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Poll: Dangers for both parties on the economy, crime and transgender rights

The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey finds the economy is still top of mind for Americans — and that both parties are vulnerable on different issues.

WEKU

Editorial: Obamacare opponents who demanded medical autonomy seek to deny it for women

A judge has blocked a Wyoming abortion ban based on an ironic instance of unintended consequences: A decade ago, conservative voters in that state, eager to limit the reach of the newly enacted Affordable Care Act, approved a constitutional amendment to ensure that “each competent adult shall have the right…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

California needs more Black, Latino doctors. Could community colleges be part of the solution?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California has struggled for years to recruit aspiring physicians of color into its health care workforce, despite the state’s highly diverse population.

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Michael Hiltzik: Ironic justice: Laws passed to gut Obamacare are now being used to protect abortion rights

The law of unintended consequences is never as powerful as when those consequences originate from a hasty, ill-considered action.

Los Angeles Times

Northern Ireland domiciliary care is "broken", health chief warns

"I have been told that there is no more money coming into Northern Ireland for health care, this is a major concern"

Belfast Live

As more Republican states expand Medicaid to all, Florida lawmakers focus on kids

Florida is unlikely to expand Medicaid this year, as North Carolina and other Republican states have done recently, but lawmakers are pushing measures they say will expand health care for more children from low-income families.

Tribune News Service

Congressman seeks to plug ‘shocking loophole’ exposed by KHN investigation

A U.S. lawmaker is taking action after a KHN investigation exposed weaknesses in the federal system meant to stop repeat Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse.

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Millennial Money: Manage the costs of a chronic condition

For millennials with chronic medical conditions — or those raising kids with chronic conditions — health care can be an enormous expense

The Independent UK

Charlie Teo hearing hears bid to extend restrictions on neurosurgeon's medical licence

The Health Care Complaints Commission is attempting to extend the restrictions on Charlie Teo's medical licence, claiming the neurosurgeon isn't credible and has changed his evidence throughout disciplinary hearings.

ABC News

4 South Side groups awarded $1 million in grants will offer free services to ‘transform health care’

Groups like Dion’s Chicago Dream and Trek World USA have been given grants from South Side Community Health Organization.

Chicago Sun-Times

If a hospital still asks you to mask up, do it

Advocate Health is relaxing its pandemic rules on mask-wearing and patient visitation, but many hospitals are keeping their mask mandates.

Chicago Sun-Times

N. Carolina governor signs Medicaid expansion bill into law

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has signed a Medicaid expansion law that was a decade in the making

The Independent UK

Mental health care by video fills gaps in rural nursing homes

KNOXVILLE, Iowa ― Bette Helm was glad to have someone to talk with about her insomnia.

Tribune News Service

Veto puts Kentucky in thick of fight over transgender rights

Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill aimed at transgender health care has put Kentucky in the middle of a national fight

The Independent UK

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End of COVID emergency will usher in changes across the US health system

The Biden administration’s decision to end the COVID-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for COVID tests.

Wales Online

'I was miserable, hopeless, suicidal but swimming in cold water saved me'

Mitchell Bock, 30, from Caerphilly described mental health care in Wales as "non-existent" but said his life has been transformed through ice baths, outdoor swims and cold showers.

Chicago Sun-Times

How Johnson and Vallas became rivals for mayor, COVID’s lasting impact on hospitals and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

The Texas Tribune

What transition-related health care is available to transgender kids in Texas? Here’s what you should know.

Some Republicans want to block transgender kids’ access to puberty blockers and hormone therapies. Here’s what medical experts and trans Texans say about transition-related care.

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WEKU

Women were already unequal in the world of global health. The pandemic made it worse

A new report from Women in Global Health looks at how much ground was lost — and what the impact is on health care.

The Independent UK

U.S. bishops' new guidelines aim to limit trans health care

U.S. Catholic bishops have issued new guidelines to Catholic hospitals barring them from providing transgender people with gender transition care

Chicago Sun-Times

Major Chicago hospital group to drop mask requirement, ease visitor limits

Beginning Monday, all Advocate Health Care locations will no longer limit the number of patient visitors or require face masks ‘under most circumstances,’ the health care system announced Friday.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘We nearly broke the system’: Hospitals face staff exodus, violence three years into pandemic

Three years after COVID struck, Chicago area hospitals struggle with staff exodus and patient violence in a brave new medical world.

Salon

GOP war on LGBTQ rights will backfire

New research shows most Americans side with RuPaul and Kevin Bacon against Christian nationalists

Axios

State public option plans keep hitting obstacles

State efforts to control health costs through public options are stalling in the face of resistance from providers and lackluster enrollment.

Tribune News Service

With Congress stuck, some immigrant advocates go local

WASHINGTON — With Congress at an impasse on major federal immigration legislation, some advocates have turned to local legislatures to promote and push through bills that would give undocumented immigrants access to driver’s licenses, in-state college tuition and other services.

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