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Hispanic Physicians Oppose Change to Immigration Policy

The National Hispanic Medical Association, representing 50,000 Hispanic physicians, strongly opposes the Public Charge Proposal that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on September 22, 2018. “The proposed rule change would greatly undermine achievements made in access to prevention and medical care for Latino legal immigrants by limiting nutrition, health care, and medications and […]

October 1, 2018

AP: Drug Prices Going Up Despite Trump Promise

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump made reducing drug prices a key promise during his election campaign, repeatedly accusing drug makers of “getting away with murder.” At the end of May, he promised that drug companies would be announcing “massive” voluntary drug price cuts within two weeks. That hasn’t happened, and an Associated Press analysis […]

October 1, 2018

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Why America Faces a Doctor Shortage

For more than 75 years, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), a joint venture of the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), has been tasked with maintaining excellence in American medical education by accrediting all medical schools in the U.S. and Canada. At first glance, LCME seems like […]

October 1, 2018

Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded for Immune System Cancer Research

STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to two researchers from the United States and Japan for advances in discovering how the body’s immune system can fight off the scourge of cancer. The 9-million-kronor ($1.01 million) prize will be shared by James Allison of the University of Texas Austin and Tasuku Honjo […]

October 1, 2018

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Study: Dementia Will Hit People of Color Hardest in Future

Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) will increase some 178% among all Americans aged 65 years and older by 2060, but Hispanic, African American and other racial and ethnic groups will see the fastest growing rates. They say the study of […]

October 1, 2018

Creating an Inclusion Imperative: Advancing Diversity in Medical Education

It is no secret there are incredible gaps in our health care system today. In many major cities, you can go from neighborhood to neighborhood and see the average life expectancy drop by several decades. When you look at the underserved communities hit the hardest by health inequity, many are made up of diverse populations.

September 28, 2018

Dangerous Denial

President Trump provoked outrage on Twitter and in the media in mid-September with his tweets that denied the death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria in 2017 and blamed Democrats for artificially elevating it. Measuring the mortality in epidemic or emergency periods has long been controversial. Authorities often deny reports of high mortality because […]

September 26, 2018

Trump to Divert $200 from Health Programs to Detention

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notified Congress on Wednesday that it plans to transfer up to $186 million from its programs to help cover the costs of housing a growing number of immigrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border. Read More

September 26, 2018

Journal Compares Child Separation Policy to Tuskegee Case

Black slave women were habitually tortured for ‘research’ by star doctors who were commemorated in statues and plaques. Over 40 years, more than 400 black men with syphilis were given fake medicine so researchers could see how the disease developed. Thousands of women, mainly Latinas, were sterilized in the eugenics movement. These are just a […]

September 26, 2018

Lawmakers Reject Plan to Put Drug Prices in Ads

A federal appropriations bill will not include a bipartisan provision that would have required drug manufacturers to be more transparent with costs to consumers after it was blocked by House Republicans.1 Jointly sponsored by Senator Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, and Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the provision would have required list prices included in direct-to-consumer television advertising. […]

September 26, 2018

Democrats Plan to Turn Obamacare Issue Against G.O.P.

The voter anger over healthcare that once propelled Republicans to the majority in the House and Senate is now buoying Democrats’ hopes for the midterm elections. When Democrats passed and rolled out Obamacare, voters shouted down lawmakers at town halls and rallied in huge demonstrations to protest changes in coverage, rising premiums, and the loss […]

September 26, 2018

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Former U.N. Chief Calls U.S. Healthcare System ‘Morally Wrong’

The former United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has denounced the United States’ healthcare system as politically and morally wrong, and urged American leaders to enact publicly financed healthcare as a “human right”. Ban made the comments in an exclusive interview with the Guardian in New York, as part of his work with The Elders, […]

September 26, 2018

Federal Judges Back Coverage for Transgender Care

Two different federal courts granted rulings last week in favor of allowing transgender people to access the medically necessary care prescribed to them by their doctors. The rulings confirm the Affordable Care Act’s protections on the basis of sex extend to transgender people. Read More

September 26, 2018

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As Trump’s Trade War Grows, China Hits Medical Device Makers

The medical technology industry is bracing for a big hit from Donald Trump’s trade war with China with nearly $5 billion in U.S. medical devices now impacted from retaliatory Chinese tariffs. Waves of the Trump administration’s tariffs now impact more than $250 billion in Chinese goods, which analysts say are about half of that country’s […]

September 26, 2018

Hiring and Retention

When I talk with my colleagues in health care, the biggest concern that echoes for human resources professionals in the industry is how to hire and retain the skilled employees we need. According to a number of projections, health care jobs will represent a significant percentage of the employment growth in our state over the […]

September 24, 2018

NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Network Expands

Grants to improve and accelerate the diagnosis of rare and undiagnosed conditions were made to academic medical centers across the nation Monday. The new awards are part of the second phase of the National Institutes of Health’s Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). The total investment planned for the UDN over the next four years will be […]

September 24, 2018

‘Surprise’ Medical Bills Could Be Campaign Issue

There is growing interest in the problem of surprise medical bills in the media and on Capitol Hill, with a bipartisan group of senators drafting legislation to crack down on the problem. But the issue has not been prominent in midterm campaigns and is not showing up in campaign ads. Why it matters: Recent analyses, […]

September 24, 2018

Louisiana Colleges Team Up on Nursing Program

Delta Community College and Northwestern State are teaming up to create an easier route to a Bachelor’s Degree for Delta nursing students. Both colleges signed a Memorandum of Understanding Wednesday morning agreeing to work together online. Students who graduate from the nursing program at Delta Community College can apply their Associate degree credits to NSU’s […]

September 24, 2018