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Photojournalist | Health Reporter @KPBSnews | San Diego's NPR and PBS Station | Instagram: Instagram.com/heididemarco

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Heidi de Marco is an award-winning photojournalist and health reporter who has focused her work on producing multimedia stories that help humanize the complex health and humanitarian issues impacting marginalized and vulnerable communities in the United States and abroad.

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Video: Filling In The Gaps

Video: Filling In The Gaps

Specially trained paramedic Ryan Ramsdell is part of an ambitious plan in Reno, Nevada, to overhaul the 911 s…

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Video: Momentary Healing

Video: Momentary Healing

Wynne Lee, 17, struggled with depression and cultural expectations for several years. The teen from Diamond B…

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Video: Nowhere To Go

Video: Nowhere To Go

Residents of a tiny rural town in northern California talk about the lack of access to mental health care.

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Video: Uninsured For The First Time

Video: Uninsured For The First Time

Cecily Liu, 37, had a bad experience with the state's insurance exchange the first time around. The self-empl…

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As Ballet Stretches Her Body’s Limits, Insurance Brings Peace of Mind

As Ballet Stretches Her Body’s Limits, Insurance Brings Peace of Mind

When you pirouette for a living, injury is nearly certain. But one veteran says coverage under the nation’s h…

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Latina Small Business Owner Enters the Insurance Marketplace

Latina Small Business Owner Enters the Insurance Marketplace

Sandra Lopez, 41, owns Las Fajitas, a popular Mexican restaurant in Newport Beach, Calif. She has to make dec…

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Nurses survey finds workplace violence remains widespread as San Diego hospital cites safety gains

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By Heidi de Marco Verified
| KPBS-TV (San Diego, CA) Verified
National Nurses United, the country's largest labor union for nurses, surveyed more than 1,200 members this year. They found 85% nurses who responded experienced at least one form of workplace violence in the past year. The nurses described verbal threats, harassment, physical assaults and sexual violence. “We also saw in the survey that health care employers are not putting in place the measures that we know can prevent workplace violence,” said Jane Thomason with National Nurses United.
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UC San Diego researchers explore whether a GLP-1 drug can slow biological aging

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By Heidi de Marco Verified
| KPBS-TV (San Diego, CA) Verified
Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are already changing the way doctors treat diabetes and obesity. Now, researchers at UC San Diego are exploring whether semaglutide, the active ingredient in those medications, could also help slow biological aging. The study analyzed data from more than 100 adults living with HIV who also had excess fat around their abdomens. People with HIV often experience accelerated biological aging, even when their virus is well controlled with medication.
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Who qualifies for Cal Fresh, Medi-Cal work requirement exemptions? Advocates say it's complicated

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By Heidi de Marco Verified
| KPBS-TV (San Diego, CA) Verified
New federal work requirements are rolling out in stages across California’s public benefit programs, leaving many recipients in San Diego County wondering whether the changes apply to them. CalFresh work requirements took effect June 1, while similar requirements for Medi-Cal are scheduled to begin Jan. 1, 2027. San Diego County estimates that roughly 400,000 people could be affected by the changes across both programs.
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