Alabama may have solutions to the nation’s Black maternal health crisis
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Healthcare providers have a plan to solve the maternal and infant crisis in Alabama. It’s an approach that could work everywhere: a return to midwifery care.
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These lessons from Africa could help eradicate poverty-related diseases in the U.S. South
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Experts look to successes in African nations to learn how to stop the spread of neglected tropical diseases in places like Lowndes County, Alabama.
Southern Politics
In the Black Belt, a template for fixing failing sewage infrastructure
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Collaborations between activists, researchers, engineers, and local governments spur ideas for wastewater improvements in rural communities.
Environmental Justice
The rural South’s invisible public health crisis
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Poverty and poor sewage infrastructure have led to a surge in tropical diseases typically found in developing countries.
Southern Politics
A bill that gives human rights to embryos is headed to the South Carolina Senate floor
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A look at who’s behind the controversial “personhood” bill in South Carolina, and why it’s come further than ever before.
Southern Politics
Why Transgender Health Care is Primary Care
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Even before Donald Trump moved to legalize discrimination in the health care industry, many trans people were driving hundreds of miles just to see a doctor.
Southern Politics
Many tactics, but no cheap solutions to mental health crisis in Columbus County
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Despite scarce resources, many in Columbus County are crafting ways to address the mental health crisis in their community. And they're looking for the state of North Carolina to do more.
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Schools witness fallout from behavioral health crisis
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With increasing rates of substance abuse among parents, schools are scrambling to adapt to non-academic challenges and are striving to work with students more holistically to address behavioral and emotional needs.
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Mental health care failing, the economy and opioids deal a crushing blow to many
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Columbus County, North Carolina faces steep challenges in treating mental illness and addiction. In this series, we examine the roots of the problem and the interventions that can help. Today: how the health system came to fail so many.
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A Republican backup plan for killing Obamacare
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Republicans haven’t succeeded at repealing the Affordable Care Act. But in Kentucky, they’re trying to roll back coverage another way, through a waiver program that the Trump administration could approve without red tape.