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Nada Hassanein

Nada Hassanein

Nada Hassanein is a health care reporter for Stateline with a focus on inequities.

Hundreds of thousands of parents died from drugs. Their kids need more help, advocates say.

By: - August 18, 2024

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her. Emma’s mom, Danielle Stanley, died of an overdose last year. She was 34, and had struggled with addiction since she was a teenager, […]

There’s a new pill for postpartum depression, but many at-risk women face hurdles

By: - January 12, 2024

The first pill for postpartum depression approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now available, but experts worry that?minority and low-income women, who are disproportionately affected by the condition, won’t have easy access to the new medication. About 1 in 8 women experience symptoms of postpartum depression, federal data shows. Suicide and drug […]

Insurers often shortchange mental health care coverage, despite a federal law

By: - October 18, 2023

If you or someone you know is in need of help, dial 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for free and confidential support or text?HELLO?to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line. When she tried to find help for her daughter’s depression, Michelle Romero was frantic, panicked and heartbroken. She searched and searched for mental […]