Give and Take: Federal Rural Health Funding Could Trigger Service Cuts
States are rolling out plans for their share of a $50 billion fund meant to improve rural health care. In some states, the money may provoke rural hospitals to cut services.
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They Tricked Me: A Father Was Chained After He Went to ICE To Reunite With His Kids
The administration has largely converted the HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement into an arm of immigration enforcement, detaining children longer while helping immigration officers arrest their parents or other family members. One father was chained when he went to an ICE office to discuss being reunited with his son and daughter.
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How Low Can You Go? The Shifting Guidelines for Blood Pressure Control
The number doctors use to demarcate high blood pressure keeps going down, a trend applauded by many experts, who point to studies linking the condition and dementia.
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Oz Says Californias Not Fighting Health Care Fraud, but Data Shows Its Part of a Larger Battle
Trump administration officials say the state allows rampant fraud and have promised to investigate, blaming the Russian, Armenian mafia in the hospice and home health care industry. But data shows hotbeds of health care fraud throughout the country, with California outperforming most other states in recovering fraud dollars.
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Lawmakers Seek To Protect Crisis Pregnancy Centers as Abortion Clinic Numbers Shrink
Some states have tried to crack down on crisis pregnancy centers, accusing them of deceptive practices. But now conservative lawmakers are pushing legislation to increase protections for the organizations, which work to dissuade women from abortions.
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Lost in Transmission: Changes in Organ Donor Status Can Fall Through Cracks in the System
Patchwork state policies and limited federal oversight have led to a fragmented system for tracking when potential organ donors provide consent or change their minds.
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Psychiatrists Use of Biomarkers Could Open a New Window Into Mental Health Diagnoses
The worlds largest professional psychiatry organization is preparing for the day when biological indicators can help diagnose and treat mental illness.
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Journalists Talk Medicaid Work Mandate in Georgia and Wage Garnishment Bill in Colorado
窪蹋勛圖厙 News journalists made the rounds on local media recently to discuss topical stories. Heres a collection of their appearances.
RFK Jr.s Very Bad Week
Episode 437HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had another tough week. In addition to Kennedy having rotator cuff surgery, the nomination of his ally to become surgeon general is teetering, the controversial head of the FDA's vaccine center is resigning next month, and a new survey shows Americans trust government health officials less than they do former Biden official Anthony Fauci. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
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More Kids Are in ERs for Tooth Pain. Trump Cuts and RFK Jr.s Anti-Fluoride Fight Arent Helping.
Dentists, hygienists, and researchers say a shortage of rural dental care professionals and worsening oral hygiene since the covid-19 pandemic mean more kids are ending up in the emergency room for tooth decay.
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The People And Research Lost in the NIH Exodus
Government data shows the National Institutes of Health lost about 4,400 people more than 20% of its staff as the Trump administration slashed the federal workforce. Hear from six scientists on why they walked out the door and the work they left behind.
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Six Federal Scientists Run Out by Trump Talk About the Work Left Undone
Cancer treatments, disease outbreaks, addiction science: Scientists say an exodus from the National Institutes of Health will harm the nation's ability to respond to illness.
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Trumps Cuts to Medicaid Threaten Services That Help Disabled People Live at Home
Iowa patient advocates say that in the face of federal Medicaid cuts, the state is quietly reducing in-home services that help people avoid being institutionalized. National groups are bracing for similar cuts elsewhere.
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Lawmakers, Health Groups Resist Their States Rural Health Fund Plans
Some Republican state lawmakers and state health associations are pushing back against spending plans under the Trump administrations $50 billion federal rural health fund. Federal administrators already approved states plans, but in many cases, state lawmakers must greenlight spending.
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Despite Their Successes, Some Mobile Crisis Response Teams Are in Crisis
Mobile crisis units are trained to respond to emergency calls when people are experiencing delusions or hallucinations. But unlike police departments, which are generally funded by local taxpayers, mobile crisis teams dont have a single, reliable funding source. As a result, some are closing down, despite successful operations and local support.
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Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay And It Costs All of Us
Health care prices are on the rise, and patients are flummoxed that even insurance companies arent doing more to control costs.
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Families Defend Disability Services Amid Medicaid Cuts
Idaho is positioning to slash Medicaid funding as state lawmakers grapple with the effects of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law last year. On the table are in-home care services.
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Democrats Decry Meager Medical Care for Detainees in Funding Fight
A growing body of evidence indicates that immigrants in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement face medical consequences because of serious gaps in basic health care services. Its adding to the political backlash against the Trump administrations aggressive deportation policies.
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Hospitals Fighting Measles Confront a Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It Before
As the number of cases grows to about 1,000 in the Carolinas, health care workers whove never seen the vaccine-preventable disease can get caught by surprise.
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State Lawmakers Seek Restraints on Wage Garnishment for Medical Debt
At least eight states are considering legislation to curtail wage garnishment over unpaid medical bills, as health care costs rise and more people become underinsured.