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Karlie James is among the growing number of First Nations doctors working to tackle the health care gap

After growing up as an Aboriginal woman in the Northern Territory, Karlie James decided to become a doctor. Now, she hopes to show others they can do the same.

ABC News

In the Middle of a Mental Health Crisis Among Youth, Words Matter

To deal with huge health care disparities, some Californians focus first on a single concept: equity.

Capital & Main

High inflation and housing costs force Americans to delay needed health care

Close to 40% of surveyed Americans, a record high, put off medical care last year because of finances. Americans are delaying or skipping doctor's visits, dental and vision care, and medications.

WEKU

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Girls in Texas could get birth control at federal clinics, until a Christian father objected

AMARILLO, Texas — On the vast Texas Panhandle, raked by wind and relentless sun, women might drive for hours to reach Haven Health, a clinic in Amarillo.

Tribune News Service

Noncompete rule puts doctors, hospitals at odds

WASHINGTON — Hospitals and physicians are squaring off over a proposed Biden administration rule that would ban noncompete agreements — contractual clauses common in the health care industry that prevent workers from working for a competitor for a certain amount of time after leaving a company.

Tribune News Service

How to get the most out of napping

While closing your eyes for a few minutes during your busy day may seem like a good idea, it's important to consider the effects napping may bring.

Tribune News Service

A look at what is in Biden’s budget plan

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden unveiled a $6.8 trillion budget blueprint on Thursday that included new spending on child care, education and health care, and $5 trillion in proposed tax increases on wealthy Americans and corporations over the next decade.

Los Angeles Times

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The Christian health care cash grab

A conservative lobbyist created an exception for faith-based health coverage, opening the door for “bad actors”

Salon

Anxiety, fear fill West Virginia's transgender-health clinic

Doctors in West Virginia say transgender health care that could soon be banned in the state is just as essential as the other lifesaving services they provide

The Independent UK

Sanders: "Medicare for All" must wait

As new chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, Sanders maps out his strategy for negotiating with GOP and Big Pharma

Salon

Growth of AI in mental health raises fears of its ability to run wild

The rise of AI in mental health care has providers and researchers increasingly concerned over whether glitchy algorithms, privacy gaps and other perils could outweigh the technology's promise and lead to dangerous patient outcomes.

Axios

Noncompete rule puts doctors, hospitals at odds - Roll Call

Hospitals say a ban on noncompete clauses would make it hard to retain workers, but doctors say the clauses can limit their career growth.

Roll Call

Girls in Texas could get birth control at federal clinics — until a dad sued

Trump-appointed federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that free birth control for teens from a federal program violates Texas law and parental rights. For now, it's still available in other states.

WEKU

How a pastor is trying to revive a 150-year-old US law to ban abortion

Mark Lee Dickson is trying to get the federal anti-obscenity law at the heart of ordinances enforced across the US

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CEO Karen Lynch says CVS's acquisition spree will make health care simpler and more affordable

The pharmacy chain is in the process of buying Signify and Oak Street Health.

Fortune

The U.S. is seeing a shortage of the life-saving drug albuterol. Here’s what patients with respiratory conditions like asthma and COPD need to know

Albuterol, a drug commonly used to treat asthma attacks, is in short supply, increasing anxiety for patients who use it—and for pharmacies and health care facilities that provide it.

Tribune News Service

South Carolina kidnapping victims’ trip to Mexico was part of growing US trend. Here’s what to know about medical tourism

Three of the South Carolina kidnapping victims accompanied the fourth to Mexico so she could get medical care — part of a growing U.S. trend of traveling abroad for health treatments.

The Independent UK

Atlanta hospital closure inquiry sought by Georgia Democrats

Democratic Georgia lawmakers, local officials and the NAACP are asking federal officials to investigate a health care system that closed hospitals in downtown Atlanta and a southern suburb

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Why CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch wore a 'taking up space' T-shirt on her first day

As CVS starts offering primary care services, the CEO talks full-service health care.

The Independent UK

Minnesota governor protects rights to gender affirming care

Gov. Tim Walz has signed an executive order protecting the rights of LGBTQ people from Minnesota and other states to seek and receive gender affirming health care

Tribune News Service

Minnesota governor signs order protecting gender-affirming health care

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz issued an executive order on Wednesday protecting access to gender-affirming health care for transgender Minnesotans, a direct response to recent legislative action in states such as Iowa and South Dakota to ban that care for children and their families.

WEKU

The 4 kidnapped Americans are part of a large wave of U.S. medical tourism in Mexico

Before the pandemic halted travel, some 1.2 million American citizens visited Mexico for health care. The number is rising quickly again, with border restrictions eased.

The Independent UK

Coalition aims to keep Milwaukee Brewers in Wisconsin

A coalition of Wisconsin business, tourism and health care leaders, former office holders and others says it is working to find a bipartisan solution to keeping the Milwaukee Brewers in the state

Axios

How major retailers are trying to change how America consumes health care

Amazon, Walmart, CVS, Dollar General and other big retailers are elbowing their way into primary care, pushing a customized consumer experience driven by digital health products.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: How has American health care gone so wrong?

We all have bad weeks. Mine recently made me marvel at the astonishing dysfunction of our health care system. In calling out the system I intend no disrespect to the talented and heroic overachievers in nursing, pharmacy, medicine and the other providers who fight the system every day on behalf…

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