Jess Mador
Health Reporter at WABE-FM (Atlanta, GA)
Health Reporter on Signal @WABENews. @AHCJ fellow. Contributor @InAppalachia @Appalachia100. Previous: @GPBnews, @WYSO, @AIRmedia #Localore @WUOTFM, @MPRnews
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2 weeks ago |
wabe.org | Jess Mador
Atlanta women’s health providers and abortion-rights advocates are speaking out against Georgia’s six-week abortion law as an Emory University Hospital patient recently declared “brain dead” remains on life support to sustain her pregnancy. State law bans abortion after roughly six weeks of pregnancy, when an ultrasound detects cardiac activity in an embryo. There are medical exceptions allowed under the ban, including for miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy.
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3 weeks ago |
wabe.org | Jess Mador
At her small, subsidized apartment west of downtown Atlanta, Valarie White rests on the couch. Her arthritis makes it difficult for her to do the things she used to do for herself. The 60-year old says she’d be lost without her sister’s help at home. “Because now, with this arthritis, it’s hard to open up my medicine bottles. She fixes my medicines up for me because my hand is not working right right now,” White says.
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1 month ago |
wabe.org | Jess Mador
Military veterans and healthcare providers say proposed federal cuts to the Veterans Affairs health system would delay care for Atlanta veterans. The Trump administration has announced plans to terminate more than 80,000 VA employees nationwide. Administration officials have said the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts would reduce the United States VA workforce by around 15% to 2019 employment levels without cutting health care or benefits.
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1 month ago |
wabe.org | Jess Mador
Millions of healthcare dollars could be at risk in Georgia as congressional Republicans continue to weigh cuts to Medicaid. Health experts warn that cutting federal Medicaid funds that flow to states could have far-reaching impacts, particularly on some of Georgia’s most vulnerable populations. Who is covered by Medicaid in Georgia?
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1 month ago |
wabe.org | Jess Mador
Grady Health System broke ground Wednesday on a new, freestanding Emergency Department in south Fulton County. Plans for the new Union City facility have been in the works for more than a year. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, health advocates and elected officials from across Fulton County gathered inside a party tent for a ceremony to celebrate the beginning of construction. “This is not just a win for Union City, folks.
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