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AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s Medicare Isn’t Stronger

WASHINGTON — Eager to dismiss his critics, President Donald Trump is fabricating the circumstances regarding jobs, the economy and the social safety net. He insists that Social Security and Medicare are becoming stronger under his watch when the most recent government report shows the financial condition of both programs worsening. On the economy, his claims […]

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Doctors Explore Lifting Barriers for Living Organ Donors

WASHINGTON — Surgeons turned down Terra Goudge for the liver transplant that was her only shot at surviving a rare cancer. Her tumor was too advanced, they said — even though Goudge had a friend ready to donate, no matter those odds. “I have a living donor. I’m not taking away from anyone. I’m trying […]

Yale Psychiatrist: Claims about Trump’s Mental Health No Surprise

A Yale psychiatrist believes the anonymous op-ed by a “senior administration official” published by The New York Times exposes President Donald Trump’s “psychological symptoms” relating to the “mental challenges” that make him a “dangerous” man. Dr. Bandy Lee, assistant clinical professor in law and psychiatry and violence expert at the Yale School of Medicine, published […]

Family Creates Endowed Scholarship for Claflin Biology Majors

Claflin University has established the Spencer and Rev. Minnie Anderson Endowed Scholarship Fund following the couple’s $20,000 gift to the university honoring the memory of their two sons, Michael Cutler and the Rev. Dr. Otis Cutler, Jr. Michael and Otis died 28 days apart – Michael from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 48, […]

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Lawmakers Tour Arapaho-Run Clinic

Legislators learned about innovations at the Northern Arapaho Tribe’s health clinic when they gathered in Fort Washakie for a tribal relations committee meeting this week. The tribe took over its health clinic from the federal government back in 2016 in hopes of addressing health disparities they struggle with among their members. Read More

17 Health Care Systems Launch Project for Underserved

Seventeen health systems, encompassing 280 hospitals—5 percent of the hospitals in the country—have come together to figure out financially sustainable solutions to the problem of how to improve health care for underserved people and their families. Read More

Maryland County Giving Out Condoms at Schools

When high school students in Montgomery County, Maryland, go back to school Tuesday after summer vacation, some of them will have one extra resource available to them: condoms. Record rates of sexually transmitted diseases around the country, as well as in the county, have alarmed local officials, who say distributing condoms in schools is one […]

Summer Program Stirs Students to Action on Environment

The number of Dearborn students becoming involved in more activism and learning development committees is increasing each year and the Environmental Health Research-to-Action (EHRA) Academy under Healthy Dearborn has empowered Dearborn high school and college preparatory students to take action in the health concerns facing Dearborn’s Southend. Developed by two U of M-Dearborn faculty members, […]

Yale Launches Minority Healthcare Fellowship

The Yale School of Management next year will launch the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Leadership, a program that aims to equip health care practitioners with the leadership and managerial skills required to address inequities in the U.S. health care system. Read More

‘Chief Wahoo’ Activist Sentenced for Embezzling Native American Funds

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A prominent activist known for his opposition to the Cleveland Indians’ Chief Wahoo mascot was sentenced Wednesday to four months in prison and four months of house arrest for stealing more than $77,000 in federal grant money meant to benefit Native Americans in Northeast Ohio. Read More

GOP Candidates Recast Their Records on Pre-Existing Conditions

Josh Hawley, the Republican Senate candidate in Missouri, says he is all about making sure anybody can get health insurance, regardless of their medical status: “We need to cover pre-existing conditions,” he said earlier this summer. But Hawley, who is currently Missouri’s attorney general, is one of the 20 state officials who has signed onto […]

Justice Gap

The United States prides itself on the notion of “liberty and justice for all.” The reality is that people, including children, navigate the legal system alone. Unrepresented people have to be their own advocates in a daunting system. The implications of self-representation involve negative repercussions for a person’s — and their community’s — well-being. Read […]

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