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5 story ideas on migrant health crises facing U.S.-Mexico border

Association of Health Care Journalists

However, a less visible but equally critical dimension also demands attention: the profound public health challenges impacting migrants and border communities. Instead, investigate how poverty, limited access to health care, and the very act of migrating contribute to the spread.

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What’s coming for 2025? NC Health News reporters look ahead into health policy for the new year.

NC Health News

Its been little over a year since the measure took effect, and we now have a clearer picture of what it accomplished: more than 600,000 low-income North Carolinians received health insurance through expansion, surpassing in just 12 months a milestone the state estimated would take at least two years to reach.

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Four key takeaways as Trump’s sweeping HHS layoffs begin

The Hill

Thousands of employees across the vast Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began receiving layoff notices as early as 5 a.m. Cutting 10,000 critical public health jobs puts every American at risk weakening our defenses against disease outbreaks, unsafe medications, and contaminated food, said Kelley. on Tuesday.