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Section: Health
Policies
Details of GOP Healthcare Plan Emerge
WASHINGTON — A draft Republican bill replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law would end its Medicaid expansion, scrap fines on people not buying insurance and eliminate taxes on the medical industry and higher earners. Instead, it would create tax credits worth up to $4,000, allow bigger contributions to personal health savings accounts and impose […]
February 27, 2017
Policies
Ex-Speaker: Repeal and Replace Won’t Happen
Former House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that he didn’t think the Republican-controlled Congress would be able to completely repeal and replace Obamacare, and that some key provisions of the health care law would likely remain. Speaking at a health care conference in Orlando, Florida, Boehner, an Ohio Republican who opposed Obamacare but resigned in […]
February 27, 2017
Health
Vanderbilt: More Than 3,000 Medical Records Wrongly Accessed
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials say the hospital has had a security breach where two employees accessed medical records of more than 3,000 patients. The Tennessean reports the hospital has sent out letters to patients whose personal information was inappropriately viewed. Two patient transporters accessed information that included names, birth dates and […]
February 26, 2017
Students
Ricks’ Teen Pregnancy Work Born Out of Personal Experience
When she was just 15, Dr. Nila Ricks, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, discovered that she was pregnant. For many, this might have meant the end of high school and the end of any college aspirations.
February 26, 2017
Health
Professor has Taken a Selfie Nearly Every Day for 30 years
BOSTON — Long before they were called selfies, Karl Baden snapped a simple black and white photo of himself. Then he repeated it almost every day for the next three decades. Baden’s “Every Day” project officially turns 30 on Thursday and he says he has no intention of stopping. The stark contemplation on mortality and […]
February 23, 2017
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
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