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Apr 18 2024
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Illinois Department of Public Health reports 64 measles cases this year
The Illinois Department of Public Health has reported 64 measles cases in the state this year. Last year, the state saw five cases of measles, and the last case before 2023 was in 2019. The first case this year was reported in early March. Many of the initial cases were linked to a Chicago migrant shelter, and two cases were in suburban Cook County. The most recent case was reported in Cicero
Daily NorthwesternApr 22 2024
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Rural jails turn to community health workers to help the newly released succeed
Manti, Utah — Garrett Clark estimates he has spent about six years in the Sanpete County Jail, a plain concrete building perched on a dusty hill just outside this small, rural town where he grew up. He blames his addiction. He started using in middle school, and by the time he was an adult he was addicted to meth and heroin. At various points, he's done time alongside his mom, his dad, his
CBS News (Online)Apr 27 2024
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Judge orders takeover of Center for Reproductive Health after AG sues Nashville fertility clinic
Judge orders takeover of Center for Reproductive Health after AG sues Nashville fertility clinic A Nashville judge has ordered the temporary takeover of a local fertility clinic after its business collapsed earlier this year. The decision came down Friday, the same day that the Tennessee Attorney General's Office sued the Center for Reproductive Health and its medical director, Dr. Jaime
The TennesseanApr 29 2024
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Court Orders North Carolina, West Virginia to Fund Sex Changes in State Health Care Plans
A federal court has ordered the governments of North Carolina and West Virginia to provide coverage for sex-change operations in state health care plans offered to state employees and through Medicaid. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals — which has jurisdiction over North Carolina, West Virginia, South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland — ruled in an 8-6 decision that refusing to provide
National Catholic RegisterApr 15 2024
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Cancer Survivor Debunks Biden's 'Affordable' Health Care Policies
Just before Easter, the Biden administration announced it had finalized a proposal it claimed would “protect consumers from being scammed into purchasing lower quality insurance, or ‘junk insurance.’” The finalized rule will prevent insurers from offering short-term limited duration plans, which do not have to meet all of Obamacare’s mandates and regulations, for longer than four months, down
The FederalistMay 01 2024
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More pain for struggling CarePoint Health: Hospital report card ranks Christ last in state for patient safety
No hospital in the state is worse for patient safety than Jersey City’s Christ Hospital, according to the latest safety ratings, another hit for the flailing CarePoint Health System that manages half of Hudson County’s hospitals. Christ Hospital was the only hospital in New Jersey to receive a “D” grade in the biannual Leapfrog Hospital safety reports, which analyze key factors that affect
nj.comApr 27 2024
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Madison County's only no-cost health clinic in Mars Hill accepting new patients
MARS HILL - Madison County's lone no-cost health clinic has seen more patients each year since its opening three years ago, but there is room for the clinic to see more, as it has expanded its services. According to Amy Beane, the family nurse practitioner at the Outland Family Clinic, the number of patients more than doubled from 2021 to 2022, from 122 to 246. The number of patients jumped up
Asheville Citizen-TimesApr 24 2024
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Supreme Court looks at Idaho abortion ban when a woman's health is in imminent danger
NPR Fact CheckApr 29 2024
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Oregon Medicaid patients get air conditioning, mini fridges as climate change drives health concerns
Oregon is shipping air conditioners, air purifiers and power banks to some of its most vulnerable residents, a first-in-the-nation experiment to use Medicaid money to prevent the potentially deadly health effects of extreme heat, wildfire smoke and other climate-related disasters. The equipment, which started going out in March, expands a Biden administration strategy to move Medicaid beyond
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