Eric Berger

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  • Amid a youth mental health crisis and a shortage of inpatient psychiatric beds, residents of a St. Louis suburb opposed a plan to build a 77-bed pediatric mental health hospital. Resistance to such facilities has occurred in other communities as misconceptions about mental health spur fear.Mind

    More psych hospital beds are needed for kids, but neighbors say not here

    By Eric Berger and KFF Health News
  • A monitor reminds commuters to wear a mask at a Wall Street subway station near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. In a historic year that marked a rapid plunge into bear market territory and a swift recovery into the bull zone, high-flying technology stocks and electric-vehicle pioneer Tesla Inc. were standout trades. Photographer: Michael Nagle/BloombergHealth

    How public health ads that incite fear can backfire

    By Eric Berger and Kaiser Health News
  • Miami Beach, dental x-rays, December 18, 2018<br /> image number:<br /> 1177460061<br /> Jeff Greenberg— Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesHealth

    Teledentistry is filling a cavity left by the pandemic, but some caution it can’t replace in-person visits

    By Eric Berger and Kaiser Health News