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How California Got Convinced to Lock More People Up By Jonah Valdez November 9 2024   California voters chose harsher sentencing, the continuation of forced labor in prisons, and tough-on-crime prosecutors this week in overwhelming numbers.   Proposition 36, a bill that upgrades a raft of petty theft and drug crimes from misdemeanors to felonies, […]

Will there be a future for newborns in Gaza? By Bilal Irfana, Abdallah Abu Shammalae, Khaled Salehd October 23, 2024   The ongoing Israeli military assault on Gaza has led to an alarming humanitarian catastrophe, whereby the onset of famine is coupled with a deterioration of maternal health services, severely impacting the wellbeing of pregnant

Infant mortality got worse after Roe reversal. Experts are investigating. By Ariana Eunjung Cha October 23, 2024   Hundreds more babies died than expected in the year and a half after the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion in June 2022, raising questions about the ripple effects of the ruling on maternal and

Israel is turning northern Gaza into a killing cage by Jeremy Scahill and Sharif Abdel Kouddous Oct 14, 2024   With the full support of the Biden administration, Israel is waging a merciless war of extermination against the 400,000 Palestinians remaining in the northern Gaza Strip as the government of Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly considering

To Improve Indigenous Health, Expand Community Health Aide Programs by Victoria Kliewe, MD October 9, 2024   “He’s not breathing normally,” the woman said to the camera that was streaming live beside a patient who appeared to be in his mid-20s.   “Can you get an oxygen saturation reading on him?” asked the emergency department

US health system ranks last compared with peer nations, report finds By Jessica Glenza September 19, 2024   The United States health system ranked dead last in an international comparison of 10 peer nations, according to a new report by the Commonwealth Fund.   In spite of Americans paying nearly double that of other countries,

Doctors Give Black Women Unneeded C-Sections to Fill Operating Rooms, Study Suggests By Sarah Kliff September 10, 2024   Obstetricians are more likely to give Black women unnecessary cesarean sections, putting those women at higher risk for serious complications like ruptured surgical wounds.   That’s the conclusion of a new report of nearly one million

Therapy patients stop treatment after ‘pre-payment reviews’ swell by Jeanne Pinder September 10, 2024   A number of psychotherapy patients in the Northeast have stopped treatment because their insurer, UnitedHealthcare, is requiring substantial paperwork for what it calls a “pre-payment review” that has stopped reimbursements, therapists say.   The interruption in treatment comes after UnitedHealthcare’s

My Health Insurance Company Is Trying To Kill Me By Jonna Jerome June 22, 2024   I suspect that my daughter and I are growing too costly and inconvenient for my health plan’s customer profile. They are genius (and stealthy) in their tactics to exhaust me financially, emotionally and physically. The company manuals must contain

Should Seeking Profits Be Our Main Economic Priority? By Walter G. Moss September 20, 2024, 2024   Conservative capitalist economist Milton Friedman once wrote, “The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits.” Was he right? Let’s look at the case of Steward Health Care.   Earlier this month (of September) the PBS News