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Section: Other News
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N.M. Schools Link Efforts to End Doctor Shortage
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The University of New Mexico and a private Las Cruces college are working to address the state’s doctor shortage in hopes of improving access to care in rural areas. Valencia, Lea, Otero, Torrance and Luna counties have the greatest shortage of primary care doctors in the state, according to a 2016 […]
June 5, 2017
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Inmates Learn to Write Braille to Fill Shortage
CONCORD, N.H. — Inside a prison workshop, several inmates tap away at what look like old typewriters. The devices are actually Perkins Braillers, which are used to write the code relied upon by many visually impaired people. In a first for New Hampshire’s prison system, 14 female inmates are spending much of the year learning […]
May 31, 2017
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Suspected Drug Thefts Persist at VA Centers
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities are investigating dozens of new cases of possible opioid and other drug theft by employees at Veterans Affairs hospitals, a sign the problem isn’t going away as more prescriptions disappear. Data obtained by The Associated Press show 36 criminal investigations opened by the VA inspector general’s office from Oct. 1 through […]
May 31, 2017
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In N.C., Deductibles Up 40 Percent
Anyone searching for an example of how the Trump administration could affect future healthcare costs has a prime example in North Carolina. The uncertainty of whether the administration will fund federal cost-sharing payments led Blue Cross Blue Shield of N.C. on Thursday to offer two premium increase scenarios for the 2018 individual marketplace exchange. The […]
May 31, 2017
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Choice for Mental Health Czar Highlights Rift
For decades, therapists, patient advocates and countless families have worked to elevate mental health care in the political conversation. Their cause recently received a big boost when a new law created a federal mental health “czar” to help overhaul the system and bridge more than 100 federal agencies concerned with mental health. But the White […]
May 30, 2017
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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 […]
May 30, 2017
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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 […]
May 30, 2017
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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 […]
May 30, 2017
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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. […]
May 24, 2017
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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 […]
May 24, 2017
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Delay Extends Uncertainty Over Healthcare
Uncertainty over the future of health care is growing deeper for millions of Americans who buy their own policies. While insurers released a blueprint Monday for stabilizing wobbly markets, the Trump administration is leaving in limbo billions of dollars in federal subsidy payments. The administration and House Republicans have asked a federal appeals court for […]
May 24, 2017
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Abortion Gag Order Has Wider Effects
President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that media reports say could obstruct nearly US$8.8 billion the U.S. spends annually to fight deadly diseases abroad. Here, Maureen Miller, a Columbia University Medical Center professor and infectious disease epidemiologist with training in medical anthropology, answers five questions about this move, including what it has to […]
May 22, 2017
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How Bad Is the Healthcare Act for Women?
“Across the board, this is a terrible bill for women,” said Jamila K. Taylor, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, speaking about the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The Republican-led House of Representatives passed the bill on May 4, without waiting for a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, whose economic analysis […]
May 22, 2017
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Opioid Epidemic: Treatment Not Punishment
Second of three parts. Read part one: A Personal Look at a National Problem. Opioid addiction takes a personal toll, but it also has countrywide consequences. On an average day in the U.S., someone begins nonmedical use of opioids every 22 seconds; someone starts using heroin every two and a half minutes; and someone dies […]
May 22, 2017
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Administration Broadens Abortion Policy
The State Department announced Monday that it will broaden the definition of the “Mexico City” policy that bans U.S. aid from supporting organizations that perform or endorse abortions. The “Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Initiative” broadens the policy that previously covered only family planning funds to now cover all foreign health assistance provided by […]
May 17, 2017
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Poll: 2 to 1, Americans Dislike Obamacare
WASHINGTON — House Republican legislation that repeals and replaces the Affordable Care Act with a measure that could leave 24 million more Americans without health insurance received a thumbs down from Americans in a new poll. By a 2 to 1 margin in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey, they said the GOP’s American Health […]
May 17, 2017
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Trumpcare Bad for W.Va., Senator Says
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Trump-backed healthcare bill that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Sen. Joe Manchin believes the bill has major issues and will likely move slowly through the U.S. Senate. Manchin called the new healthcare bill “troubling” Wednesday and says it will hurt thousands of West […]
May 15, 2017
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Project: Cut Mercury for Women, Keep Fish
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Health is working with health clinics to reduce the level of mercury in women of child-bearing age without sacrificing the benefits of eating fish. The department worked with health clinics in Cook County and on the Grand Portage Indian Reservation to sample the blood of nearly 500 […]
May 15, 2017
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