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Section: Health
Blogs/Opinion
What Obamacare’s Critics Won’t Admit
THOUSAND OAKS, California ― Maryann Hammers is likely to die from ovarian cancer someday. But she hopes someday won’t come anytime soon. Hammers, 61, received the diagnosis in late 2013, and doctors told her that it was stage 3-C, which meant that she could live for many years with the right treatment and a little […]
February 22, 2017
Other News
Illinois Schools Adopt Asthma Protocols
CHICAGO — School personnel across Illinois are adapting to a new state law that requires districts to have an emergency protocol to deal with asthma emergencies. Under the law, anyone who works with students must be trained to handle asthma emergencies. All children with asthma must have a written “asthma action plan” at the school […]
February 22, 2017
Other News
Tribes Offer Sex Ed Public Schools Don’t
On a rainy Wednesday afternoon, four American Indian teenagers are gathered in a nondescript building along rural Okmulgee, Oklahoma’s main street. As the headquarters of the Muscogee Creek Nation, Okmulgee takes pride in its American Indian heritage. Street signs in the downtown area are in both English and Muscogee languages and tribal insignia is seen […]
February 22, 2017
Nursing
WVU Offers Tuition Incentives to Nursing Students
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University is offering tuition incentives in hopes of increasing the number of highly trained nurses in the state and beyond. The WVU School of Nursing says it will offer in-state tuition for all students — regardless of residency — to enhance opportunities for nurses through the online Registered Nurse to […]
February 22, 2017
Disparities
Refugees’s Needs Draw Doctors to Kansas
GARDEN CITY, Kan. — Dr. Scarlett Gard’s passion for humanitarian work took her to India and Bangladesh. After finishing her medical training, she set off for a place she knew had a diverse population in need of doctors: western Kansas. Gard came to the meatpacking town of Garden City to work with Somali immigrants — […]
February 22, 2017
Policies
Future Cloudy for Eric Garner Chokehold Case
NEW YORK — A federal civil rights investigation into the police chokehold death of Eric Garner has been moving forward in New York, but its future is uncertain as a U.S. attorney general with a law-and-order bent takes over the Justice Department. Two people with inside knowledge of the probe say a federal grand jury […]
February 22, 2017
Policies
McConnell Doesn’t Expect Democrats’ Help
WASHINGTON — Republicans will repeal and replace the health care law and overhaul the tax code without Democratic help or votes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says. “It’s clear that in the early months it’s going to be a Republicans-only exercise,” the Kentucky senator said at a news conference February 17 before lawmakers left for […]
February 22, 2017
Policies
Single-Payer Plan Would Fulfill Promises
President Donald J. Trump’s proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act with a health care law that achieves more coverage, better benefits and lower costs could be attained through single-payer reform, according to a commentary published in Annals of Internal Medicine. “President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have vowed to repeal and replace the Patient […]
February 22, 2017
Students
West Virginia U. Offers Tuition Incentive to Nursing Students
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University is offering tuition incentives in hopes of increasing the number of highly trained nurses in the state and beyond. The WVU School of Nursing says it will offer in-state tuition for all students — regardless of residency — to enhance opportunities for nurses through the online Registered Nurse to […]
February 21, 2017
Students
Scholars: At its Core, Feminism Universal
Black transnational feminisms simply means understanding the ways in which Black women across nationalities are faced with many of the same issues.
February 20, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Message to Tom Price: Drop the Repeal Idea
Congratulations on your confirmation and the honor of serving the American people as head of the Health and Human Services Department. The decision over what to do about the Affordable Care Act is coming at you fast. Millions of Americans are waiting to understand if their health coverage and protections will continue, while insurance companies […]
February 20, 2017
Other News
Governor Opposes Privatizing W.Va. Med School
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says he’s against a legislative proposal to privatize the state medical school in Lewisburg. The Democratic governor says privatization of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine would drive up in-state tuition. He says it makes “no sense” for the state to divest the highly ranked school, […]
February 20, 2017
Other News
N.J. Gets Anti-Opioid Law
TRENTON, N.J. — Just a day after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on drug addiction, Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation Wednesday aimed at curbing the state’s opioid addiction epidemic, taking action just minutes after the Democrat-led Assembly approved the measure. The legislation curbs initial opioid prescriptions to a five-day supply, making […]
February 20, 2017
Other News
Md. Legislators Weigh Legalizing Meds for Dying
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — In 2014, Alexa Fraser’s 90-year-old father successfully ended his life with a gun to the head after two failed suicide attempts. Her father, whom Fraser described as a “fiercely independent person,” suffered from Parkinson’s disease, a progressive movement disorder marked by involuntary tremors and slowed movement. His condition had worsened and he […]
February 20, 2017
Policies
Health Nominee Says Medicaid Needs Overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pick to run the government’s major health insurance programs said Thursday that Medicaid needs a full overhaul but she doesn’t support turning Medicare into a “voucher” plan. Indiana health care consultant Seema Verma testified before the Senate Finance Committee on her nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and […]
February 20, 2017
Policies
Administration Sends Mixed-Signals on Exchanges
With the drive to “repeal and replace” Obamacare losing steam, the Trump administration quietly moved to shore up a key feature of the healthcare law this week: the state exchanges where people shop for non-group coverage. And to its credit, Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services zeroed in on some of the factors that […]
February 20, 2017
Policies
Fear Keeps Immigrants Away from Healthcare
Immigrants in the Bay Area are so worried about President Trump’s forthcoming immigration policy that they’re opting out of health-care coverage, this according to several local officials, including the head of Alameda County’s health-services department. This rumor of a new executive order targeting immigrants is causing consternation and panic in the East Bay. Rebecca Gebhart, […]
February 20, 2017
Disparities
Henrietta Lacks’ Family Seeks Compensation
BALTIMORE— The son of Henrietta Lacks is seeking compensation for the unauthorized use of his mother’s cells in scientific research since her 1951 death, as detailed in a best-selling book. The Baltimore Sun reports that Lawrence Lacks, his son and daughter-in-law say they plan to file a lawsuit against Johns Hopkins University in coming weeks. […]
February 20, 2017
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