Liver Illness Strikes Latino Children Like A ‘Silent Tsunami’
By Rob Waters Saira Diaz uses her fingers to count the establishments selling fast food and sweets near the South Los Angeles home she shares with her parents and…
CO Health Center Advocates Head to DC for Long-term Funding
by Eric Galatas Doctors, nurses and patients were in Washington last week, urging lawmakers to commit to stable, long-term funding for the nation’s Community Health Centers. More than $5.5…
House Committee Approves Bill to Include Breast Exams in Health Insurance Coverage
The House Health and Insurance committee passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Dafna Michaelson Jenet, D-Commerce City, and Rep. Janet Buckner, D-Aurora, that would require women’s preventative health, which is…
Cancer Patients Now Able to Defer Student Loans
Legislation providing desperately-needed financial peace of mind to patients battling cancer has been signed into law. The text of H.R. 2976, the Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act – introduced…
The Intersection of Place and Race
Where we live impacts our health. This is now a well-known fact that researchers from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute have unpacked for nearly a decade. Their County…
We Must Stop the Criminalization of Mental Illness in Schools
As a clinical child psychologist and associate professor of social work, I’m concerned by the national discourse around mental health, violence and schools, as pundits offer misguided and simplistic solutions…
Chlorpyrifos Damaged My Son’s Brain for Life
The Trump administration may like questioning solid science, but those of us who have harvested crops in the fields are well aware that the pesticide chlorpyrifos is too toxic to…
Latino Community: Our Voice Matters
We applaud the senators on both sides of the aisle who stood firm and continue to stand firm against a terrible bill – the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson bill to repeal and replace…
Our Health Care System Is a Corporate Care System
Rather than a health care system, our country’s leaders have kept us shackled to a “corporate care” system. This allows insurance giants, drug company gougers, hospital chains, and other profiteers…
Mental Illness Rates Are Spiking
The first week of October marks the National Alliance on Mental Illness’ (NAMI’s) Mental Illness Awareness Week. Nine months into Donald Trump’s presidency — and nearly one year after his…