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Ex-Regional Official Investigated in Campaign Against Graft in Health Care

Wang Zhongping, a former party chief and ex-director of the medical security bureau of Guangxi, falls under probe for ‘serious violations of discipline and law,’ authorities say

Caixin Global

Biden speaks in Las Vegas on prescription drug costs

LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged lawmakers to work together to lower drug prescription costs for Americans.

Tribune News Service

Anti-trans rally set for Missouri Capitol on Monday

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A conservative political action committee is organizing a rally at the Missouri Capitol on Monday to push state lawmakers to enact strict limits on transgender health care for minors.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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This safety-net hospital doctor treats mostly uninsured and undocumented patients

Many of Ricardo Nuila's patients at Houston's Ben Taub Hospital are dealing with serious illnesses as a result of not being able to access basic preventive care. His new book is The People's Hospital.

WEKU

Google flexes its health care AI muscle

A Google chatbot now consistently passes medical exam questions with a score of 85%.

Axios

Stockton aged care facility sells for $10.55 million

The facility at Stockton was sold to the Moran Health Care Group.

Newcastle Herald

Why Medicare is suddenly under debate again

As the White House and Republicans in Congress gear up for negotiations over the U.S. debt ceiling, how to pay for senior health care could be a sticking point, even if cuts are "off the table."

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Health care workers are frazzled – and poor sleep may turn stress into poor mental health

Health care workers often put the health and safety of their patients first, neglecting to take care of themselves. By providing continuous services around the clock, many experience short and poor-quality sleep, risking not only their own health and safety but also increasing the risk of making errors that can…

The Conversation

Is it hard to access mental health treatment in the Hunter?

'There are long wait lists. Demand outstrips supply.'

Newcastle Herald

Kamala Harris slams Florida’s proposed 6-week abortion ban

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Vice President Kamala Harris blasted Florida’s proposed six-week abortion ban on Monday, calling it an “extreme” attack that will put the government in charge of health care decisions and effectively wipe out abortion access throughout the South.

Orlando Sentinel

Inequity in mental health care is widening, with treatment 'out of reach' for many Australians

The cutting of Medicare-subsidised mental health sessions sparked fierce debate. But for many lower-income earners, it ignored a bigger, more important picture.

ABC News

AI chatbots are still far from replacing human therapists

Imagine being stuck in traffic while running late to an important meeting at work. You feel your face overheating as your thoughts start to race along: “they’re going to think I’m a horrible employee,” “my boss never liked me,” “I’m going to get fired.” You reach into your pocket and…

The Conversation

Reentry programs to help former prisoners obtain health care are often underused

When Matthew Boyd was released from a Georgia state prison in December 2020, officials sent him home without medicines he uses to manage chronic heart and lung conditions and high blood pressure, he said.

Tribune News Service

NYC courtroom cops mask up for COVID under judge’s order despite end of mandates

NEW YORK — Mask mandates are a thing of the past for nearly all New Yorkers outside the health care industry — but a group of New York City Police Department officers caught up in a class action lawsuit over conditions at borough courthouses remain under a federal judge’s order…

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WV House OKs transgender care ban mental health exemption

West Virginia’s Republican supermajority House of Delegates swiftly OK’d a proposal to add mental health exemptions to a bill that would ban certain health care for transgender youth

The Independent UK

West Virginia Senate passes modified transgender care ban

West Virginia’s Republican supermajority Senate passed a bill Friday that would ban certain health care for transgender youth

Tribune News Service

Protesters, counterprotesters square off in Sacramento over gender-confirming health care

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — About 40 people who oppose gender-confirming health care gathered on Friday at the Capitol, while a larger group of counterprotesters marched toward the event.

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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.

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Capital & Main

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.

WEKU

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.

Tribune News Service

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

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

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.

Los Angeles Times

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.

Salon

The Christian health care cash grab

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

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