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Masks are back in Chicago-area health care settings

Some Chicago-area health care systems are again requiring visitors to mask up to help mitigate recent spreading of respiratory viruses, mainly influenza, COVID-19 and RSV. Rush is the latest to bring back masks.

Chicago Sun-Times

What Does It Mean To Be Healthy?

According to a recent survey, being healthy means eating healthy foods and being physically active.

Zenger

Americans on Medicare now get better access to mental health care. Here's how

Medicare now covers therapy appointments with licensed marriage and family counselors, and licensed professional counselors.

WEKU

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Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for California ‘tax revolt’ over health care coverage for migrants

The Georgia congresswoman blasted the plans as ‘treason’

The Independent UK

PHC to become a reality for tribal village in Alleri hillock

Proposal sent to set up Primary Health Care Centre in Attukaalkollai village, Vellore, after two deaths due to lack of PHC.

The Hindu

Consulting firm McKinsey agrees to $78 million settlement with insurers over opioids

Consulting firm McKinsey and Co. has agreed to pay $78 million to settle claims from insurers and health care funds that its marketing work with Purdue Pharma helped fuel an opioid addiction crisis

The Independent UK

Two Keys to a Happy Retirement: Health and Wealth Plans

It’s nearly impossible to have a successful retirement without taking care of both your physical health and your financial health. Here are five tips to help.

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California is expanding health care coverage for low-income immigrants in the new year

California will soon become one of the first states to provide free health care to all low-income immigrants living in the state illegally

The Independent UK

Health care, goldminers tipped to overperform in 2024

Neuren Pharmaceuticals was the best performer in the All Ordinaries in 2023, and analysts say health care as a whole could do even better in 2024.

AAP

Diversity offices on college campuses will soon be illegal in Texas, as 30 new laws go into effect

Other new laws make changes to the tax code, criminal justice and health care systems.

The Texas Tribune

Subscription-based care moves beyond peddling birth control and helping with hair loss

Online, direct-to-consumer health care has grown well beyond its roots mostly treating hair loss and acne or selling birth control pills

The Independent UK

Calvary receives first compensation payments after hospital takeover

Negotiations over the final payout are still occurring.

The Canberra Times

Health care services at Pilsen migrant shelter fall short of promises, medical advocates say

The city has said migrants in shelters receive health screenings. A source close to the matter said that of the thousands at the Pilsen shelter where a child died, only a few hundred have been screened.

Chicago Sun-Times

Nearly half of the U.S. population has diabetes or prediabetes—and many have no clue. Are you among them?

All told, roughly half of the U.S. population has diabetes or its predecessor—and it's turning us into a nation burdened with illness, experts say.

Fortune

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How the Texas vision for seamless mental health care fell apart over 60 years

A lack of private providers, a swamped community mental health system, and low insurance reimbursement have cut off many in Texas from basic mental health services.

The Texas Tribune

The number of Texas midwives is increasing — but advocates say the state needs more

The state agency that oversees midwives is trying to make it easier for women to join the profession, including lowering fees.

WEKU

More patients are losing their doctors – and their trust in the primary care system

In Rhode Island, safety-net clinics are under new pressures as clinicians retire or burn out. Patients report that it's harder to find care, and they're losing connections to familiar doctors.

The Texas Tribune

Seattle Children’s Hospital sues Texas Attorney General over trans patient records

Suspecting the Washington-based hospital of providing gender-affirming care to Texas children, which is now banned in Texas, AG Ken Paxton issued investigative subpoenas demanding medical information.

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The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis spread false information while pushing trans health care ban, judge says

A federal judge hearing a challenge to a transgender health care ban for minors and restrictions for adults noted that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spread false information about doctors mutilating children’s genitals

Fortune

March-in rights are key to Biden’s push to lower excessive drug prices

Agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services can now consider whether a drug is priced so high that it’s basically out of reach to millions of Americans.

International Business Times

Navigating AI In Health Care: Dr. Donald Macfarlane's Warning On AI-Driven Medical Note-Taking

Dr. Donald Macfarlane warns against the use of AI-driven tools in medical note-taking due to fabrications that will negatively impact patient care.

Kiplinger

Five Overlooked Factors When Planning for Retirement

Not only can taxes, inflation and health care costs catch you unprepared in retirement, but so can the costs of supporting others and paying for the fun stuff.

Chicago Sun-Times

Migrants say illnesses spreading quickly at crowded Pilsen shelter where several fell ill

The space is currently housing over 2,300 people, more than half of whom are minors. Families there and health care providers say illnesses are spreading rapidly.

WEKU

When a quick telehealth visit yields multiple surprises beyond a big bill

For the patient, it was a quick and inexpensive virtual appointment. Why it cost 10 times more than she expected became a mystery.

Fortune

Will Medicare pay for your home health care needs? It might—if you meet certain requirements

Experts clarify one of the biggest areas of confusion about Medicare—whether, and when, it covers home care.

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