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Into the Light: Hope In a Jail-First Mental Health System

WEBTwo years ago when Sherrie Benedict’s three girls and baby boy were put in foster care, she borrowed a loaded gun from a friend and sat down to write what she believed would …

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Linden struggles to address lack of medical access, treatment

WEBInfant mortality is improving in Linden, but it still is significantly higher than the rest of Franklin County. From 2013 to 2017, 17.9 babies died per 1,000 live births in Linden. …

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Primary Care Doctors

WEBAccording to the state Department of Health’s 2015 Statewide Health Inventory -- the most recent accounting of outpatient care, hospitals, long-term care centers and other health …

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Jacqueline Nwando Olayiwola

WEBAbout: Dr. Jacqueline Nwando Olayiwola is an internationally renowned board-certified family physician, public health professional, health systems redesign leader, workforce …

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Touched by Cancer: Christmas urgent-care visit starts …

WEBEach day, 4,800 people in the U.S. find they have cancer - 1.7 million per year. In Rhode Island, it’s 6,500 annually, near the nation’s highest per capita. Then I looked at kidney …

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Guide to Columbus

WEBGuide to Central Ohio Private Schools. Explore 46 institutions offering religious, special needs, college prep and other specialized programs, from Columbus Parent magazine. …

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U.S. military community beset by pharmacy-middleman headaches

WEBMillions of U.S. service members and veterans are among a group that some say is being ill-served by one of the three huge pharmacy middlemen that dominate America’s drug …

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Oklahoma Health Parity

WEBA new bill in Oklahoma is intended to help ensure federal requirements are met for health parity. This includes requiring insurance companies treat mental health disorders such …

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Living in Linden Immigrants help to stabilize, grow Linden into a

WEBOf the 1,755 immigrants and refugees living in the Linden area, 623 — or more than 35 percent — come from Africa, including Somalia on its eastern coast. Ninety-nine people …

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Everyday Heroes 2018 Semifinalist: Marian Stuckey

WEBIn 2015, Marian Stuckey and a group of social workers with Columbus Public Health were called to the scene of a crime in the Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus. At the time, …

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Meet the Team USA TODAY NETWORK News

WEBEmily Le Coz National Data & Investigative Editor [email protected] Emily Le Coz is GateHouse Media’s national data projects editor and oversees a team of …

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Closures leave county residents 40 miles from the nearest hospital

WEBThe hospital in Chillicothe, about 65 miles northwest of Wichita Falls, closed Monday, and the hospital in Hamlin, about 40 miles northwest of Abilene, is expected to …

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Ohio leads way as states take on

WEBPharmacy benefit managers last year posted revenue in the range of $350 to $400 billion. The top 10 drug manufacturers showed more than $300 billion in revenue in 2017. …

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The Injustice: States have failed to safeguard midwife-assisted …

WEBThe Injustice: How a burgeoning industry fails to hold midwives accountable By Emily Le Coz, Josh Salman and Lucille Sherman Nov. 25, 2018 Midwife Christine …

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Financial Troubles

WEBJuly 28, 2019. More than half of all rural hospitals in Mississippi, South Carolina, Georgia and Oklahoma lost money from 2011 through 2017. In Kansas, the bloodletting was …

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