Category: Health Care
New survey: More than 4 in 10 US adults who needed substance use and mental health care didn’t get care
An alarming number of people cope with a substance use or mental health challenge. The number of adults reporting symptoms…
Video games being used to support children and adults with mental health struggles
LOWELL – A happy kid who loved daycare, Jason McCarthy of Lowell struggled when the pandemic separated him from his…
Health-care reform bill: Encouraging sign of bipartisanship or outlier?
Richard Craver The 2021 legislative session began with pledges from Democratic and Republicans leaders to find areas of bipartisan cooperation…
Black health care providers look to end treatment inequality
When Chantina Wilson was six months pregnant, she started having abdominal pains. She scheduled an appointment with her doctor, a…
Primary Health CEO Peterman, champion of accessible health care, retires
GARDEN CITY — When Dr. David Peterman, longtime CEO of Primary Health Medical Group, announced his retirement, he found himself…
Q&A: Surgeon general warns of ‘crisis’ level health care burnout
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing about youth mental health on Capitol Hill…
Arizona prison health care contract awarded to company that allegedly overcharged feds
© Nick Oza/The Republic The exterior of the Arizona State Prison in Florence. The Arizona Department of Corrections announced Friday…
47th Assembly District candidates discuss views on health care, abortion rights, inflation
In a race without an incumbent, after Assemblymember Chad Mayes decided against seeking re-election, two Democrats — Palm Springs Councilmember Christy Holstege…
Messenger: Federal jury in St. Louis awards $8.5 million in jail health care case
Tony Messenger Advanced Correctional Healthcare is the largest privately owned provider of health care services to county jails in the…
Encompass Health details spinoff of $1 billion Dallas home health care business Enhabit
Encompass Health Corp. shared additional details Thursday about plans to spin off its Dallas-based home health care and hospice business…
