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Obama Expands Medical Marijuana Research

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has decided marijuana will remain on the list of most dangerous drugs, fully rebuffing growing support across the country for broad legalization, but said it will allow more research into its medical uses. The decision to expand research into marijuana’s medical potential could pave the way for the drug to […]

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Lab Workers Sue to Keep Names Private

SEATTLE — Researchers and employees for a University of Washington lab that uses tissues obtained from abortions and other procedures have filed a lawsuit to prevent their names from being released to anti-abortion activists. The Seattle Times reports employees at the Birth Defects Research Center say they fear harassment and violence if their names are […]

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Group Complains about EMT Live-Animal Use

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A doctors group has filed a complaint against the emergency medicine training program at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, saying the program violates federal law by using live animals. The complaint, filed by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says the program […]

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Solar Energy Will Produce Savings for Hospital

ALBANY, N.Y. — A hospital in Westchester County has finished work on a solar power array that state officials say will save $96,000 a year in energy costs. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced the completion of the project on August 4. The state contributed $358,000 toward the work at the Montrose VA Medical Center. […]

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Fighting HIV in Miami

MIAMI — The doctor on a mission met the homeless heroin addict who lived under a tree last year at Jackson Health System’s special immunology clinic when both men were struggling to overcome the odds. Jose De Lemos, infected with HIV and hepatitis C from a shared needle, had gone without treatment for almost a […]

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Insurance Group Owns Clinic

DES MOINES, IOWA — Leaders of a new east-side Des Moines clinic say they can help patients stay healthy while saving money for the insurance company that owns the place. The Des Moines Register reports that the CareMore clinic is the most extensive Iowa example of a new health care model: Health insurance companies that […]

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Zika Crisis Escalates; Lawmakers Go Home

WASHINGTON — As Zika escalates into a public health crisis and the number of mosquito-transmitted cases grows, Republicans and Democrats are pointing fingers over the failure by Congress to commit federal dollars to fight the virus. President Barack Obama on August 4 sought to pressure congressional Republicans over the issue, encouraging voters to “call your […]

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Idaho Posts Free Ultrasound List

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho is publishing a list of places where pregnant women considering abortions can get free ultrasounds. Lawmakers in the Republican-dominated Statehouse pushed for the list earlier this year during the legislative session, where anti-abortion legislation is common and almost always receives the governor’s signature. The state’s GOP supermajority refused requests from minority […]

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Colleges Pay to Break Lease on Health Center

FREDERICK, Md. — Community colleges in Frederick, Carroll and Howard counties are paying a settlement to vacate a health care education center after it shut down. The Frederick News-Post reports that the colleges will pay $278,000 apiece to break their lease at the Mount Airy College Center for Health Care Education. The money will go […]

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State Says Medicaid Plan Won’t Hurt

FRANKFORT, Ky. In his mid-30s, Jonathan Hensley was unemployed and caring for some disabled family members. He needed to take care of himself, too, because his teeth hurt. Historically in Kentucky, someone like Hensley – a single, able-bodied adult with no job — would likely not have had health insurance. But because the state expanded […]

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Loan Relief Lures Mental Health Workers

MEDFORD, Ore. — Saddled with $75,000 in student loans, Chy Porter looked for an employer that offered a loan-forgiveness program when she hunted for a job in the mental health field. She chose to go to work as a mental health therapist for Jackson County Health and Human Services, which is competing for mental health […]

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Court: Hospital’s White-Only Shifts Are Illegal

OLYMPIA, Wash. —The Washington Supreme Court ruled July 28 that a state psychiatric hospital violated the state’s anti-discrimination law when it issued a directive for white staffers only to work a weekend shift in a ward with a violent patient who had threatened to hurt black employees. In its unanimous ruling, the nine-member high court […]

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