public-health-issues
Dollar stores, giant grocery chains push healthy food out of reach for many, activists say
Walmart, Amazon, and Kroger already control a huge amount of the nation’s grocery business.
The gun violence epidemic Is ‘Locking us back in our room’
Children’s health experts are advocating for exposure to gun violence be considered what’s known as an 'adverse childhood experience.'
Half a million people in less than a dozen states have lost Medicaid coverage since April
The lowest disenrollments were in Idaho, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska, data showed.
From Philly to Harrisburg and D.C. and back: Estelle Richman reflects on life in public service
The veteran public servant will receive the lifetime achievement award at the PGN Stonewall Awards on June 4.
A Catch 22 for Clinics: State bans limit abortion counseling. Federal Title X rules require it
Federal law requires clinics to offer pregnant women information about prenatal care and delivery, and other topics.
For this Pa. family, U.S. House vote on bill making fentanyl permanently criminal strikes close to home
U.S. Rep. John Joyce, R-13th District, a physician, is a co-sponsor of the bill, which cleared the House on Thursday.
The COVID emergency is over. What — if anything — did we learn? | Fletcher McClellan
Last week President Joe Biden announced the end of the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19, first declared by the administration of President Donald Trump in early 2020. Biden’s order – a Congressional mandate he signed into law in April – marks the beginning of a transition to regular health providers and insurance for COVID-19 […]
Study reveals staggering toll of being Black in America: 1.6M excess deaths over 22 years
By Liz Szabo Research has long shown that Black people live sicker lives and die younger than white people. Now a new study, published Tuesday in JAMA, casts the nation’s racial inequities in stark relief, finding that the higher mortality rate among Black Americans resulted in 1.63 million excess deaths relative to white Americans over […]
Pa. awards $6M to fight overdose deaths in underrepresented communities | Tuesday Morning Coffee
'Trends in drug overdose deaths show widening disparities,' a top official said.
Fast federal response to pandemic key to US economic recovery, economists say
'This recovery was tremendous compared to any recovery in recent history because of the scale of the investments that were made by policymakers,' an analyst said.
Lawyer fees draw scrutiny as Camp Lejeune claims stack up
Advocates and lawmakers worry high lawyer fees could shortchange those injured.
Mental health needs must be addressed inside and outside the classroom | Opinion
Without a considerable increase to the base funding, we are endangering services.