The domestic return of the New World screwworm, a parasite that can devastate cattle herds, happened while the Trump administration was focused on dismantling government.
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His proposed new budget shrinks the VA’s ability to meet veterans’ needs.
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Health care affordability depends on access to care and the true cost of care, not just insurance premiums.
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The U.S. suffers from a mass exodus of primary care doctors, as medical practice is dictated by corporate masters at the expense of physicians and patients.
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A hospital CEO says looming Medicaid reductions threaten vulnerable residents and the state’s health system.
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Still concentrated in Southern states that ban abortion, Black women disproportionately rely on telehealth, which the Supreme Court has allowed—provisionally—to continue.
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Spouses of deployed military say they’re struggling with the costs of child care, groceries, housing.
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Patients are caught in the middle of a corporate money grab and lawmakers who refuse to regulate.
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His extensive pardons to health care executives convicted of various crimes show that his ‘war on fraud’ in blue states has nothing to do with fraud.
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Millions of people will lose food stamps, according to early estimates.
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Family homelessness is spiking just as the Trump administration rolls back social services.
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A Washington state mother navigates tragedy, working alongside anti-hazing advocates to raise awareness about fraternity and other group initiation practices that can turn deadly.
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More than 800 health care facilities are at risk or have already closed since Republicans severely cut funding last year. The worst is still ahead.
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The provider will be on the ground floor of the Dinkins Municipal Building, and is another step on the road to a free, universal program citywide.
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The VA rigorously trains staff to de-escalate disruptive behavior from veterans. The private sector does not.
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Local health system urged to adopt clear protocols to ensure that patients are protected from ICE agents as immigrants delay and avoid care.
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For the money the U.S. is spending on war with Iran, it could be covering food stamps for 41 million people or Medicaid for 16 million people.
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In Minneapolis, heightened immigration enforcement is disrupting HIV care for Latino communities, a group already disproportionately affected by the virus.
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The proposal to reorganize the Veterans Health Administration would centralize power at the top and cause a multitude of problems, critics argue.
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These programs save lives, every day.
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Thousands of staff have left the health care side of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and those who remain are approaching burnout.
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Princeton’s Sanyu Mojola examines the public-health issues confronting America’s capital city.
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Health insurers and providers are using industrial loan companies and other tactics to make money from financial engineering rather than patient care.
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The VA has developed elaborate capacity to treat traumatic brain injuries. Billionaires want to divert that funding to their own programs.
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