of two, and primary caregiver for her dad, is also a member of the Sandwich Generation. In the premiere episode of Squeezed, she shares the joys, stresses, and everything in between of being a caregiver with Yvette Nicole Brown.
Created in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, listen to Squeezed here:https://t.co/O4XRBhBGwD
#caregiving #caregivers #sandwichgeneration #podcastrecommendations
With the Bridge Access Program set to expire, @DrRichBesser, president of @RWJF, shares what you should know to keep your family safe as the free COVID vaccine program ends. https://t.co/I2a0OcOAho via @ABC
With a U.S. maternal mortality crisis underway, government health plans for low-income Americans in the past few years have increased coverage of services shown to improve the health of mothers and babies. Here comes venture capital. https://t.co/9T0QY4sf21
“I remember in high school I used to always say I would love to live in like the 60s, the 70s, so I could do the protests, and then 30 years later, here I am doing it.” https://t.co/bqJLvKA1GU via @LatinoUSA
"While health practitioner biases worsen this problem, the council’s research highlights how the federal apparatus encourages this exclusion." https://t.co/TlbwJ94l8S via @statnews