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AltaMed, a federally qualified health center with sites in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, has launched a pathway program for vocational nursing.

Health Equity

Meet the AltaMed Nursing School Collaborative’s First Vocational Nurse Graduates

Editor’s note: This story was first published by AltaMed Foundation here. As the inaugural Vocational Nursing graduation ceremony was about to begin, students gathered in the back ...

Dr. Elikem Amable-Brumfield works with a prenatal patients at Birth Detroit's independent birth center.

Maternal Health

“We Are the Women We Serve”: Inside Birth Detroit’s Mission to Support Maternal Care

DETROIT — At a new clinical health site on the city’s northwest side, clients are greeted with love and kindness in a serene space, one where birthing women are surrounded by a ...

2 women in black shirts carry an ornage direct relief container as another woman in red shirt carries an ornage direct relief emergency backpack

North Carolina

What It Takes to Get Free Medicine to Patients

In North Carolina, some patients face an amputation before learning that the insulin they needed could have arrived in the mail for free, said Brenda Vass, chief executive of NC MedAssist. ...