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Kelsie Jones, 26, is a medical assistant in Polson, Montana. She is the one of the first graduates of the new medical assistant program at Salish and Kootenai College, an effort by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to provide more job training opportunities in the healthcare field. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)

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Gripped by opioids, American addicts must be patients first

NEW YORK — The opioid crisis is now the worst drug epidemic in American history and it’s expected...

Jun 30, 2017

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Why Americans are getting squeezed by surging drug costs

WASHINGTON — Just about everyone needs medicine sometimes. But when Americans do, they pay far more for prescription drugs...

Apr 07, 2017

Yolaida Martinez, a 29-year-old mother living with her two children in a Boston shelter, volunteers as the administrator of her church every Sunday. (Photo by Kelly Kasulis/GroundTruth)

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For Boston’s working homeless, a job is not enough

Yolaida Martinez counted on her hands as she sat at the kitchen table, each swollen finger representing...

Nov 11, 2016

The "smart bra" will help monitor women's heart beat and other biometrics.

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New ‘smart bra’ will monitor women’s heart health

A startup out of MIT is creating a wearable specifically aimed at better monitoring and understanding women’s cardiovascular...

Nov 01, 2016

Stuart Soboleski poses in his workshop in Albany, Vermont. (Photo by Ben Brody/GroundTruth)

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Struggling in Rural New England

Struggling in Rural New England: 'Undercurrent of anxiety' Emilie Poulin, a 32-year-old mother living in Marlboro, Vermont, says...

Nov 01, 2016

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Unemployment Map: Visualizing the millions of young people looking for work By |Sept. 6, 2016 The International Labor...

Sep 07, 2016