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Inmates Learn to Write Braille to Fill Shortage

CONCORD, N.H. — Inside a prison workshop, several inmates tap away at what look like old typewriters. The devices are actually Perkins Braillers, which are used to write the code relied upon by many visually impaired people. In a first for New Hampshire’s prison system, 14 female inmates are spending much of the year learning […]

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Suspected Drug Thefts Persist at VA Centers

WASHINGTON — Federal authorities are investigating dozens of new cases of possible opioid and other drug theft by employees at Veterans Affairs hospitals, a sign the problem isn’t going away as more prescriptions disappear. Data obtained by The Associated Press show 36 criminal investigations opened by the VA inspector general’s office from Oct. 1 through […]

In N.C., Deductibles Up 40 Percent

Anyone searching for an example of how the Trump administration could affect future healthcare costs has a prime example in North Carolina. The uncertainty of whether the administration will fund federal cost-sharing payments led Blue Cross Blue Shield of N.C. on Thursday to offer two premium increase scenarios for the 2018 individual marketplace exchange. The […]

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Choice for Mental Health Czar Highlights Rift

For decades, therapists, patient advocates and countless families have worked to elevate mental health care in the political conversation. Their cause recently received a big boost when a new law created a federal mental health “czar” to help overhaul the system and bridge more than 100 federal agencies concerned with mental health. But the White […]

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FDA Clears Cancer Drug Keyed to Genetics

Merck & Co’s immunotherapy Keytruda chalked up another approval on Tuesday as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the cancer medicine can be used to treat children and adults who carry a specific genetic feature regardless of where the disease originated. It is the first time the agency has approved a cancer treatment based […]

GOP Wants to Improve Indian Healthcare

Congressional Republicans believe they can improve Indian Health Service – and the first step is to cut money from the already underfunded IHS budget. IHS provides primary health care for the majority of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives. “For years, the Indian Health Service has fallen short in providing high quality medical care throughout Indian […]

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Job Losses Highlight Budget Concerns

(CNN) – Criticism is building over the Trump administration’s proposed budget. The primary sticking point is because reports show it could result in the millions losing healthcare benefits and, as a result, thousands of healthcare providers losing their jobs. Eastern Kentucky would be ground zero for those job losses. Dr. Anthony Yonts employs 50 people […]

23 million fewer people would have insurance under GOP Obamacare repeal bill, CBO says

The current Republican bill to repeal and replace major parts of Obamacare will lead to 23 million fewer Americans with health insurance coverage by 2026 if it becomes law, the Congressional Budget Office projected Wednesday. That is only 1 million fewer uninsured people than had been projected for an earlier version of the GOP bill. […]

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Famine in Africa Increases Risk of HIV Epidemic

No one should ever have to choose between starving to death and exposure to HIV, however millions of women and children struggling to survive in the drought-stricken countries of southern Africa aren’t being given a choice. When both Somalia and South Sudan declared states of emergency due to severe drought and conflict in February, humanitarian […]

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Delay Extends Uncertainty Over Healthcare

Uncertainty over the future of health care is growing deeper for millions of Americans who buy their own policies. While insurers released a blueprint Monday for stabilizing wobbly markets, the Trump administration is leaving in limbo billions of dollars in federal subsidy payments. The administration and House Republicans have asked a federal appeals court for […]

Abortion Gag Order Has Wider Effects

President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that media reports say could obstruct nearly US$8.8 billion the U.S. spends annually to fight deadly diseases abroad. Here, Maureen Miller, a Columbia University Medical Center professor and infectious disease epidemiologist with training in medical anthropology, answers five questions about this move, including what it has to […]

How Bad Is the Healthcare Act for Women?

“Across the board, this is a terrible bill for women,” said Jamila K. Taylor, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, speaking about the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The Republican-led House of Representatives passed the bill on May 4, without waiting for a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, whose economic analysis […]

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