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By Claire Rafford for Mirror Indy.Broadcast version by Joe Ulery for Indiana News Service reporting for the Mirror Indy-Free Press Indiana-Public News Service Collaboration. If you turn onto Michigan Street along IUPUI’s campus, you’ll have to crane your neck to spot the cluster of students who’ve built a pro-Palestinian encampment under the business building. At Indiana University’s flagship campus in Bloomington, by contrast, more than 50 people were ar...

Oregon advocates are shining a spotlight on hunger and related issues ahead of the fall elections. A recent report from the Immigrant Research Initiative found immigrants constitute 10% of Oregons population but contribute to 13%, or more than $33 billion, of the states economic output. The "Food for All Oregonians" policy aims to extend SNAP benefits to 60,000 Oregonians ineligible because of immigration status. ...

Students and faculty at Northeastern University are demanding their school issue a public apology for what they say are false charges of antisemitism during recent protests. School administrators cited the slurs as justification for police to dismantle a pro-Palestinian encampment and make arrests. Grace Sanford, a second-year student, said it was a counterprotester who made the remarks to provoke a confrontation. ...

Women, and particularly Black women, are disproportionately affected by strokes and other health conditions in Missouri. Keetra Thompson, a stroke survivor, acknowledged the disproportionate effects of heart disease, stroke and diabetes on Black women in the state, attributing it to factors such as poverty, access to healthy food options and lack of resources in certain neighborhoods. "We have a Walmart and maybe a Schnucks but then everything else is all fast food," Thompson...

(KMAland) -- The latest edition of Americas Health Rankings report is out - and although Missouri ranked 40th overall, the state is showing improvement in the areas of volunteerism, colorectal

A new report found a troubling rise in health challenges for mothers and children across the country. The United Health Foundation has released its Americas Health Rankings Health of Women and Children Report. It found maternal mortality increased 29% between 2014 and 2021. ...

In communities across the state, Kentucky residents are coming up with innovative ways to improve community health. Jeremy Harrell is the founder and CEO of Veterans Club Incorporated in Louisville, and a recent recipient of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentuckys Healthy Kentucky Champions Award. Hes a combat veteran who served in Iraq. ...

(KMAland) -- Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke - so learning how to spot one can be vital in saving your own life or someone

Mississippi received the lowest ranking of the 50 states for the overall health of women and children in the new Americas Health Rankings report by the United Health Foundation. Mississippi comes in 48th among states for its high maternal mortality rate, which has more than doubled since the last report. Nationwide, maternal mortality is up 29% since 2019. ...

In Tennessee and across the country, this Sunday is World Stroke Day. One out of four people worldwide will experience a stroke in his or her lifetime, according to the World Stroke Organization. Neuurologist Dr. ...