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HHS proposes overturning Title X ‘gag’ rule
The new regulation proposes to “ensure access to equitable, affordable, client-centered, quality family-planning services for all clients,...
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Feds let Illinois extend postpartum Medicaid coverage: HHS encourages other states to follow suit
HHS data shows that more than half of pregnant women in Medicaid experienced a coverage gap in the first 6 months post partum and that disruptions...
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Detroit cardiologists prevail in retaliation suit against Tenet
The hospital system giant must pay $10.6 million to two cardiologists it fired. A further appeal is possible.
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Senate confirms Murthy as Surgeon General
He is not new to this role.
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Journal to retract psych paper after plagiarism allegations, editor steps down
"At least we can now submit it to a new journal in a version that appropriately represents our work and expertise," said Dr. Amy Barnhorst.
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Rollout of COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies lacked unified plan: expert panel
Monoclonal antibodies are in ample supply, but a lack of a plan to administer them has led to major underutilization of these therapies.
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Psychiatrist alleges plagiarism by journal editor
“We just want this article pulled down and retracted,” said Dr. Amy Barnhorst.
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Are there COVID-19–related ‘long-haul’ skin issues?
Dr. Freeman believes that pernio and especially persistent lesions are caused by an immune response to COVID.
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President Biden signs 10 new orders to help fight COVID-19
Biden said as many as 500,000 Americans will have died by February. “It’s going to take months for us to turn things around.”
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New coalition demands urgent action on COVID-19 mental health crisis
Since the pandemic began, the prevalence of depression symptoms has jumped threefold and overdose deaths have increased in 40 states, the group...
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COVID-related harm to HCWs must be tracked more rigorously: NAS panel
Although the data are still limited, the prevalence of burnout and suicide points to a serious concern, according to the report.
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Proposed HIPAA overhaul to ease access to patient health info
The HHS is proposing an overhaul of HIPAA that will make it easier to access patients’ personal health information, including the health records...
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Kennedy, NIMH demand urgent action on COVID-19 mental health toll
“We also have to identify how to mitigate the mental health impacts” of the pandemic, said Dr. Joshua Gordon, director of the NIMH.