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Side Effects Public Media took home two national awards over the weekend for its reporting in 2018. This included a first place honors from Public Radio… -
Lauren Bavis/Side Effects Public MediaRefugees face unique challenges to getting mental health care in the United States. Cultural differences, stigma and language barriers can make finding…
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When covering the GOP efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, we tend to focus on the big picture: billions of cuts in Medicaid spending,… -
This week: Slow-moving public policy spurs residents in one Indianapolis food desert to take food access into their own hands. A host of issues--including…
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“And the winner is WFYI.”All told, banquet-goers heard that statement 10 times at the recent Indiana Associated Press awards, held in Indianapolis. Three…
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The facts are sobering: Indiana faces epidemic levels of chronic disease, a crisis of opioid and tobacco addiction and many barriers to health care…
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Darvin Bentlage says his health insurance plan used to be the same as all the other cattle farmers in Barton County, Mo.: Stay healthy until he turned 65,…
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Deaths from drug overdoses have continued to increase in Indiana, mirroring national trends reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy unveiled on Thursday a series of measures aimed at combating and preventing opioid addiction.
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In Betsy Irish’s room, it’s all about the music. There is a big boom box in the corner, framed CD jackets and a special box just for Christmas music....
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ATLANTA — It was a call that public health officials were dreading, but for which they had prepared. An elderly man in Salt Lake City died after…
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St. Louis County could receive federal funds to establish a regional prescription drug monitoring database, under a new law passed by Congress that…
