Julia Haines

Jan 24, 2025 | usnews.com | Sue O’Connell |Julia Haines

By Sue O’Connell and Mike Dennison | KFF Health NewsHELENA, Mont. — As part of a proposed revamping of the state’s behavioral health system, Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration is looking into moving a facility for people with developmental disabilities, beefing up renovations at the Montana State Hospital and creating a Helena unit of that psychiatric hospital.

Jan 9, 2025 | usnews.com | Steven Ross Johnson |Julia Haines |Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky

More than half of the country’s homeless population resides in urban areas or major cities.

Jan 7, 2025 | usnews.com | Steven Ross Johnson |Julia Haines

In the more than two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and effectively eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, research has pointed to health implications associated with policies limiting access to the procedure – most notably, rising rates of infant mortality in more restrictive states like Texas. Now, new research suggests the high court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v.

Oct 10, 2024 | usnews.com | Julia Haines

Like clockwork, the country known for its timepieces, cheese and chocolate has yet again taken the top spot in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Countries rankings, marking the third year in a row and the seventh time overall Switzerland has placed No. 1. The central European nation is followed by Japan (No. 2), the United States (No. 3), Canada (No. 4) and Australia (No. 5) in the latest edition of the analysis, released Tuesday.

Sep 11, 2024 | usnews.com | Julia Haines

Similar to Team USA's performance in this year's Summer Olympics, the United States stuck the landing in the 2024 Best Countries rankings from U.S. News: The U.S. made the metaphorical podium for the first time in the ninth annual edition of the project, coming in at No. 3 overall for its highest finish ever.