Articles tagged as: Side Effects Public Media
December 27, 2022
Indiana scientists and artists have teamed up to help ALS patients create art
The project combines art, therapy and technology and is a collaboration between researchers at Herron School of Art and Design, IU School of Medicine and Indiana University's Advanced Visualization lab.
Read MoreDecember 20, 2022
If the antibiotics shortage worsens, children with sickle cell risk preventable deaths
Children with sickle cell disease rely on daily doses of penicillin to prevent life-threatening infections. But lately, some are finding it hard to fill their prescriptions.
Read MoreDecember 7, 2022
How new federal help could save rural Midwest hospitals — and why some don't want it
A new federal designation would allow struggling hospitals to end inpatient services, but some have concerns about how that could affect rural health care.
Read MoreNovember 30, 2022
Tripled pay is great for travel nurses – not for hospitals
The nursing shortage has led to a greater reliance on travel nurses that come with big price tags. Thats causing some hospitals to rethink their nursing staff retention efforts.
Read MoreNovember 28, 2022
We’re reporting on substance use in the Midwest – and we need your help
Side Effects Public Media will be hosting virtual listening sessions on substance use, addiction and recovery.
Read MoreNovember 17, 2022
States will get billions in opioid settlement dollars. How will they spend it?
More than $50 billion in opioid settlement dollars from drugmakers, distributors and pharmacies is starting to flow to state and local governments, and they need to figure out how to spend it.
Read MoreNovember 10, 2022
Tightening abortion laws reignite conversation around a permanent Child Tax Credit
As states take steps to tighten abortion laws, conversations have been reignited about how to best support families and babies. Many policy experts point to a permanent Child Tax Credit, made available to low- and no-income families, as one way to do that.
Read MoreNovember 10, 2022
A researcher's quest to make end-of-life care more equitable for Black Americans
Professor Karen Bullock has spent the last two decades studying what stops seriously ill Black patients and their families from getting the care they want in life and in death.
Read MoreNovember 4, 2022
How effective are different policies at fighting medical debt? A researcher weighs in
Around 100 million people in the U.S. have health care debt totalling at least $140 billion.
Read MoreNovember 3, 2022
Barred from Medicaid, some pregnant immigrants have few options for care
Immigrants in some states cant get Medicaid due to a federal law that bars many people on visas and green cards from receiving public assistance, including Medicaid, for their first five years in the country.
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