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Most Midwest states have a cap on the amount that juries can award in non-economic damages for medical malpractice cases. But some question whether caps help — or hurt — those seeking justice for medical errors.
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In 2022, Side Effects Public Media’s reporters and collaborators exposed health inequities and followed the top health stories of the year.
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The CDC reported the first case of HIV 40 years ago. Since then, health officials and advocates learned much more about the virus and how to prevent it. But Black women are being infected at unusually high rates. Outreach organizations are working to change that.
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Some doctors see access to birth control as a tool in the fight to decrease maternal and infant mortality. Indiana has one of the nation’s worst rates of…
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Research suggests that African-American and Latino children with autism are diagnosed later in life because of healthcare provider bias and families' lack of access to care, among other reasons.
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The flu descended on Connie Gabaldon like a fog, she recalled, clouding her mind and compromising her judgment. It progressed to chest and back pain, the…
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At least a million more home aides will be needed in the next decade, U.S. statistics suggest. And about a quarter of today's 3 million aides who help older adults avoid nursing homes are immigrants.
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One of the first uses for the buzzy gene-editing tool CRISPR could be a treatment for patients with sickle-cell disease. But the Black community’s…
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On a Saturday afternoon at the downtown Columbus, Ohio courthouse, close to 20 men sat in a conference room; arms crossed, eyes staring blankly ahead,…
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Standing in her home, Shalonda Cooper points to an old picture of her mom, Windora.“See how she looks here?” Shalonda asks. “She looks healthy! Look at…