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Articles by Kermit Williams

Children's Health

Estrés pandémico, pandillas y miedo impulsaron un aumento de tiroteos adolescentes

March 14, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

Diego nunca imaginó que portaría un arma. No lo pensó cuando niño, o durante un tiroteo fuera de su casa en el área de Chicago. Tampoco a los 12 años, cuando uno de sus amigos […]

Children's Health

Pandemic Stress, Gangs, and Utter Fear Fueled a Rise in Teen Shootings

March 14, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

Diego never imagined he’d carry a gun. Not as a child, when shots were fired outside his Chicago-area home. Not at age 12, when one of his friends was gunned down. Diego’s mind changed at […]

Alabama

Feds Move to Rein In Prior Authorization, a System That Harms and Frustrates Patients

March 13, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist in Los […]

Cost and Quality

Pacientes negros visten elegante y hablan distinto para evitar prejuicios cuando van al médico

March 10, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

Una joven madre de Antelope Valley, en California, baña a sus hijos y los viste con ropa impecable, asegurándose de que tengan el mejor aspecto posible en las citas médicas. “Les cepillo los dientes antes […]

California

Black Patients Dress Up and Modify Speech to Reduce Bias, California Survey Shows

March 10, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

A young mother in California’s Antelope Valley bathes her children and dresses them in neat clothes, making sure they look their very best — at medical appointments. “I brush their teeth before they see the […]

Children's Health

Guns Are the Biggest Public Health Threat Kids Face. Why Aren’t They Getting the Message?

March 3, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

I still remember the raspy voice of the wizened cancer patient with the hole in her throat. So addicted to the poison that was killing her — cigarettes — she interspersed her words of warning […]

California

Trabajadores comunitarios persuaden a inmigrantes mayores de tener cobertura de salud

February 28, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

OAKLAND, California – Durante tres años, Bertha Embriz, de San Francisco, ha vivido sin seguro de salud, salteándose chequeos anuales, y ahora tratando de no masticar de un lado para evitar el dolor de una […]

Aging

Community Workers Fan Out to Persuade Immigrant Seniors to Get Covered

February 28, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

OAKLAND, Calif. — For three years, Bertha Embriz of San Francisco has gone without health insurance, skipping annual wellness exams and recently tolerating a broken molar by trying not to chew with it. As an […]

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