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Gates Foundation gives $279M to University of Washington

SEATTLE — The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is awarding $279 million to the University of Washington to expand its work in improving global population health, the largest private donation to the university, officials said Wednesday. The grant funds another decade of research at the university’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which provides critical […]

January 25, 2017

A Modest Proposal Post-Obamacare

It looks increasingly like one of President Donald Trump’s first actions will be to end the individual mandate which requires all Americans to have health insurance. Conservative media like Breitbart and the Drudge Report are cheering this as a return to freedom, and it is indeed as we will be free to make our own […]

January 25, 2017

What We Don’t Know About Trump Plan

President Trump told Fox News last week that when it comes to ObamaCare, “we’re going to have a plan that’s going to be great for people.” What that plan will actually be, though, remains unclear. Trump has said that he will put forward an ObamaCare replacement plan shortly after Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) is confirmed […]

January 25, 2017

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Data Suggest VA Care Will Be Insufficient

New data compiled in the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) 2016 annual survey indicates that on its own, the Department of Veterans Affairs cannot sufficiently treat Post-9/11 injured service members. In one of the largest datasets collected on this generation of wounded service members, the survey suggests that now more than ever, veteran service organizations are […]

January 25, 2017

HHS Pick Belongs to Fringe Medical Group

Last week, the Senate Health Committee grilled Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), on his plan to dismantle Obamacare and his extensive trading in medical stocks. But when senators on the finance committee question him on Tuesday before voting on his nomination, they […]

January 25, 2017

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Trump Restores NGO Gag Rule on Abortion

President Donald Trump reinstated — and massively expanded — an executive order Monday barring US foreign aid from going to any nongovernmental organization (NGO) that either provides abortion services, or even discusses abortion with its patients as an option for family planning. Trump has promised to take sweeping actions against abortion, including appointing Supreme Court […]

January 25, 2017

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Woman and Children Face Risks From ACA Repeal

As the new Congress deliberates repeal of the Affordable Care Act, there is much at stake for women and children. For them, the health care law is more than just a controversial piece of legislation, and the fight to protect its gains is far from political. It is an issue of essential health equity for […]

January 25, 2017

2 Republicans Suggest Plan for States to Keep Obamacare

Two Republican senators said on Monday that U.S. states should be allowed to stay in the Obamacare medical insurance program if they like, with one also saying she was confused by President Donald Trump’s broad but unspecific executive order targeting the program. Trump and congressional Republicans campaigned on a promise to dismantle Obamacare, and they […]

January 25, 2017

Trump Pick Gives Some Details of Health Overhaul

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s selection to become health secretary told a Senate committee that the new administration believes people with existing illnesses should not be denied health insurance, but committed to no details on that or any aspects of how Republicans will reshape President Barack Obama’s health care law. Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., who […]

January 25, 2017

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Ending Disparities Must Start at the Top

Among the many lessons from the fractious presidential election is the manifest need for a national dialogue on what it means to be a diverse, inclusive society. There are myriad threads and entry points to such a discussion, but it might start with our health care system. Despite decades of reports, the formation of organizations […]

January 23, 2017

Wearable Technology Can Help Detect Illness Early

Millions of Americans now head out the door each day wearing devices that count their steps, check their heart rates, and help them stay fit in general. But with further research, these “wearables” could also play an important role in the early detection of serious medical conditions. In partnership with health-care professionals, people may well […]

January 23, 2017

Messenger for Native Culture, Healing

NEW YORK—The desire to preserve and pass on authentic teachings from America’s indigenous people is embodied in Yvonne Wakim Dennis. It is perhaps a fitting passion for a Cherokee Bird Clan member. Members of the Bird Clan were traditionally known as messengers between earth and heaven, according to the Cherokee Nation website. “A lot of […]

January 23, 2017

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St. Joseph’s College Gets $1.5M to Address Nursing Shortage

STANDISH, Maine — The Harold Alfond Foundation is providing $1.5 million to Saint Joseph’s College to help create an academic center to address shortages in Maine’s nursing workforce. The foundation is concerned because nearly three-fourths of Maine’s nurses are nearing retirement age at a time when demand for home health care, nursing home and hospital […]

January 23, 2017

WVU Medicine Is Booming

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In a state with above-average unemployment, West Virginia’s premier hospital system is booming. WVU Medicine hired 2,228 staff last year, has openings for 699 more and expects further expansion in its high-level specialties. That follows this week’s opening of a new 10-story tower housing its Heart & Vascular Institute. As the West […]

January 23, 2017

Will Healthcare for Veterans Improve?

Last week, President-elect Donald Trump surprised many by tapping David Shulkin, an Obama administration official, as his nominee for secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Shulkin, a New York-area physician, and author, who is currently a VA undersecretary, is known for significantly improving care at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York as […]

January 23, 2017

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Trump Could Trigger Push for Drug Imports

President-elect Donald Trump’s vows to bring down drug prices and give consumers more options could give new momentum to the long fight to allow importations of prescription drugs into the U.S. Proponents of allowing U.S. residents to buy prescription drugs from other countries hope that having a supporter of the proposal in the White House […]

January 23, 2017

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Poll: 4 in 10 List Healthcare Fix as Top Concern

WASHINGTON — Sylvia Douglas twice voted for President Barack Obama and last year cast a ballot for Democrat Hillary Clinton. Yet when it comes to “Obamacare,” she now sounds like President-elect Donald Trump. This makes her chuckle amid the serious choices she faces every month between groceries, electricity and paying a health insurance bill that […]

January 23, 2017

March Highlights Health Concerns Under Trump

WASHINGTON — Among the masses that descended on the nation’s capital Saturday for the Women’s March was Katie MacMillan, a fourth-year medical student. “This isn’t all about ‘Not-Trump,’” said MacMillan, referring to Donald Trump, who was sworn in as the 45th president on Friday. An aspiring pediatrician at Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, […]

January 23, 2017

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