Category: Health Care
Aging in the shadows: llinois’ new health care program for undocumented seniors leaves some of the most vulnerable behind
© Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/TNS Ananias Ocampo, 78, an undocumented street vendor in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, is hugged by Hilda Burgos,…
Dallas hospitals receive lowest scores in Texas in latest health care equality scoring system
The Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ rights organization, significantly lowered the ranking of two Dallas hospitals in its scoring…
NYC aims to reduce racial inequities in maternal health care by offering free access to doulas
© NYC Press Office New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced steps Wednesday to expand the citywide doula program and…
Health providers are suspending gender-affirming care for teens in response to GOP efforts
Psychotherapist Monrovia Van Hoose in her Austin office on March 11. Van Hoose began working with transgender youth in 2008,…
Wellness center opens on L.A.’s skid row, will provide mental health care services
© Provided by LA Times Wellness program participant Jerry Bardo at the opening of the Ron Beasley Wellness Center in…
Health Care — COVID vaccinations fall to lowest levels since 2020
Coronavirus vaccine getting put into arm Welcome to Friday’s Overnight Health Care, where we’re following the latest moves on policy…
‘I felt disillusioned and abandoned:’ A Seattle medical worker on why mental health care is needed in the field
The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded…
Health care is top of mind for Democratic voters
Good morning, and TGIF, everybody. Today’s edition: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) received an offer of ways to pay for new…
COVID vaccinations have ground to a halt in Ukraine, WHO warns, and Russia has carried out 64 attacks on health care systems and workers
Russia’s unprovoked invasion of neighboring Ukraine has brought COVID-19 vaccinations to a halt, the World Health Organization said Thursday, and…
How lack of diversity in health care leads to poor outcomes for patients
Iliana Oberkircher can’t quite recall how old she was. Maybe 10? But she clearly remembers holding an orange pill bottle,…
