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Stopping the churn: Why some states want to guarantee Medicaid coverage from birth to age 6

Before the covid-19 public health emergency began in 2020, millions of children churned on and off Medicaid each year — an indication that many were losing coverage because of administrative problems, rather than because their family's income had increased and made them ineligible.

10 Nov 2022

Homelessness among older people is on the rise, driven by inflation and the housing crunch

On a recent rainy afternoon in this small town just outside Glacier National Park, Lisa Beaty and Kim Hilton were preparing to sell most of their belongings before moving out of their three-bedroom, two-bathroom rental home.

10 Nov 2022

South Dakota voters approved Medicaid expansion, but implementation may not be easy

South Dakotans voted Tuesday to expand the state's Medicaid program to cover thousands of additional low-income residents, becoming the seventh state to approve expansion via the ballot box.

10 Nov 2022

Fentanyl in high school: A Texas community grapples with the reach of the deadly opioid

The hallways of Lehman High School looked like any other on a recent fall day. Its 2,100 students talked and laughed as they hurried to their next classes, moving past walls covered with flyers that advertised homecoming events, clubs, and football games.

10 Nov 2022

Failing IT infrastructure affects NHS ability to deliver safe and effective care

Joe Zhang at Imperial College London and colleagues point to a recent 10 day IT system outage at one of the largest hospital trusts in the NHS and warn that increasing digital transformation "means such failures are no longer mere inconvenience but fundamentally affect our ability to deliver safe and effective care."

10 Nov 2022

Parents represent a promising resource in preventing HIV among gay and bisexual male youth

A first of a kind study published today suggests that parents can be taught to communicate with their gay or bisexual sons about safe sex.

10 Nov 2022

Pain disparities among racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. are far larger than previously understood

Racial and ethnic disparities in pain prevalence in the U.S. are far larger than previously realized, according to the results of a new study co-written by a University at Buffalo medical sociologist.

9 Nov 2022

COVID-19 vaccine intention linked to trust in opinion of health experts, media literacy

An early pandemic survey found that respondents' intentions to receive COVID-19 vaccines were linked more to their media literacy and opinion of health experts than knowledge of the virus or previous vaccination behavior.

9 Nov 2022

Study highlights major disparities in geographical access to COVID-19 "Test to Treat" sites

A new study from investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of Mass General Brigham, the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and the University of Pittsburgh, finds that COVID-19 "Test to Treat" sites - clinical centers launched based on a federal initiative to provide free testing, diagnosis, and immediate access to COVID-19 antiviral treatment with Paxlovid - may not be accessible to those who need it most.

9 Nov 2022

Cloned SIA licenses led to unlicensed people working as hospital security during pandemic

Friday's sentence follows Ojugbele's guilty plea to fraud on Thursday 29 September. This prosecution follows an investigation by the Security Industry Authority (SIA). A routine inspection by the in-house security manager of a Manchester city center public hospital in 2020 identified multiple cases of cloned SIA licenses.

9 Nov 2022

Abortion issue helps limit Democrats’ losses in midterms

Republicans are likely to take control of one or both houses of Congress when all the votes are counted, but Democrats on Wednesday were celebrating after their party defied expectations of substantial losses in the midterm election.

9 Nov 2022

Highly processed foods have addictive potential just as tobacco

Can highly processed foods be addictive? It’s a question that researchers have debated for years as unhealthy diets are often fueled by foods loaded with refined carbohydrates and added fats.

9 Nov 2022

Screening for atrial fibrillation increases the chance of preventing stroke and also saves money

Atrial fibrillation is the greatest risk factor for stroke. Screening to detect atrial fibrillation in older people would not only increase the chance of preventing stroke, it would also save money for the healthcare system and society.

9 Nov 2022

New program leverages digital solutions to improve patients' blood pressure and cholesterol levels

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and around the world. Lowering high blood pressure and cholesterol could help to reduce morbidity and mortality, but frequent in-person visits to measure and manage these readouts can be a burden for patients.

9 Nov 2022

MHRA grants approval for second Pfizer/Biontech bivalent Covid-19 booster vaccine

Approval has today been granted by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for a Pfizer/BioNTech 'bivalent' Covid vaccine that targets both the Original strain of SARS-CoV-2 and the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants.

9 Nov 2022

Transforming Discriminatory Gender Norms to Achieve Global Equality

In this interview, we speak to Chioma Oduenyi about her incredible work within global equality and her recent Heroines of Health award.

From Women in Global Health 9 Nov 2022

People with long covid face barriers to government disability benefits

When Josephine Cabrera Taveras was infected with covid-19 in spring 2020, she didn't anticipate that the virus would knock her out of work for two years and put her family at risk for eviction.

9 Nov 2022

Food sustainability incorporated in only 20% of European food-based dietary guidelines

The health of the planet and that of humankind are profoundly interconnected: the way we feed ourselves has a significant impact upon both our own health and that of the environment.

8 Nov 2022

Outcomes from an Australian COVID-19 virtual ward during Omicron wave

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in Australia characterized hospitalization volumes, patient epidemiological and clinical outcome data of patients admitted to virtual wards during the predominance of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of concern (VOC) BA.1 sub-VOC and the Omicron BA.2 sub-VOC.

8 Nov 2022

New insight into how childhood traumas affect health outcomes

The social environments we grow up in are critical when determining our wellbeing and health later in life. Most Americans (67%) report experiencing at least one traumatic event in childhood, and a new study shows that these experiences have significant impacts on our health risks as adults.

8 Nov 2022

Healthcare News

Stopping the churn: Why some states want to guarantee Medicaid coverage from birth to age 6

Homelessness among older people is on the rise, driven by inflation and the housing crunch

South Dakota voters approved Medicaid expansion, but implementation may not be easy

Fentanyl in high school: A Texas community grapples with the reach of the deadly opioid

Failing IT infrastructure affects NHS ability to deliver safe and effective care

Parents represent a promising resource in preventing HIV among gay and bisexual male youth

Pain disparities among racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. are far larger than previously understood

COVID-19 vaccine intention linked to trust in opinion of health experts, media literacy

Study highlights major disparities in geographical access to COVID-19 "Test to Treat" sites

Cloned SIA licenses led to unlicensed people working as hospital security during pandemic

Abortion issue helps limit Democrats’ losses in midterms

Highly processed foods have addictive potential just as tobacco

Screening for atrial fibrillation increases the chance of preventing stroke and also saves money

New program leverages digital solutions to improve patients' blood pressure and cholesterol levels

MHRA grants approval for second Pfizer/Biontech bivalent Covid-19 booster vaccine

Transforming Discriminatory Gender Norms to Achieve Global Equality

People with long covid face barriers to government disability benefits

Food sustainability incorporated in only 20% of European food-based dietary guidelines

Outcomes from an Australian COVID-19 virtual ward during Omicron wave

New insight into how childhood traumas affect health outcomes

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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