Native Americans are returning to raising buffalo and plants that tribes have grown for millennia. It’s a way to reconnect with historic traditions, and to bring healthy eating to their communities.
Kaiser Health News
She received chemo in two states. Why did it cost so much more in Alaska?
Gebel began treatment at Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital after her Seattle doctor taught hospital staffers there how to administer her chemo regimen. Then the bill came.
Pioneering Study Links Testicular Cancer Among Military Personnel to ‘Forever Chemicals’
The military first documented health concerns surrounding chemicals known as PFAS decades ago yet has continued to use firefighting foam made with them.
Abortion bans drive off doctors and close clinics, putting other health care at risk
Even the Trump-era surgeon general is concerned about the repercussions for women’s health, as doctors say they are reluctant to practice in states that have banned abortion.
When a prison sentence becomes a death sentence
At least 6,182 people died in state and federal prisons in 2020, a 46% jump from the previous year, according to the UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project.
COVID test kits, treatments and vaccines won’t be free to many consumers much longer
Insurers, employers, taxpayers and other consumers will all be affected as drugmakers move these products to the commercial market in May. How much you’ll pay depends on your health insurance.