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Section: Health
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Campus Events Canceled Because of Mumps
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri has canceled a popular event and is urging student groups to halt others as the number of confirmed and probable mumps cases climbs to 128. University spokesman Christian Basi said Thursday that “for the safety of our students and university community” the school has called off a late […]
December 5, 2016
Disparities
Kansas Dementia Research Focuses on Exercise
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Ann Poehler’s strides quicken on the treadmill. Her feet pound. Her heart races from 150 to 160 beats per minute and more. A plastic tube jutting from the Prairie Village woman’s mouth feeds carbon dioxide levels to a computer here inside the University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Center. The computer records every […]
December 5, 2016
Policies
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 […]
December 5, 2016
Students
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.
November 30, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
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
November 30, 2016
Policies
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 […]
November 30, 2016
Other News
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 […]
November 30, 2016
Policies
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, […]
November 30, 2016
Disparities
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 […]
November 30, 2016
Disparities
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 […]
November 30, 2016
Policies
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 […]
November 30, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
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 […]
November 28, 2016
Nursing
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 […]
November 28, 2016
Other News
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 […]
November 28, 2016
Policies
Did Heroin Anxiety Lead to Couple’s Deaths?
DOVER, Del. — Brandon Jones and Chelsea Porter had been on the run from Delaware police for a week when they heard a knock on the motel room door in Elkton, Maryland, where they were holed up. It was mid-morning Oct. 25, and Maryland State Police had arrived to serve Brandon with a Delaware warrant […]
November 28, 2016
Disparities
Better Data, Lifting Barriers to Improve Access
In order to address racial and ethnic health inequities among Medicare beneficiaries, healthcare organizations must gather better data, provide patients with information in their native language and make it easier for people with disabilities to enter healthcare facilities. Those are some of the top findings in a new report released last week by the CMS. […]
November 28, 2016
Disparities
Funding Indian Health in the Trump Era
TRAHANT REPORTS— A few years ago I had a chance to ask President George Bush what he thought about tribal sovereignty in the 21st century. His answer went viral: “Tribal sovereignty means that. It’s sovereign. You’re a … you’re a … you’ve been given sovereignty and you’re viewed as a sovereign entity.” Think about that […]
November 28, 2016
Policies
What Trump Can Learn from Obama on Health Care
President Barack Obama took on the problems of a lack of access to health care and high cost, but he and Democrats paid a political price. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to undo much of what Obama put in place, and pledged to make the system better. Although Trump is lacking in specifics, he seems […]
November 28, 2016
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