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RT @TheNVIndy: For Peter Christodoulo, a partner at a Bay Area technology investment firm, Nevada’s Ruby Mountains are an opportunity for t…

RT @KFFHealthNews: #MorningBriefing: During the coronavirus pandemic, states received a rush of funding from the federal government to bols…

RT @TheNVIndy: Complaints filed by migrants detained by Nevada’s ICE facilities range from being ignored by medical staff to one patient ac…

RT @TheNVIndy: A January state audit identified several mental health facilities for children that failed to adequately protect those in th…

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LISTEN: Racism Can Make You Sick @KFFHealthNews' @CaraRAnthony tells how a 1942 #Missouri lynching haunts us and talks with @EddieRCole, @Keisha_Bentley & @EmoryUniversity's Carol Anderson about the health effects of racism and violence #SilenceInSikeston https://t.co/aiTkUh8jdM

Public health leaders warned of a boom-and-bust funding cycle when federal dollars reached states during the pandemic. States are now making tough decisions as that money dries up, including lay offs and budget cuts.

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NEW: The Central Montana Health District received just enough grant funding during the pandemic to break even and replace a worker who had left. The public health director worries about a crisis that could tip it over the edge. @jazmin1orozco reports ⤵️ https://t.co/UfYUEs0uqY

RT @KFFHealthNews: The fears public health leaders expressed about a boom-bust funding cycle during the pandemic have become reality as fed…

RT @eramshaw: Two women say Texas hospitals wouldn’t treat their ectopic pregnancies. Each lost a fallopian tube as a result. @shefalil rep…

Tribal leaders and epidemiologists are awaiting a policy on data-sharing from the federal Department of Health and Human Services that they hope will address longstanding issues with getting access to public health information. @KFFHealthNews @statesnewsroom

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Lack of data access was an issue tribal leaders and tribal epidemiology centers struggled with before the pandemic, and it persists even after the public health emergency highlighted the importance of data to guide lifesaving decisions. 📝 @jazmin1orozco https://t.co/GUXFrrlw4A

RT @amymaxmen: I asked dairy workers why they’re not getting tested. No one had heard of bird flu, never mind gotten PPE or offers of test…

RT @KFFHealthNews: Not so long ago, Bonner General Health, had four OB/GYNs on staff. That was before Idaho’s near-total abortion ban went…

Women who need gynecological care in Sandpoint are seeking it outside their community after their OB-GYNs left last year.

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NEW: In the 15 months after enactment of a strict abortion ban, including potential criminal charges for doctors, 22% of Idaho’s OB-GYNs stopped practicing in the state. @jazmin1orozco reports ⤵️ https://t.co/HDDXGLCt71

Tribal health systems heavily rely on Medicaid reimbursement to fill budget gaps. Members losing coverage threatens to create further strain, making it a top concern for tribal health leaders.

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In Montana, a pediatric nurse practitioner who works with tribal members on the Fort Peck Reservation recalled how Medicaid disenrollment affected a teen who needed lifesaving treatment. @jazmin1orozco reports for KFF Health News & @dailyyonder. ⤵️ https://t.co/AqqNpuc2tG

RT @KFFHealthNews: Tribal nations are set to receive more than $1.5 billion in opioid settlement payments over 15 years. The money has a un…

RT @Ajzionts: In South Dakota, the gap was 22 years. "It's almost blasphemy for a physician to say," but "the answer to addressing these t…

RT @KFFHealthNews: Rural Americans are way more likely to die young. @jazmin1orozco explains why in today's #Health202: https://t.co/kkW2Ge…

These mortality rate disparities were driven in large part by women ages 25 to 54 in rural areas dying at alarming rates from natural causes. And this was pre-pandemic data, which makes experts fear the present-day picture isn't any better. For @KFFHealthNews | @CBSNews

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New analysis of data from before the pandemic shows climbing mortality rates among working-age people in rural areas compared with those in urban areas. Researchers want more recent data to help address the disparity. @jazmin1orozco reports for KFF Health News & @CBSNews