Articles tagged as: Side Effects Public Media
June 27, 2025
WFYI, IPB receive multiple national awards from the Public Media Journalists Association
WFYI swept the Investigative Reporting awards and won best National Feature among other honors at this year’s Public Media Journalists Association conference.
Read MoreJune 21, 2025
Trump's policies could undermine the fight to end America's HIV epidemic
The White House budget proposal would roll back next year's federal HIV prevention funding to levels not seen since around 1987.
Read MoreJune 4, 2025
New studies show how cutting Medicaid could be deadly
A new pair of academic studies offers evidence that Medicaid saves lives. So, what's at stake if the major Medicaid reforms and deep cuts that were approved by House Republicans make it through Congress?
Read MoreMay 27, 2025
A million people in the Midwest could lose Medicaid under federal work requirements
Federal lawmakers are considering adding Medicaid work requirements — meaning people would have to prove they work, volunteer or go to school in order to receive health insurance. Experts warn that many people who already work will fall through the cracks.
Read MoreMay 23, 2025
New moms see slightly better mental health care but Medicaid cuts could reverse that
Experts say the moderate gains in maternal mental health could be impacted by proposed cuts to Medicaid at the federal level.
Read MoreMay 12, 2025
More babies are being admitted to NICUs in Indiana: CDC data brief
Experts worry about the impact of cuts to Medicaid and public health on maternal and infant health.
Read MoreApril 24, 2025
As Republicans push work requirements in Medicaid, one state offers a cautionary tale
Work requirements led to thousands in Arkansas losing their Medicaid during the first Trump administration. Policymakers say they've learned lessons to avoid mistakes this time.
Read MoreApril 22, 2025
'Mom, take me home': A process meant to help mentally ill people traps some in Indiana jails
Across the U.S., some people with mental illness wait months in jail for court-ordered competency evaluations, with little to no mental health care. One Indiana man's case reveals how delays prolong suffering — and expose a system unequipped to help.
Read MoreApril 15, 2025
As dementia rates increase, experts warn hospital emergency rooms are underprepared
One in six visits to the emergency department in 2022 that resulted in hospital admission had a wait of four or more hours, according to an Associated Press and Side Effects Public Media data analysis.
Read MoreApril 10, 2025
Sickle cell experts worry as CDC's Division of Blood Disorders staff put on leave
Sickle cell experts say the future of a critical data collection program is in flux after staff at the CDC's Division of Blood Disorders were placed on administrative leave without a clear future plan.
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