Browsing: Southern Bureau

THOMASVILLE, Ga. — As Earl Williams drove through a historic Black neighborhood known as Dewey City in his hometown, he…

One year after the Trump administration announced that dozens of health insurers had signed a six-part pledge promising to reduce…

By the time Derion Blackman collapsed in front of a Dollar General in Kissimmee, Florida, in March, he had been…

For 16 years, Larry Gruber, a fitness coach from Wilton Manors, Florida, received a coupon card to help him pay…

Alea Bates wasn’t ready to leave Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare’s main hospital four days after a stranger shot her seven times…

WHITESBURG, Ky. — Drugs and the consequences of addiction are woven into the fabric of Jamie Madden’s life. Her earliest…

Cara Anthony tries to convince her HealthQ co-host Blake Farmer that there are benefits to embracing the caregiver identity when…

Bill Curry, 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before…

Being a family caregiver is hard work. On June 17, KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony joined WAMU’s Health…

Listen in and play along as hosts Cara Anthony and Blake Farmer test their knowledge with a HealthQ quiz on…

SUGAR GROVE, N.C. — Year after year, Ross and Rebecca Tobiassen saw their healthcare costs rise, having relied on the…

About a year ago at Erlanger Baroness, the largest hospital in Chattanooga, anesthesia staff noticed that a nurse was slurring…

An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth as he languished for months…

Within 24 hours of injecting the first dose of a weight loss medication she received following a visit with a…

SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. — Until recently, this rural city about 45 minutes east of Atlanta was best known for its…

WILLIAMSTON, N.C. — Two years after her brother’s death, Debra Pierce still wonders whether the 50-year-old would have survived his…