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Amid Wildfire Trauma, L.A. County Dispatches Mental Health Workers to Evacuees

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This article was produced by KFF Health News , which publishes California Healthline , an editorially independent service of the California Health Care Foundation. The national Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 988, is also available for those who’d like to speak with someone confidentially, free of charge.

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Watch: ‘Silence in Sikeston & The Effects of Racial Violence’

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These conversations stem from the “ Silence in Sikeston ” multimedia project by KFF Health News, Retro Report, and WORLD, which includes a documentary film, educational videos, digital articles, and a limited-series podcast. Learn more about KFF. USE OUR CONTENT This story can be republished for free ( details ).

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As AI advances in NC health care systems, state leaders call for oversight

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North Carolina health care systems have been some of the first in the country to develop and deploy generative AI technologies, such as ambient documentation tools that record patient visits and generate notes. FOLLOW OUR COVERAGE OF STATE HEALTH POLICY What’s coming for 2025?

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Pharmacy benefit managers raised prices by over 1,000% on specialty drugs

Association of Health Care Journalists

a unit of United Health Group), the latest report showed. In an article on the report for The Wall Street Journal , Joseph Walker and Liz Essley Whyte explained that the pharmacy benefit managers raised the prices on dozens of drugs dispensed through their affiliated pharmacies. a division of Aetna) and OptumRx Inc. (a

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Long-Covid Patients Are Frustrated That Federal Research Hasn’t Found New Treatments

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This article is from a partnership that includes NPR and KFF Health News. KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFFan independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism.

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A Baby Step Backwards

The Health Care Blog

To find out, look no further than the current cover of no less venerable a health policy journal than Health Affairs. But alas, the article itself is one more reminder that process improvements are not outcomes improvements.

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APHA's Governing Council is changing the way APHA’s public health policy briefs — formerly known as policy statements — are proposed and reviewed.

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Article Governing Council kicks off new policy process