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The prime minister has insisted lower power prices are helping to ease cost of living pressures, as economic issues take centre stage.

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In Texas, transgender official says science is being ‘politically perverted’ to attack LGBT people

FORT WORTH, Texas — The nation’s top transgender official came to Texas this weekend to call out what she called the political perversion of medicine and science and urge doctors to stand up against attacks on LGBT Americans’ access to health care.

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Federal election: Anthony Albanese marches in Labour Day parade in Brisbane as Scott Morrison attends Eid service in Sydney

The federal election campaign sees Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese march in a Labour Day Parade in Brisbane while Prime Minister Scott Morrison attends an Eid service in Sydney.

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Aged care nurse 'out of his depth'

An aged care nurse who was out of his depth failed to get help when a routine procedure went awry, the Health Care Complaints Commission has found.

Newcastle Herald

More senior Australians to get cheaper health care and medication under $70m Coalition election pitch

The Coalition is promising to spend $70 million over four years to give an extra 50,000 older Australians access to the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card. Labor says it will match the commitment.

ABC News

Justice Department challenges Alabama law criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth

The U.S. Department of Justice is challenging a recently enacted Alabama law that criminalizes certain forms of medically necessary gender-affirming care for transgender youth.The department is also asking the court to issue an immediate order to prevent the law from going into effect on May 8.

Tribune News Service

In Hammond, historic hospital awaits demolition amid changes in health care

The Catholic hospital system that runs Franciscan Health Hammond closed Franciscan St. James Health in Chicago Heights in 2018, also citing low demand for inpatient care even as it’s built new hospitals in wealthier suburbs.

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Shopping for space, health systems make over malls

The hulking Hickory Hollow Mall — a full 1.1 million square feet of retail space in southeastern Nashville — was once the largest shopping center in Tennessee. But like many malls, it’s been in a downward death spiral for more than a decade.

Tribune News Service

Rising out-of-pocket health costs are a worry. But the major parties have barely mentioned it

Rising out-of-pocket costs for health care is an important issue the major parties have not yet substantially addressed during the election campaign.

The Conversation

Despite losing federal money, California is still testing uninsured residents for COVID — for now

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is still offering free COVID-19 testing to uninsured residents even though the federal government ran out of money to pay for it.

Tribune News Service

Illness drives 400,000 more people from the UK workforce, report finds

OVER 400,000 workers across the UK have been lost to the workforce due to health factors such as long Covid, disruption to health care and declining…

The National (Scotland)

Irish woman left helpless in urine-soaked bed for 21 hours with no food or water due to lack of carer

Sharon Colgan, who has cerebral palsy, was left confined to her bed after going to bed at 8.20pm on Saturday until 5pm on Sunday evening

Irish Mirror

Barroso to Asharq Al-Awsat: Saudi Arabia’s Response to the Pandemic a Lesson for Health Systems

Jose Barroso, the chairman of the Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI), described Saudi Arabia’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic as “wonderful”, pointing that the Kingdom’s investment in health care systems has prepared it to deal better with the pandemic. In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Barroso, who is also the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Program is bringing youth of color into health care sooner rather than later

CHICAGO -- Jayline Perez, 21, graduated three semesters early from Roosevelt University in December 2021. With her parents and grandparents only having gone through school as far as elementary school, she credits Rush Education and Career Hub, or REACH, with changing her future.

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Travel nurse agencies cash in on Stanford strike and pandemic

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Salon

Health systems take over malls

Shopping malls offer a perfect solution to health systems need of space and parking

Benzinga

3M Q1 Results Surpass Expectation, Cuts FY22 GAAP EPS Outlook

3M Co (NYSE:MMM) reported first-quarter FY22 net sales of $8.83 billion, a slight decrease of 0.3% year-over-year, +2% on an Organic basis, beating the consensus of $8.74 billion. Sales by segments: Safety and Industrial $3.05 billion (-1.5% Y/Y), Transportation and Electronics $2.34 billion (-2.3% Y/Y), Health Care $2.12 billion (+2.6% Y/Y) and…

Tribune News Service

Mayo Clinic Minute: Improved treatments for head and neck cancer

April is Sexually Transmitted Infections Awareness Month. About 70% of cancers in the oropharynx, which includes the tonsils, soft palate and base of the tongue, are linked to the HPV virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So it's important to talk to your health care team…

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Universal Health Services Stock Plunges After Q1 Results, FY22 Outlook Cut Probability

Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) reported first-quarter revenue growth of 9.3% year-over-year to $3.29 billion, beating the consensus of $3.21 billion. The operating income declined by 21.2% Y/Y to $232.86 million, and the margin contracted by 274 bps to 7.1%. Acute care hospitals owned adjusted admissions increased by 5.7% Y/Y, and adjusted…

The Conversation

Ukraine refugees need urgent, ongoing health care. We've worked in refugee camps and there's a right way to do it

The war in Ukraine puts the plight of refugees and displaced people back in the headlines. From February 24, more than 5 million people have crossed Ukraine’s borders. A further 7.7 million are estimated to have been been displaced internally.

Tribune News Service

Thousands of Stanford, Packard Children’s nurses begin strike to demand for better staffing, mental health support

SAN JOSE, Calif. — About 5,000 Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital nurses went on strike Monday morning to demand for hospital officials to reach a new contract, seeking better staffing and mental help support.

Chicago Tribune

Mask mandates in Illinois hospitals, doctors’ offices not going anywhere, for now

CHICAGO — It may be some time before people can walk through Illinois hospitals, doctors’ offices and nursing homes barefaced, despite mask mandates dropping on buses, planes and trains last week.

Inverse

Do I need a second Covid-19 booster? An epidemiologist answers 3 immunity questions

The latest recommendations have left many wondering about the importance of boosters for protection against Covid-19. Here are the answers to three essential questions about boosters and immunity.

Tribune News Service

'I’m exhausted': Why these nurses are preparing to strike — and others already have

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Stanford nurse Mark O’Neill could have quit his job caring for desperately ill COVID and cardiac patients, joining the exodus of other health care workers seeking a reprieve from the stress of the past two years.

Miami Herald

More people are struggling with loneliness than diabetes, US surgeon general says

MIAMI — The link between loneliness and public health may not be readily apparent to many, but it is to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, who visited his Miami hometown Friday with a broad agenda — meeting with health care workers about pandemic-related burnout, speaking with LGBTQ students about mental…

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