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Novavax Missed Its Global Moonshot but Is Angling to Win Over mRNA Defectors
Novavax hitched its wagon to the global coronavirus pandemic. Before most Americans truly grasped the scope of the danger, the small Maryland biotech startup had secured $1.6 billion in U.S. funding for its covid vaccine. Its…
Watch: UVA Doctor Talks About the State of the Pandemic and Health Equity
By Hannah Norman
May 26, 2022
Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News
Just as covid-19 vaccines were rolling out, Dr. Taison Bell spoke with KHN about why Black Americans were getting vaccinated at lower…
Police Suspect Arson at Wyoming Site of Clinic That Would Provide Abortions
Police suspect arson was behind a fire that damaged a clinic under construction in Casper that would become Wyoming’s sole site for procedural abortions.
A caller phoned 911 shortly before dawn Wednesday to report seeing…
The Blackfeet Nation’s Plight Underscores the Fentanyl Crisis on Reservations
BROWNING, Mont. — As the pandemic was setting in during summer 2020, Justin Lee Littledog called his mom to tell her he was moving from Texas back home to the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana with his girlfriend, stepson,…
As ‘Trigger Law’ Looms, New Clinic Preps to Provide Abortions in Conservative Bastion
Arielle Zionts
CASPER, Wyo. — A modest, tan building sandwiched between a gas station and a small apartment house near this Western city’s downtown has become an unexpected focal point of America’s abortion…
El nuevo movimiento MADD: padres toman acción contra las muertes por drogas
La vida tal como la conocía terminó para Matt Capelouto dos días antes de Navidad en 2019, cuando encontró a su hija de 20 años, Alexandra, muerta en la habitación de su infancia en Temecula, California. La ira superó al dolor…
Nueva meta de las escuelas de medicina: médicos que no discriminen a pacientes obesos
Cuando Melissa Boughton se quejó con su gineco-obstetra de un dolor pélvico, la doctora respondió preguntándole sobre su dieta y sus hábitos de ejercicio.
En ese momento, Boughton pensó que la pregunta parecía irrelevante,…
‘Almost Like Malpractice’: To Shed Bias, Doctors Get Schooled to Look Beyond Obesity
When Melissa Boughton complained to her OB-GYN about dull pelvic pain, the doctor responded by asking about her diet and exercise habits.
The question seemed irrelevant, considering the type of pain she was having, Boughton…
Tribal Pharmacy Dispenses Free Meds and Fills Gaps for Native Americans in the City
MINNEAPOLIS — Tucked away on a side street near downtown, the Mashkiki Waakaa’igan Pharmacy offers its Native American clientele the services of any ordinary drugstore — it dispenses critical medication and provides consultation…
The New MADD Movement: Parents Rise Up Against Drug Deaths
Life as he knew it ended for Matt Capelouto two days before Christmas in 2019, when he found his 20-year-old daughter, Alexandra, dead in her childhood bedroom in Temecula, California. Rage overtook grief when authorities ruled…