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  1. Nearly half of Americans exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Apr 25, 2025

    Nearly half of Americans exposed to unhealthy air pollution, Medicaid cuts would disproportionately impact patients and providers of color, CT health departments struggling with uncertainty of funding cuts, future of Black maternal health programs is unclear, and study finds that people in states with abortion bans are more likely to die.

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  2. Black maternal health advocates tell their stories, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Apr 18, 2025

    While some states push for Medicaid work requirements many programs don’t help enrollees get jobs, how cutting Medicaid would also impact long-term care and caregivers, concerns over federal funding cuts to HIV/AIDS research, Black maternal health advocates share their stories, and how a non-profit organization is helping those experiencing homelessness in New Haven.

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  3. Future of critical research unclear due to federal cuts, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Apr 11, 2025

    New maternal mortality report highlights disparities, sickle cell research halted due to funding cuts, immigration crackdowns could impact caregiving workforce, why some Americans covered by Medicaid may not realize they are, and rural hospitals and their patients are disconnected from care.

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  4. Community health centers face uncertainty, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Feb 21, 2025

    Potential for federal funding freeze leaves Connecticut community health centers feeling uncertain, new studies point to far-reaching impact of abortion bans, how centering the mother can help fill gaps in postpartum care, as some states consider Medicaid work requirements others are scaling back, how AI has been impersonating medical professionals.

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  5. The impact of cultural humility, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jan 24, 2025

    Providers leading with cultural humility in CT, widening disparities among those receiving psychotherapy, why some physicians may struggle to treat those with disabilities, a growing inequality of life expectancy among different populations in the U.S., and how one hospital is hoping to improve maternal and infant health outcomes.

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  6. Maternity care deserts, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jan 17, 2025

    Improving pulse oximeters for people of color, fewer Black and Hispanic med students, maternity care deserts, Black women dying of breast cancer, and new asthma research that could help children.

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  7. Protecting people’s health data, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jan 10, 2025

    Protecting reproductive health data, social safety net programs fail families in states with strict abortion laws, trash incinerators put people of color at highest risk, more doctors are asking about patients’ social needs, and why some CT schools are taking a new approach to behavioral issues.

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  8. Why adults in CT skip doctor’s visits, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Dec 20, 2024

    Why adults in CT skip medical care, results of Medicaid study in CT, health protections for migrant children ending, Latinos in U.S. do not have adequate health coverage, and why Black women are being encouraged to speak up during child birth.

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  9. What maternal mortality review committees do, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Dec 13, 2024

    How doctors in one New England city are helping patients keep their electricity on, those impacted by the opioid epidemic often don’t have a say in how settlement money is spent, a country that does not collect any race data, what maternal mortality review committees are meant to do, and language access a problem in many rural areas.

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  10. Black maternal health in CT, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Dec 06, 2024

    A non-profit in CT working to address Black maternal health, doula programs testing ways to curb maternal deaths, most rural hospitals now without maternity wards, millions at risk of losing Medicaid coverage under incoming administration, and libraries across the country offering free health programs.

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