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Analysis: How the US Invested in the War on Terrorism at the Cost of Public Health

by lisadtinsley April 4, 2021
written by lisadtinsley

By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Kaiser Health News Here’s one big takeaway from our country’s disastrous 2020 covid response: For 20 years, we’ve lavished attention and money on fighting human terrorism and…

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Need Amid Plenty: Richest US Counties Are Overwhelmed by Surge in Child Hunger

by lisadtinsley April 2, 2021
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By Laura Ungar Alexandra Sierra carried boxes of food to her kitchen counter, where her 7-year-old daughter, Rachell, stirred a pitcher of lemonade. “Oh, my God, it smells so good!” Sierra,…

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Nosing In on Kids Who Had Covid and Lost Their Sense of Smell

by lisadtinsley April 2, 2021
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By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez   Orange. Eucalyptus. Lavender. Peppermint. Doctors at Children’s Hospital Colorado and Seattle Children’s Hospital will use scents like these to treat children who lost their sense of…

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April 2, 2021 0 comment 109 views
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For Spring Season, Young Athletes Get Back in the Game Despite Covid Risk

by lisadtinsley March 31, 2021
written by lisadtinsley

By Laura Ungar This spring, high school senior Nathan Kassis will play baseball in the shadow of covid-19 — wearing a neck gaiter under his catcher’s mask, sitting 6 feet from…

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March 31, 2021 0 comment 63 views
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Stop Blaming Tuskegee, Critics Say. It’s Not an ‘Excuse’ for Current Medical Racism

by lisadtinsley March 31, 2021
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By April Dembosky, KQED For months, journalists, politicians and health officials — including New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Dr. Anthony Fauci — have invoked the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study to explain why Black Americans…

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March 31, 2021 0 comment 192 views
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Dramatic Drop in Common Viruses Raises Question: Masks Forever?

by lisadtinsley March 31, 2021
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Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio: bfarmer@wpln.org, @flakebarmer Masks and physical distancing are proving to have major fringe benefits, keeping people from getting all kinds of illnesses — not just covid-19. But it’s…

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Vaccine Hesitancy vs. Vaccine Refusal: Nursing Home Staffers Say There’s a Difference

by lisadtinsley March 25, 2021
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By Aneri Pattani and Kaiser Health News CONCORD, N.C. — It had been months since Tremellia Hobbs had an excuse to bring out the pompoms. Before the pandemic, they were a…

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March 25, 2021 0 comment 27 views
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Hospital Bills for Uninsured COVID Patients Are Covered, but No One Tells Them

by lisadtinsley March 15, 2021
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By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio and Kaiser Health News   When Darius Settles died from COVID-19 on the Fourth of July, his family and the city of Nashville, Tennessee, were…

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The Do’s and Don’ts on Social Media for Vaccine Haves and Have-Nots

by lisadtinsley February 28, 2021
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Posting about their day is a regular practice for Generations Y and Z, especially when they have something novel or exclusive to share. So, in the thick of a global…

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Black Doctors Work to Make Coronavirus Testing More Equitable

by lisadtinsley January 24, 2021
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By Nina Feldman, WHYY When the coronavirus arrived in Philadelphia in March, Dr. Ala Stanford hunkered down at home with her husband and kids. A pediatric surgeon with a private…

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