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FDA Clears Cancer Drug Keyed to Genetics

Merck & Co’s immunotherapy Keytruda chalked up another approval on Tuesday as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the cancer medicine can be used to treat children and adults who carry a specific genetic feature regardless of where the disease originated. It is the first time the agency has approved a cancer treatment based […]

GOP Wants to Improve Indian Healthcare

Congressional Republicans believe they can improve Indian Health Service – and the first step is to cut money from the already underfunded IHS budget. IHS provides primary health care for the majority of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives. “For years, the Indian Health Service has fallen short in providing high quality medical care throughout Indian […]

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Alzheimers’s Deaths Double in U.S.

The rate of people dying from Alzheimer’s disease in the United States rose by 55% over a 15-year period, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. The number of those patients dying at home from the neurodegenerative condition also rose, from 14% to 25% over the same time period studied, 2009-2014. […]

Job Losses Highlight Budget Concerns

(CNN) – Criticism is building over the Trump administration’s proposed budget. The primary sticking point is because reports show it could result in the millions losing healthcare benefits and, as a result, thousands of healthcare providers losing their jobs. Eastern Kentucky would be ground zero for those job losses. Dr. Anthony Yonts employs 50 people […]

Senate Staffers Will Draft Healthcare Bill

Maybe, in the end, the safest stance for beleaguered House Republicans would be emulate the aggressive truth-defying approach of Trump himself: “What health care bill?” “That means the House has to come back with a new bill and vote again”, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from NY, said Wednesday. Additionally the bill would […]

Trump Tweet Contradicts His Budget

President Trump urged spending more on health care, in a tweet Sunday night — to “make it the best anywhere” — even as his administration’s budget proposal last week called for broad cuts to health programs, including Medicaid, public health, and medical research funding. It’s unclear what, if anything, Trump’s tweet means for his administration’s […]

23 million fewer people would have insurance under GOP Obamacare repeal bill, CBO says

The current Republican bill to repeal and replace major parts of Obamacare will lead to 23 million fewer Americans with health insurance coverage by 2026 if it becomes law, the Congressional Budget Office projected Wednesday. That is only 1 million fewer uninsured people than had been projected for an earlier version of the GOP bill. […]

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The Jimmy Kimmel Test

On May 12th, Jimmy Kimmel gave an emotional monologue on his late night TV show Jimmy Kimmel Live! about his newborn son’s health complications. In the week since, the video has been viewed over 10 million times on YouTube. It’s easy to dismiss it as just another feel good story, but there are several important […]

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Arkansas University Restores Nursing Program

PINE BLUFF, Ark. — The Arkansas State Board of Nursing has approved the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s request to bring back its pre-licensure nursing program. The university’s approval for the program, which extends through 2020, is the final step before accreditation, the Pine Bluff Commercial reported. “The action of the Arkansas State Board […]

Famine in Africa Increases Risk of HIV Epidemic

No one should ever have to choose between starving to death and exposure to HIV, however millions of women and children struggling to survive in the drought-stricken countries of southern Africa aren’t being given a choice. When both Somalia and South Sudan declared states of emergency due to severe drought and conflict in February, humanitarian […]

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University Aims to Improve Tribes’ Education, Healthcare

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota State University president Barry Dunn says he can see a future in which reservation hospitals and health centers across South Dakota employ pharmacists and lab scientists educated at his school, with doctors and administrators also trained at institutions in the state. The land-grant university is pursuing a new initiative […]

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Texas Law Clears Path to Expand Telehealth

Telehealth companies are gearing up for some Texas-sized business following passage of telemedicine legislation earlier this month. Senate bill 1107 was passed May 11 and is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott within weeks. Teladoc said Friday that it is set to expand its video services in the state as soon […]

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