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Jade Vandiver holds her son Ezra at home in Clayton, New Mexico. Vandiver joined a federally funded rural maternity program while pregnant with Ezra. Joe Garcia III/KFF Health News hide caption

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This telehealth program is a lifeline for New Mexico's pregnant moms. Will it end?

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Millions of people have long COVID brain fog — and there's a shortage of answers

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The U.S. public health emergency declaration helped marshal resources during the worst of the COVID-19 crisis, when the virus was spreading rampantly. This week, the declaring expires. Frederic J. Brown /AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Amelia, a 5-year-old student at Oakville Elementary School, socializes during lunch in March at the school in Oakville, Mo. Kids who eat school meals tend to have a healthier diet. Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption

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Children play outside in Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia known for open-air drug markets and gun violence. Last year, due to safety concerns, the Philadelphia Police Department downsized its outdoor summer play program. Sam Searles/WHYY News hide caption

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Study finds gun assault rates doubled for children in 4 major cities during pandemic

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Anti-abortion and abortion rights activists protest in Washington, D.C. at the March for Life rally in January. The decision triggered strict abortion bans in more than a dozen states. A new study shows widespread confusion about abortion bans at Oklahoma hospitals. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Tracking health threats, one sewage sample at a time

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From left to right: Long COVID patients Linda Rosenthal, Julia Landis and Shelby Hedgecock continue to suffer from severe symptoms. Courtesy of Linda Rosenthal, Julia Landis and Shelby Hedgecock hide caption

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As pandemic emergencies end, some patients with long COVID feel 'swept under the rug'

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Students help run the Circle C Market in rural Cody, Neb., as part of classwork. As rural areas struggle to keep traditional grocery stores, some communities are finding innovative ways to keep the stores running. Mike Tobias/Nebraska Public Media hide caption

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Fear of pregnancy: One teen's story in post-Roe America

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Packages of Mifepfex, the brand-name version of mifepristone, seen at a family planning clinic in Rockville, Md. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Here's what really happened during the abortion drug's approval 23 years ago

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Samantha Casiano and Luis Villasana and had a baby last week who died shortly after birth. The fatal condition was diagnosed at 20 weeks of pregnancy. When Casiano asked her OB-GYN what her options were, she was told, "You don't have any options. You have to go on with your pregnancy." Kelsey Durell hide caption

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5280 High School in Denver is one of 43 secondary schools in the U.S. with a program designed for students recovering from substance use disorder and related mental health disorders. Stephanie Daniel/KUNC hide caption

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Marianne Sinisi, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, lost her 26-year-old son, Shawn, to an opioid overdose in 2018. She wants the opioid settlement dollars to be spent in ways that help spare other parents similar grief. Nancy Andrews/KHN hide caption

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Even though the uptake of the omicron booster has been lackluster, federal officials have decided some adults can get a second shot. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Some adults can now get a second shot of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine

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Public health professor Arline Geronimus says marginalized people suffer nearly constant stress, which leads to increasingly serious health problems over time. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption

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How poverty and racism 'weather' the body, accelerating aging and disease

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Kennise Nevers holds her son, AJ, in her arms at home. Nevers' mother, Nancy Josey, looks on. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption

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The simple intervention that may keep Black moms healthier

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Volunteer pilots fly patients to get abortions and gender-affirming medical care from states with bans to nearby states where the services are available. Rose Conlon/Kansas News Service hide caption

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Volunteer pilots fly patients seeking abortions to states where it's legal

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'Live free and die?' The sad state of U.S. life expectancy

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An unhoused individual sleeps under an American flag blanket in New York City on Sept. 10, 2013. In 2021, approximately 11% of Americans lived below the federal poverty line. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Private opulence, public squalor: How the U.S. helps the rich and hurts the poor

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