In Montana, 911 Calls Reveal Impact of Heat Waves on Rural Seniors

Aaron Bolton, MTPR Missoula is one of Montana’s largest cities but is surrounded by rural mountain communities where cattle ranching is king. Despite the latitude and altitude, in recent years this region... Read more »

A Possible Downside to Limits on Teens’ Access to Social Media

In 1982, then-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop warned that video games might be hazardous to young people’s health, a statement he later walked back, acknowledging it had no basis in science. These... Read more »

Will 988 call the police? Data suggests 1% of mental health crisis calls get “involuntary” rescues

Many people in mental health crisis fear that if they dial 988, law enforcement might show up or they might be forced to go to the hospital. But getting sent that kind... Read more »

Scientists show how pregnancy changes the brain in innumerable ways

Neuroscientist Liz Chrastil got the unique chance to see how her brain changed while she was pregnant and share what she learned in a new study that offers the first detailed map... Read more »

In Montana, 911 Calls Reveal Impact of Heat Waves on Rural Seniors

Aaron Bolton, MTPR Missoula is one of Montana’s largest cities but is surrounded by rural mountain communities where cattle ranching is king. Despite the latitude and altitude, in recent years this region... Read more »

Tossed Medicine, Delayed Housing: How Homeless Sweeps Are Thwarting Medicaid’s Goals

SAN FRANCISCO — Andrew Douglass shoved his clothes and belongings into plastic trash bags as five police officers surrounded his encampment — a drab gray tent overflowing along a bustling sidewalk in... Read more »

Experts warn against vaccine skepticism

Thanks to all those shots in the arm, in the year 2000, measles in the United States was declared eliminated. But now, it’s coming back, with measles cases reported from California to... Read more »

Florida hospitals ask immigrants about their legal status. Texas will try it next

McALLEN, Texas — For three days, the staff of an Orlando medical clinic encouraged a woman with abdominal pain who called the triage line to go to the hospital. She resisted, scared... Read more »

In Montana, 911 Calls Reveal Impact of Heat Waves on Rural Seniors

Aaron Bolton, MTPR Missoula is one of Montana’s largest cities but is surrounded by rural mountain communities where cattle ranching is king. Despite the latitude and altitude, in recent years this region... Read more »

‘What Happens Three Months From Now?’ Mental Health After Georgia High School Shooting

WINDER, Ga. — About an hour after gunfire erupted at Apalachee High School, ambulances started arriving at nearby Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow with two students and two adults suffering from panic... Read more »
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