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The pandemic has affected the mental health of children, and some are still concerned that two years after the creation of the children's mental health system, services are still falling short.

Bloomington, Indiana-based Cook Medical is investing $2.5 million to build a grocery store in the Indianapolis neighborhood where it is planning to open a new manufacturing facility. The company plans to let two local residents own and operate the store once it opens next year.

Reaching adulthood brings new challenges — new jobs, school, relationships — and that can affect a young person's mental health. But navigating the health care system to get help with that is often not easy.

Listen • 3:58 Myranda Tetzlaff is a 25-year-old who has two pit bull mixes named Bub and Goose. She takes them on long walks for exercise. But she recently caught herself backing out of a hike— because she was afraid of seeing other people on the trail. “Oh, its nice outside, weve been in a pandemic, and everyones been cooped up in their homes,” Tetzlaff said. “Oh, that means everyones going to probably also be at the park. And so that just kind of terrifies me.”...

Side Effects Public Media Rudy Papakee, the director of the Meskwaki Health Center, has been at the center of the Meskwaki Nations COVID-19 response, coordinating testing and vaccinations and advising the tribal council on restrictions. In the waiting room of the Meskwaki Tribal Health Center in Tama County, Iowa, Genesis Ramirez gripped a digital timer, her legs swinging in a chair. The 17-year-old just got her second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, but she didn’t do it just to keep ...

Submitted Photo Twenty-five-year old Myranda Tetzlaff enjoys taking her two dogs on long walks, but she still has anxiety about being around other people on trails. Myranda Tetzlaff is a 25-year-old who has two pit bull mixes named Bub and Goose. She takes them on long walks for exercise. But she recently caught herself backing out of a hike— because she was afraid of seeing other people on the trail. “Oh, its nice outside, weve been in a pandemic, and everyones been cooped up in their ho...

Listen • 3:41 Josie Shaw, a Swahili interpreter in Clive, Iowa, makes short videos to share with refugees that has information about COVID-19. She says shes trying to combat misinformation spread through social media. The Johnson County Public Health Department in eastern Iowa has COVID-19 information available in about a half -dozen languages. But Samuel Jarvis, who works for the department, says getting this translated information out during the pandemic can be really h...

Community Health Networks nurses volunteered to staff clinics providing vaccines to the community. On normal days, the gym at this Indianapolis school would be filled with kids in phys ed classes. But last Saturday it was the scene of a pop-up vaccination clinic. And the mood was just as up-beat. One nurse brought her husband to the KIPP Indy Legacy High School to get vaccinated — to cheers from everyone around. At the entrance to the gym, volunteers used laptops to help people check in. Mo...

Black medical students face challenges from the beginning. With less access to quality public school education, many find themselves ill-prepared and it takes them multiple tries at standardized tests required for medical school entrance. Once accepted, some are faced with racism inside the lecture and hospital halls.

On a recent Saturday, a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic is in full swing at the Corinthian Baptist Church in Des Moines. People sit patiently, scattered