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Health Care November 22, 2022

Schools, Sheriffs, and Syringes: State Plans Vary for Spending $26B in Opioid Settlement Funds

This article by Aneri Pattani first appeared in Kaiser Health News, republished with permission Aneri Pattani November 22, 2022 With more than 200 Americans still dying of drug overdoses each…

Gun violence November 22, 2022

Red flag laws and the Colorado LGBTQ club shooting — questions over whether the state’s protection order could have prevented tragedy

Alex McCourt, Johns Hopkins University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The killing of five patrons in a Colorado LGBTQ bar on Nov. 19, 2022, is…

Zach Binney, his wife Amy and their six-month-old son Jacob. Jacob was conceived with the help of in vitro fertilization, and Binney worries changes to Georgia abortion law could prevent families like his from growing. Photo courtesy of Zach Binney.

Health Care November 22, 2022

Georgia’s on-again, off-again abortion restrictions create doubt for future of fertility treatments

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] November 22, 2022 On Friday, Zach Binney, an assistant professor at Emory University’s Oxford…

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Smyrna November 22, 2022

Smyrna holds brief City Council meeting before Thanksgiving

by Arielle Robinson Smyrna City Council held a short regular meeting in City Hall Monday evening. Below are some of the things the mayor and council did: The City issued…

Politics November 20, 2022

Some midterm polls were on-target – but finding which pollsters and poll aggregators to believe can be challenging

by W. Joseph Campbell, American University School of Communication [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Pollsters indulged in breezy self-congratulation in the aftermath of the 2022…

Health Care November 20, 2022

Blackfeet Nation Challenges Montana Ban on Vaccine Mandates as Infringement on Sovereignty

This article by Katheryn Houghton first appeared in Kaiser Health News, republished with permission. Katheryn Houghton November 17, 2022 J.R. Myers’ frustration grew as he read the email: To attend…

Health Care November 19, 2022

Mistrust and Polarization Steer Rural Governments to Reject Federal Public Health Funding

This article by Jazmin Orozco was first published in Kaiser Health News, republished with permission Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez November 18, 2022 ELKO, Nev. — When Elko County commissioners rejected a…

Health Care November 19, 2022

Abortion rights referendums are winning – with state-by-state battles over rights replacing national debate

by Rachel Rebouche, Temple University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The abortion landscape in the U.S. has been upended over the past five months, as…

Health Care November 19, 2022

Path Cleared for Georgia to Launch Work Requirements for Medicaid

This article by Andy Miller and Sam Whitehead was first published in Kaiser Health News, republished with permission. Andy Miller and Sam Whitehead November 18, 2022 [UPDATED at 2 p.m….

Health Care November 18, 2022

COVID-19, RSV and the flu are straining health care systems – two epidemiologists explain what the ‘triple threat’ means for children

by Rebecca S.B. Fischer, Texas A&M University and Annette Regan, University of San Francisco [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Every fall and winter, viral respiratory…

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Schools, Sheriffs, and Syringes: State Plans Vary for Spending $26B in Opioid Settlement Funds

Red flag laws and the Colorado LGBTQ club shooting — questions over whether the state’s protection order could have prevented tragedy

Georgia’s on-again, off-again abortion restrictions create doubt for future of fertility treatments

Smyrna holds brief City Council meeting before Thanksgiving

Some midterm polls were on-target – but finding which pollsters and poll aggregators to believe can be challenging

Blackfeet Nation Challenges Montana Ban on Vaccine Mandates as Infringement on Sovereignty

Mistrust and Polarization Steer Rural Governments to Reject Federal Public Health Funding

Abortion rights referendums are winning – with state-by-state battles over rights replacing national debate

Path Cleared for Georgia to Launch Work Requirements for Medicaid

COVID-19, RSV and the flu are straining health care systems – two epidemiologists explain what the ‘triple threat’ means for children