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The Grassroots Effort to Save Lives: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 6

From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis

Fentanyl-related deaths among teens more than tripled across the U.S. from 2019 to 2021. And the CDC reports that two thirds of teens who died had ...

Bought by KALW

Added: Dec 01, 2023
Length: 29:30
Purchases: 1

More Hospitals Move to Confront Medical Errors Head On

From: Tradeoffs

One out of every four Medicare patients in the hospital is the victim of a medical error. Over the past 20 years, a growing number of hospitals hav...

Added: Nov 17, 2023
Length: 22:59

Can the U.S. Put an End to Surprise Ambulance Bills?

From: Tradeoffs

Caption: Precious Mae Clark reviews her medical bills.

Congress banned most surprise medical bills back in 2020, with one major exception: ambulance rides. Most people agree that patients should be shie...

Added: Nov 15, 2023
Length: 29:50

The Fight for Safe Consumption Sites: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 5

From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis

As overdose fatalities reach two to three deaths a day in San Francisco, demands for supervised consumption sites are getting more urgent. But city...

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Added: Nov 02, 2023
Length: 29:30
Purchases: 1

Growing Pains as California Adds Social Services to Medicaid

From: Tradeoffs

California’s Medicaid program is two years into the nation’s most ambitious effort yet to cover non-traditional health care services like housing a...

Added: Oct 27, 2023
Length: 16:55

Medical or recreational? States Debate where Psychedelics Belong

From: Tradeoffs

A wave of new research is showing the promise of psychedelics to help with mental health conditions —- like depression and post traumatic stress di...

Added: Oct 20, 2023
Length: 16:39

The War on Drugs Revisited: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 4

From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis

Some San Francisco city officials are advocating jail for unhoused people who use drugs and murder charges for people who sell drugs. Critics say t...

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Added: Oct 19, 2023
Length: 29:30
Purchases: 1

Criminalizing Drug Use: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 3

From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis

San Francisco city officials have decided that arresting unhoused people for using drugs is the way to get them into treatment programs. Critics sa...

Bought by KALW

Added: Oct 19, 2023
Length: 29:30
Purchases: 1

How Drug Addiction and Homelessness Connect: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 2

From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis

While San Francisco is on track to break records for the highest number of fatal overdoses in one year, health experts say the city is failing when...

Added: Oct 19, 2023
Length: 29:30

The Origins of Rampant Opioid Addiction: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 1

From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis

San Francisco is experiencing its worst rate of drug-related fatalities ever, and as city officials impose increasingly punitive measures against p...

Bought by KALW

Added: Oct 19, 2023
Length: 28:12
Purchases: 1

After a series of suicides, the USS George Washington returns to sea with more mental healthcare

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: The USS George Washington is returning to sea after a six-year maintenance cycle when it remained in the shipyard in Norfolk, Va., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront

The deaths among Washington crewmembers occurred during a six-year period when the carrier remained in the shipyard for maintenance.

Bought by WHRV, KPBS, KMXT, WRFA-LP, KUT and more

Added: Oct 16, 2023
Length: 03:50
Purchases: 7

The 12 Million People Lost in a Maze of Medicare and Medicaid

From: Tradeoffs

Many of America’s poorest and sickest patients are stuck navigating two separate insurance programs — Medicare and Medicaid — to get the care they ...

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Added: Sep 22, 2023
Length: 24:12
Purchases: 1

A new lawsuit says the military still isn't complying with the federal gun background check law

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Navy corpsman Devon Rideout (left) poses with her mother, Leslie Woods, in Vacaville, California. Rideout was murdered in 2018. Her killer is a former Marine who had been found not mentally competent during a court-martial proceeding two years before the , Credit: Courtesy Leslie Woods

The family of a woman murdered by a former Marine is taking the government to court. They say the killer - who was forced out of the military for m...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WHRV, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KTEP and more

Added: Sep 12, 2023
Length: 03:49
Purchases: 6

When Research and the Realities of Practicing Medicine Collide

From: Tradeoffs

This summer, our research reporter Soleil Shah added a new role to his resume: first-year medical resident. Now he spends his days alternating betw...

