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Hospital care at home, for kids

Michelle Crouch, Charlotte Ledger

April 28, 2025 |

North Carolina Health News |

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Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

Atrium Health’s pediatric hospital-at-home program allows patients to recover from the comfort of their own homes, rather than a hospital bed, combining visits from paramedics and virtual check-ins with doctors and nurses to provide continuous hospital-like care. 142 health systems in 39 states have been approved to provide home-hospital care, and some studies show patients receiving care at home have better health outcomes than those in hospitals.

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Las Casas Trans en Bolivia: un refugio colectivo que busca cambiar vidas

Brenda Villalba

April 27, 2025 |

Red de periodismo Feminista de Bolivia |

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Response Location: Bolivia

Las Casas Trans son refugios comunitarios creados por y para mujeres trans en Bolivia que ofrecen servicios integrales de salud, apoyo psicológico, asesoría legal y oportunidades de emprendimiento, evolucionando desde espacios de asistencia básica hasta plataformas de emancipación colectiva que han atendido a más de 2,500 personas en cuatro ciudades y se expanden como modelo replicable de transformación social. Puedes leer este artículo en ingles aquí: https://solu.news/nsr4

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‘A Safe Place to Go': New Alamance crisis hub provides free mental health services that keep people out of jails, ERs

Taylor Knopf

April 21, 2025 |

North Carolina Health News |

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Response Location: United States, Burlington, North Carolina

The Alamance Behavioral Center aims to be a “one-stop shop” for mental health services, with a walk-in clinic, an urgent care facility, outpatient appointments, an on-site pharmacy, a mobile crisis team, monthly support meetings, and a peer living room where people can connect with peer support specialists without needing an appointment or screening. In January, nearly 1,000 people visited the center, and roughly 90 percent of people who have used the services would have otherwise ended up in the emergency room or jail.

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The Scramble to Save Rural Health Care From DOGE

Stephanie McCrummen

April 21, 2025 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Perry, Alabama

The Cahaba Medical Care Clinic is a community health center providing care to rural residents in need. Rural areas are often designated as “medically underserved” regions, but Cahaba has helped increase access to affordable care, reduce the county’s infant mortality rate and even created a revolving door for new medical professionals as they established themselves as a teaching hospital. However, the current administration and DOGE threaten to dismantle the funding and necessary systems that make rural healthcare of this scale possible.

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Ancient Himalayan Water Temples Are Meeting Modern Needs

Geetanjali Krishna

April 15, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: India

The Central Himalayan Rural Action Group, an NGO based in India, is restoring special Himalayan freshwater springs known naulas. Since 2008, the organization has been involved in the restoration of more than 6,000 springs.

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DOGE abruptly cut a program for teens with disabilities. This student is 'devastated'

Cory Turner

April 14, 2025 |

KPBS Public Media |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Newton, Massachusetts

Before DOGE cut the program’s funding, Charting My Path for Future Success was helping students with disabilities learn ways to successfully transition from high school to college or the working world with greater self-sufficiency. Before it was canceled, 1,600 high school juniors enrolled in the program, learning how to set goals, take care of themselves and build their confidence and self-determination skills.

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School-based telehealth expands further in North Carolina

Jennifer Fernandez

April 11, 2025 |

North Carolina Health News |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Burlington, North Carolina

Multiple hospital systems and health organizations across North Carolina have implemented school-based telehealth programs so students can receive medical and behavioral health care during the school day, making care more accessible. Evidence shows students who participate in the telehealth program see better attendance and academic performance, as well as improvements in their mental health.

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Two Men's Mission to Restoring Eye Sights amid Searing Temperatures in Kwara State

Muritala Abdullahi

April 07, 2025 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

Working closely with Opeyemi Mega Eye Clinic, two local men created a grassroots outreach program to provide free and discounted cataract and glaucoma surgeries, and have successfully restored vision for hundreds of residents between 2021 and 2024.

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Rapid-response teams aid troubled youths in New Jersey – but funding limits Maryland's similar effort

Colin McNamara

April 07, 2025 |

Capital News Service Maryland |

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Response Location: United States, New Jersey

New Jersey’s Mobile Response and Stabilization Services help support youth in crisis by connecting them with a mental health professional to avoid unnecessary emergency room visits or police calls. New Jersey’s system has been an inspiration to other states looking to implement similar services, and it served over 32,000 youth in 2023 alone.

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Paying ranchers to host elk? Novel approach could help wean Wyoming off its feedground habit.

Mike Koshmrl

March 31, 2025 |

WyoFile |

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Response Location: United States, Wyoming

A novel initiative in Wyoming pays ranchers to voluntarily host elk on their private lands, decreasing dependence on disease-spreading public feedgrounds, reducing ranchers' costs, and providing promising results, though scalability and funding challenges remain significant obstacles.

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