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Insurers Face Congressional Scrutiny on Maternal Health

More than 30 senators and representatives asked 15 major insurers last week about the pregnancy and postpartum services they cover as part of an effort to reduce racial disparities in maternal health. The effort was led by a trio of Democratic Illinois lawmakers: Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, along with Rep. Robin Kelly. The […]

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Work Rules

On July 1, Kentucky planned to subject thousands of low-income residents who receive health coverage through the state’s Medicaid program to work requirements. They would risk losing coverage if they didn’t work, volunteer or enroll in job training for at least 80 hours a month. They would have to start paying premiums and face more […]

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Study: Transgender Veterans Are As Healthy as Others

A new study finds the mental and physical health of transgender veterans is similar to the health of cisgender veterans, adding more evidence to support the contention that a ban on transgender troops is unnecessary and discriminatory. According to the study, published in Health Affairs, the only difference in the health of transgender and cisgender veterans was […]

Roll Back Transgender Protections

Sexually Transmitted Disease Could Be Next Superbug

It may not be the first disease that comes to mind when thinking of sexually-transmitted disease, but there’s an important reason to start paying attention to mycoplasma genitalium, or MG. Experts say MG could lead to a public health emergency if precautions aren’t taken. MG is back in the headlines this week after a U.K. […]

Legionnaires’ Disease Breaks Out in Manhattan

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has sickened 11 people in Upper Manhattan, 10 of whom have been hospitalized, according to city health officials. Eight people remained in the hospital on Thursday. “This disease is very treatable with antibiotics,” Dr. Mary Bassett, the city’s health commissioner, said in a statement. “I encourage anyone with symptoms of […]

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Doctors: Sexual Harassment by Patients Happens on the Job

Sexual harassment can come from many sources, including patients. For this report, we asked physicians about how patients have harassed them or been guilty of misconduct, and how they dealt with it. Medscape’s Sexual Harassment of Physicians: Report 2018, published previously, reveals the current state of physician harassment by other clinicians, medical personnel, and workplace/hospital […]

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HHS Announces Cuts to Navigator Funds

The Trump administration’s decision Tuesday to slash funding to nonprofit groups that help Americans buy individual health insurance coverage sparked outrage from advocates of the Affordable Care Act. Using words like “immoral” and “cold-hearted,” they saw it as the Republicans’ latest act of sabotage against the sweeping health law. But as the ACA’s sixth open-enrollment […]

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Talc Cancer Verdict of $4.6 Billion Sends ‘Very Powerful Message’

A St. Louis jury Thursday awarded $550 million in actual damages and $4.14 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over claims its talcum powder caused ovarian cancer in women who used the company’s products for years. This trial, which began June 4 in St. Louis Circuit Court, had 22 plaintiffs […]

Saving Black Babies by Saving the Neighborhood

Black babies are two times more likely to die in their first year of life than white babies. This is a gap that has persisted in our country for decades. Around the country, people are trying in big ways and small to close it. The Castlemont neighborhood in East Oakland is known as a Best Babies […]

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Kavanaugh & Health Care

President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the seat on the Supreme Court vacated by Justice Anthony Kennedy have left many to wonder: What will replacing an often swing vote with a more conservative one mean for health care? There are many pending cases in lower courts that, if they make it a […]

Neighborhood May Determine Breast Cancer Outcomes

In 2008, South Shore resident Cheryl King found a lump in her right breast. When she told a health professional at a South Side facility, he dismissed it, saying many African-Americans have lumps in their breasts. In the three months it took to get appointments and tests with other professionals to verify it was cancer, […]

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Teen with Rare Kidney Disease Waits for Donor

A Duluth teen with a rare kidney disease is in need of a life-saving transplant donor. At 16-years-old, Ramonie Smith’s schedule revolves around her 11 different medications. “I take them every day, three times a day,” she said. And her 15 hours of kidney dialysis. “Dialysis is in one word, uncomfortable. But I’ve been on […]

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