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Health Care Industry Concerns About Trump Threats Ease

Hospitals and health insurers are gaining confidence that their nightmare scenario—millions of Americans instantly losing health insurance once President-elect Donald Trump delivers on a promise to “repeal and replace” Obamacare—is looking more like a bad dream than becoming reality. The early view from the healthcare sector still includes an end eventually to President Obama’s signature […]

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Pharmacy Schools See Emerging Opportunities in Field

While demand for pharmacy school graduates has waned slightly, new opportunities beyond the traditional community pharmacy continue to grow.

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A “Connection Maker” Helps Apache Community

My name is Joaquin Ray Gallegos and I am from the Jicarilla Apache Nation and the Pueblo of Santa Ana. I was raised to be a connection-maker. Each American Indian and Alaska Native student and youth is a rare solution to the unrest and problems that grip society today. Read More

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Md. Marijuana Panel Seeks Diversity Consultant

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. — Maryland’s medical marijuana commission is taking steps toward evaluating minority participation in the state’s nascent cannabis industry, the panel’s executive director said after critics complained of a lack of minority-owned businesses among finalists to grow and process the drug. Patrick Jameson said key factors are still evolving and changing by the […]

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Ailing Floridians Fear Obamacare Repeal Under Trump

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Sherry Riggs didn’t stay awake to find out who the next president would be. Her heart literally couldn’t take it. Riggs, a 55-year-old barber, has been ordered to avoid stress after a heart attack and bypass surgery last month. Last year, she had a stent put in, paid for by insurance […]

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Elizabeth Warren Blasts Bill to Speed Drug Approval

WASHINGTON—Sen. Elizabeth Warren has delivered a ferocious attack on congressional Republicans and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over a medical research bill, putting fellow Democrats on the spot by pushing them to oppose a measure she said “is corrupt, and it is very, very dangerous.” As Congress began the final stretch of its post-election session, […]

Study of Promising HIV Vaccine Begins

The first HIV vaccine efficacy study to launch anywhere in seven years is now testing whether an experimental vaccine regimen safely prevents HIV infection among South African adults. The study, called HVTN 702, involves a new version of the only HIV vaccine candidate ever shown to provide some protection against the virus. HVTN 702 aims […]

World AIDS Day: Positive Spin

In his 2013 Executive Order establishing the HIV Care Continuum Initiative, President Obama called upon Federal agencies implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy to prioritize addressing the HIV care continuum, including by accelerating efforts to increase HIV testing, services, and treatment along the continuum. In 2013, AIDS.gov developed two videos to help educate Americans about the […]

Trump Names Top Obamacare Critic to Lead HHS

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump chose a former Goldman Sachs banker and a billionaire investor on Tuesday to steer economic policy in his administration and a fierce Obamacare critic to dismantle President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare program. Republican Trump is expected to name Steven Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs partner and Hollywood financier, as his nominee […]

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Trump Presidency Risks Health of Asian American and Islanders

While the details of President-elect Donald Trump’s policy plans have been vague, he campaigned that “repealing and replacing” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would be one of his top priorities. This campaign pledge echoed legislative proposals introduced by Congressional Republicans since the bill’s passage, and who now have majority control over both the House of […]

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Idaho System to Hire 100 in 5 Years

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — The St. Luke’s health system plans to hire at least 100 health professionals over the next five years to work in Twin Falls, Jerome and Ketchum. A growing population and a need for specialty treatment are driving the hiring of doctors, physician’s assistants and nurse practitioners, spokeswoman Debbie Kytle told The […]

Congresswoman Wants VA to Cover in Vitro

This week, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., teamed up with U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., and U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Calif., in urging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to cover veterans whose wounds prevent them from having children by expanding Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) coverage, including In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). The VA hasn’t […]

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