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Like many states across the West, Nevada faces challenges with supply and demand for housing. One advocate for the disability community describes the pool of affordable and accessible homes in the Silver State as "sad." Mary Evilsizer, executive director of the the Southern Nevada Centers for Independent Living, said some of the biggest challenges in helping disabled folks find housing is ensuring they are able to meet certain criteria and requirements set by landlords, and second is affordability. "All landlords require that an individual with a disability or an ...

Community health centers in Missouri and across the nation are getting a boost in funding thanks to Congress' passage of a bipartisan spending package. House Resolution 4366 is a package of six Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills that continues funding for several programs and helps avoid a partial government shutdown. Community health centers provide health-care access to 31 million Americans and are vital to people, especially in rural areas. ...

Critical, but stable. That's how an industry group describes the state of Wisconsin's health-care workforce. Amid some brighter spots, shortages loom large in the face of an aging population. ...

Senior and older-adult groups are frustrated by cuts to services in New York's budget proposal. This includes cuts to home-care programs and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program. It comes a year after Gov. ...

Advocates for people who suffer or have died from COVID-19 in Massachusetts and around the country say they're alarmed by new federal health recommendations regarding the disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced people no longer need to isolate for five days and can return to regular activities, even with mild, improving symptoms and just one day after a fever. Kristin Urquiza, co-founder of the group Marked by COVID, said the CDC has abandoned its mission to protect Americans' health. ...