Erica Zurek

RT @KFFHealthNews: NEW: Refugees in the U.S. face barriers to dental care similar to those of low-income citizens and other vulnerable popu…

RT @mtfreepress: As the number of refugees entering the U.S. grows, those arriving in Montana and other rural areas find limited dental car…

RT @mattvolz: Montana clinics chip away at refugees’ obstacles to dental care by @erica_zurek for @KFFHealthNews https://t.co/f4LrYreO7k

I am honored to be recognized alongside awesome journalists @MarkianHawryluk, @K_Hought, @JimRobbins19 and editor @mattvolz. Thanks @SPJWash for these NW Excellence in Journalism awards. @KFFHealthNews #mtnews

spjwash @SPJWash

Well done, @khnews! https://t.co/THVGKQhlOh

RT @daily_montanan: “The need is very real. There are kids who are not sure where their meals are going to come from this summer.” - @Monta…

RT @KFFHealthNews: New York and California have passed laws requiring disclosure of ingredients on menstrual product packaging. Advocates w…

"The consumer is supposed to trust that when these products are put on shelves they've been vetted by the government. But it's basically a rubber stamp." My latest for @KFFHealthNews and @CBSNews. https://t.co/T9VYoOk5rh

RT @rachelcohrs: The NIH has had $1 billion and more than two years to study long Covid. They haven’t enrolled a single patient in a clinic…

RT @Wilsoncriscione: When a small study raised alarms about a "potential public health emergency" due to mining in Butte, Mont., the EPA in…

RT @KFF: Among women ages 18-35 with a recent health care visit, more than 4 in 10 report their provider either dismissed their concerns, a…

RT @CaraRAnthony: Where do we lay our children to rest when the unthinkable happens? 💔 In my community, kids are buried in a place called “…

Really thorough reporting by @K_Hought on how Montana seeks "to tighten the state’s Medicaid rules to make it more difficult for low-income people to receive abortions." @KHNews & @19thnews

Matt Volz @mattvolz

Other states have tried what Montana's attempting, only to have their efforts struck down as violating equal protection provisions in their state constitutions. #mtleg, #mtpol https://t.co/v2WtLYp11W via @19thnews and @KHNews By @K_Hought

"At least 12 states make ‘failure to pay’ foster care bills an acceptable reason to terminate a parent’s rights to their child altogether, according to a new NPR survey."

NPR @NPR

In some states, parents who don’t pay foster care bills could lose their kids forever. Those bills can be expensive, and it’s often the poorest families who must pay. This is their story🧵https://t.co/SxFjfBI0lS

RT @GeoffreySupran: NEW: In @ScienceMagazine today, our latest peer-reviewed research shows Exxon scientists predicted global warming with…

RT @blairmiller: “If the U.S. did a better job of upholding their end of the agreements, some of these statistics would be lower,” Sen. Mor…

"Rates of cancer are higher on the Blackfeet Nation than elsewhere in Montana." Great story by @zteirstein & @grist featuring some of Montana's adorable conservation dogs helping to sniff out suspected environmental contamination. https://t.co/W7L9HKNTpf