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Journalist covering climate & health. 2015 Nieman fellow. ✏️ in WaPo, @nytimes & others. Prev: @KHNews, @statnews, @newhavenindy, Scripps fellow @CUBoulder.

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'No one is coming.' Hospice patients abandoned at death's door

'No one is coming.' Hospice patients abandoned at death's door

An analysis by Kaiser Health News of 20,000 government inspection records revealed that missed visits and neg…

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Ambulance trips can leave you with surprising - and very expensive - bills

Ambulance trips can leave you with surprising - and very expensive - bills

One patient got a $3,660 bill for a four-mile ride. Another was charged $8,460 for a trip from a hospital tha…

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Dying at home in pain doesn't keep relatives from stealing the pills

Dying at home in pain doesn't keep relatives from stealing the pills

Nothing seemed to help the patient - and the hospice staff didn't know why. They sent home more painkillers f…

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'Put The Fire Under Us': Church Spurs Parishioners To Plan For Illness And Death

'Put The Fire Under Us': Church Spurs Parishioners To Plan For Illness And Death

"It would feel like murder to pull her life support," a young woman tells the doctor. The woman sits by a hos…

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As Trump Targets Immigrants, Elderly Brace To Lose Caregivers

As Trump Targets Immigrants, Elderly Brace To Lose Caregivers

BOSTON - After back-to-back, eight-hour shifts at a chiropractor's office and a rehab center, Nirva arrived o…

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Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns

Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns

As America copes with an epidemic of gun violence, there has been vigorous debate about how to prevent people…

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Drive for Nuclear Power Boosts Uranium Industry — And Tribal Health Concerns in Southwest

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By Melissa Bailey Verified
| KFF Health News Verified
WHITE MESA, Utah — On a hot April day, Malcolm Lehi maneuvered his Jeep Wrangler over a rough dirt road past junipers and sagebrush in search of Entrance Spring on land long connected to his tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute. The cool, mossy spring lies just across the highway from White Mesa Mill, the nation’s only remaining conventional uranium mill, which produces yellowcake for nuclear power fuel.
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Nuclear power push ramps up uranium mill — and tribal health concerns

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By Melissa Bailey Verified
| KUNC-FM (Greeley, CO) Verified
WHITE MESA, Utah — On a hot April day, Malcolm Lehi maneuvered his Jeep Wrangler over a rough dirt road. He drove past junipers and sagebrush in search of Entrance Spring on land long connected to his tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute. The cool, mossy spring lies just across the highway from White Mesa Mill, the nation's only remaining conventional uranium mill, which produces yellowcake for nuclear power fuel.
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Toast on the Coast: A Community Celebration Supporting Pensacola Beach Elementary School

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By Melissa Bailey Verified, Melissa Bailey
| Local Pulse Pensacola
What started as a conversation among a small group of Pensacola Beach Elementary School parents has grown into a community-wide celebration that welcomes supporters from across the Gulf Coast. Toast on the Coast, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was created by parents who recognized a need—and believed that the broader community would rally behind a good cause.
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