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"Work is such a fundamental part of our identity," says one psychology researcher. When it's suddenly lost, "it can be really devastating to your sense of purpose and identity, your sense of social mattering, especially when it's in a climate of devaluing what you do." (Dreamstime/Fizkes)

'I am going through hell': Job loss, mental health and the fate of federal workers

The firings that began in February are taking a significant toll on federal employees' mental health. Workers said they feel overwhelmed, demoralized and anxious, and have obtained or considered seeking psychiatric care.

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As nuns disappear, many Catholic hospitals look more like megacorporations

Nuns founded and led Catholic hospitals to treat sick and poor people. But over time, a focus on margins led the hospitals to transform into behemoths that operate for-profit subsidiaries and pay their executives millions.

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Happening in Springfield: New Immigrants Offer Economic Promise, Health System Challenges

The town is a microcosm of how immigration is reshaping communities throughout the United States. In the Springfield area, Catholic charities, other philanthropies, volunteers, and county agencies have banded together over the past three to four years to tackle the challenge and connect immigrants who have critical health needs with providers and care.

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Catholic hospital offered bucket, towels to woman it denied an abortion, California AG said

When Anna Nusslock showed up at Providence St. Joseph Hospital 15 weeks pregnant and in severe pain, a doctor delivered devastating news: The twins she and her husband had so desperately wanted were not viable. Further, her own health was in danger, and she needed an emergency abortion to prevent hemorrhaging and infection. St. Joseph's, in the small Northern California coastal city of Eureka, refused to provide the care she required because doctors could detect fetal "heart tones."  

 

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