Added: Sep 08, 2023
Length: 17:02

3M has agreed to pay $6 billion over faulty earplugs. Now, plaintiffs must decide whether to accept.

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: 3M's dual-ended "Combat Arms" earplugs were issued to troops from 2003 to 2015. They were designed to let conversation, commands, and other normal sounds through, but blunt the force of loud noises like gunfire., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront

About a quarter million troops and veterans have signed on as plaintiffs in litigation claiming the "Combat Arms" earplugs - manufactured by a 3M s...

Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KRPS, North Country Public Radio and more

Added: Sep 07, 2023
Length: 03:51
Purchases: 7

After decades of desert wars, the Navy and Marines are preparing for bigger global fights

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Troops from Marine Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina monitor a refueling operation during "Large Scale Exercise 2023." The exercise involved 25,000 Navy sailors and Marines and dozens of ships across 22 time zones., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront

A worldwide joint training exercise simulated a major battle with adversaries like China and Russia.

Bought by WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KRPS, and KUT

Added: Aug 22, 2023
Length: 03:54
Purchases: 4

Agitation to a System: Trans Resistance in Louisiana

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Hands holding up public comment cards in the Louisiana Senate chamber on Pride Day at the Capitol 2023 in Baton Rouge, LA., Credit: Raegan Labat

Louisiana, like many other states, has seen a slew of anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced this legislative session. Sophie Ziegler joins to...

Bought by WORT, WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle

Added: Jul 17, 2023
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 5

Progress and Pain Points in National Crisis Line's First Year

From: Tradeoffs

It’s been one year since 988 — the country’s new mental health crisis line — went live with hopes of transforming crisis services in America. So fa...

Added: Jul 14, 2023
Length: 24:53

The VA is facing a growing number of claims as a key PACT Act deadline approaches

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Volunteer Veteran Service Officers Hugh Reid (right) and Eric Isaksen help a veteran file a disability claim at American Legion Post 327 in Norfolk, Virginia., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront

The law passed last year makes millions of veterans eligible for new benefits, including post 9/11 vets who were exposed to burn pits.

Bought by North Country Public Radio, KPBS, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more

Added: Jul 13, 2023
Length: 03:52
Purchases: 8

'No Place Else To Go': Inside a Former Abortion Clinic

From: Tradeoffs

One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, 15 states have effectively banned abortion. Dozens of clinics in those states have shut th...

Added: Jun 26, 2023
Length: 15:52

The military wants to contract with more small businesses, but the process can be overwhelming

From: American Homefront Project

$Caption: Craig Brooks looks through a microscope for fractures on a metal part fastened to a hydraulic press in his company's shop in St. Louis. Brooks is the president of AP/ES Inc., which develops ways to determine how long aircraft fleets will last., Credit: Eric Schmid / St. Louis Public Radio$

Smaller companies can offer unique solutions to problems the military faces, but they can struggle to break into a defense industry that can be fru...

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KUT, KPBS, and Texas Public Radio

Added: May 26, 2023
Length: 03:55
Purchases: 5

Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Pt. 1

From: Tradeoffs

There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer

Added: May 26, 2023
Length: 18:27
Purchases: 1

The Pentagon has begun implementing a law to reduce suicides, 18 months after Congress passed it

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr. signs a policy to implement the Brandon Act on May 5. Attending the signing were Patrick and Teri Caserta, the parents of Brandon Caserta, a Navy sailor who died by suicide, Credit: Jack Sanders / U.S. Air Force

The Pentagon has put in place "The Brandon Act" - named after a Navy sailor who died by suicide in 2018. It allows service members to go outside th...

Bought by WHRV, WRFA-LP, KUT, and Texas Public Radio