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More Teens Are Opting for Virtual Therapy

MaryLou Costa

February 15, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Virginia

After the pandemic, many teens are still opting for telehealth therapy rather than in-office care. Telehealth makes therapy more accessible for those who need it, particularly through collaboration with mental health platforms like Daybreak that partner with school districts across the U.S. to provide access to virtual therapy in schools. Daybreak’s data shows that 92% of families see behavioral improvements and 80% of school staff see attendance and grade improvements in students who participate in therapy.

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Prison system works to combat health care coverage gap by enrolling people in Medicaid before release

Rachel Crumpler

February 13, 2024 |

North Carolina Health News |

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Response Location: United States, North Carolina

With the new statewide Medicaid expansion, the Department of Adult Correction is working to ensure fewer people reenter society after incarceration and enter a healthcare coverage gap by helping people apply for Medicaid before release. With the Medicaid expansion, 80% of the 15,000 people released from prison each year are now eligible for coverage, and prison staff submit about 100 Medicaid applications each week.

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Music cafe provides refuge to dementia patients, caregivers as recollections dim

Eleanore Catolico

February 12, 2024 |

New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, West Falls, New York

The Musical Memories Cafe is a social gathering space for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia, as well as their caregivers. Participants gather to enjoy music, seek refuge outside of their homes and get access to peer support and health resources. There are more than 1,000 memory cafes operating around the world, both in-person and virtually.

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Michigan program recycles pacemakers to save lives overseas

Alan Fisk

February 08, 2024 |

New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative |

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Response Location: United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Project My Heart Your Heart recycles pacemakers from deceased cardiovascular patients to give them to people overseas living in poor countries where pacemakers are historically hard to access and afford. The My Heart Your Heart lab has received around 50,000 pacemakers and has reconditioned and implanted about 500 in heart patients in several countries.

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More 'Navigators' Are Helping Women Travel to Have Abortions

Lillian Mongeau Hughes

February 01, 2024 |

KFF Health News |

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Response Location: United States

Navigators with the National Abortion Federation help people access care and cover the cost of an abortion, including necessary travel costs for those living in states with strict abortion bans. After Roe v. Wade was overturned, demand for this help has skyrocketed. NAF spends $200,000 a month — up from the previous $30,000 — in states where abortion bans are the strictest, like Texas, Georgia, Alabama and Florida.

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Un Béninois fabrique une table pour réchauffer les bébés à la naissance

Virgile Ahissou

January 29, 2024 |

SciDev.Net |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Benin

Pour aider les cliniques du Bénin à éviter le coût de l'importation d'equipement médical, un technicien a conçu sa propre version d'une table chauffante, qui aide à réguler la température des bébés prématurés. Les tables chauffantes sont désormais utilisées dans une vingtaine de cliniques et autres centres de santé.

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More states offer health care coverage for certain immigrants, noncitizens

Nada Hassanein

January 26, 2024 |

Stateline |

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Response Location: United States, Fort Collins, Colorado

The OmniSalud program provides zero-premium health care coverage to low-income immigrants without documentation, helping make health care more accessible for those who normally struggle to get it due to their legal status. This year, the program expanded to 11,000 slots and hopes to continue growing.

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After the Crisis: Unique Program Helps Older Adults Grappling with Both Addiction and Mental Illness

Celeste Hamilton Dennis

January 24, 2024 |

MindSite News |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Rypins House is a residential treatment home for older adults run by the Progress Foundation that provides access to safe housing, mental health and addiction recovery care. Progress Foundation serves dual-diagnosis patients — those with both a mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorder — and takes a social rehabilitation and harm-reduction approach to care, encouraging residents to take ownership of their recovery.

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Fentanyl Test Strips Are an Easy Way to Save Lives

Carl Smith

January 24, 2024 |

Governing |

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Response Location: United States

Several states are changing their drug paraphernalia laws, making it legal to possess fentanyl test strips which allow those who use drugs to test them for fentanyl. Fentanyl test strips are a means of harm reduction that allows the person to make informed decisions about their drug use in an effort to reduce fatal drug overdoses.

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Can Prescription Meal Kits Help Fight Diabetes?

Grey Moran

January 22, 2024 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

Healthy Food Rx is a prescription meal kit delivery program that delivers twice-monthly meal kits to adults with diabetes, providing them with produce and other healthy foods. The program addresses food insecurity, while also making a case for the power of using food as medicine to manage chronic conditions.

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