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Proposal would allow Daca participants to access health insurance under Medicaid and Affordable Care Act exchangesThe Biden administration is seeking to allow immigrants known as Dreamers, who were brought to the US as children by undocumented parents,…
FDA granted accelerated approval for Makena in 2011 to address issue of preemies, but major study says drug doesn’t workMakena is the only drug approved specifically to prevent premature birth, a major health issue facing children and families, in the …
Between 2020 and 2021 cases of Candida auris doubled, with symptoms including antibiotic-resistant high fever with chillsPotentially deadly fungal infections with Candida auris are spreading rapidly in US healthcare facilities, with cases nearly doubli…
Near-total ban on abortions is driving doctors away, hospital says, leading to lack of nearby labor and delivery care for thousandsAn Idaho hospital has planned to stop delivering babies, with the medical center’s managers citing increasing criminaliza…
Exclusive: HCA Healthcare is spending tens of thousands of pounds on ‘golden hello’ bonuses for staff from overstretched public serviceNHS doctors are being offered cash bonuses of up to £5,000 to recruit colleagues for jobs at private hospitals, as co…
After pharmacy giant pledged not to dispense abortion medicine in states that restrict its use, Gavin Newsom cancels agreementCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday withdrew a $54m contract with Walgreens after the pharmacy giant indicated it wo…
‘Trailblazer’ fought for civil rights protections at a time when people with disabilities were treated like second-class citizensThe savvy, wheelchair-using civil rights activist Judith Heumann, who led a movement to reimagine what it means to be disab…
Medical professionals attribute the increasing cases of disease to inadequate prenatal healthcare and understaffed workforceMississippi has registered an alarming rise in the number of infants being treated for congenital syphilis.According to hospital…
CDC says positive tests for virus, which causes nausea, diarrhea and stomach pain, peaked at 16% in January The US is seeing a rise in the norovirus informally called the stomach flu or stomach bug, according to the American Centers for Disease Control…
People in underserved medical communities in states that ban abortions may be more likely to attempt self-managed abortionsTop doctors in the US warn that surgeons should be prepared to treat more patients with complications from self-managed abortions…