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The medical establishment has wrestled with evidence that racial minorities and other marginalized communities experience worse health outcomes and that biases by health care providers — conscious and unconscious — have contributed to those disparities. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Oregon Medical Board delays microaggression, bias rule criticized as vague

Medical professions are trying to address racism in health care. But a group representing Oregon doctors raised concerns over how the rule would be applied
Jul 11, 2024
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The District of Columbia is one of the many communities nationwide working with property owners to replace water service lines that contain lead. The city aims to replace all lead service lines by 2030. Competing federal guidelines call for replacing all the nation’s lead service lines within either 10 or 30 years. | KYTJA WEIR/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Why the election may slow plans to replace lead pipes

Although lead was banned from new water service lines in 1986, it’s estimated that more than 9 million such lines still carry drinking water to homes and businesses throughout the country
Jul 11, 2024
Jonna Tallant, a longtime TMJ patient, displays a pile of medical records and billing documents at her home in Knoxville, Tennessee. She has spent a small fortune on TMJ treatment over three decades, but remains in agony and is unable to eat solid food. | BRETT KELMAN/KFF HEALTH NEWS

‘A bottomless pit’: How out-of-pocket TMJ costs drive patients into debt

Treatment for temporomandibular joint disorders, a condition that is often disabling, is typically not covered by insurance although the condition afflicts as many as 33 million Americans, most of them women.
Jul 11, 2024
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, abstractly illustrated. | COURTESY/LARISSA BEYLA POPANDA VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Beyond PMS: a poorly understood disorder means periods of despair for some women

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a reaction to natural hormonal changes before a menstrual period that can cause debilitating symptoms. Those suffering from it hope a White House initiative will lead to better care
Jul 9, 2024
The Measure 110 Oversight and Accountability Council discusses during its July 3, 2024 meeting a new formula for grants that is intended to set a funding floor for rural counties. | SCREENSHOT

Measure 110 spending plan means Portland area will lag despite size, diversity

New rules to help rural counties mean the Portland region will receive an estimated $13 million a year in recovery services less than what its population calls for, showing challenges in funding for recovery services
Jul 9, 2024
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