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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, it's nice outside, we've been in a pandemic, and everyone's been cooped up in their homes,” Tetzlaff said. “Oh, that means everyone's going to probably also be at the park. And so that just kind of terrifies me.” Tetzlaff, a childcare worker, lives in a suburb of Indianapolis. There are still about 1,000 ne...
Side Effects Public Media Rudy Papakee, the director of the Meskwaki Health Center, has been at the center of the Meskwaki Nation's 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 herself safe. "My family is very high risk, and I don't want to bring anything back to them where I...