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The court's decision lets stand a lower court's block on a policy that would have allowed the Trump administration to immediately enforce restrictions on gender-affirming care for people held in federal prisons. The legal reasoning behind the ruling was not made clear, AP reported.
Between the cost of inflation, network negotiations, and prior authorization pressures, some companies and health systems are betting on themselves to untangle the web and provide better health insurance for patients, Modern Healthcare reported.
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In its final analysis of national birth trends for 2025, researchers noted a 7% drop in teen pregnancies from 2024 and a 3% rise in women delaying having kids until their 30s. Plus, a look at what is happening in Idaho after the state banned abortions.
The largest union for California government workers, representing more than 100,000 employees, will picket today in cities across the state for the first time in the union's history. The strike is over a return-to-work mandate, and the union is also calling for increased wages and state contribution toward employees’ healthcare costs.
Doctors tell ABC News that multiple sclerosis symptoms can sometimes resemble other conditions and there is no single test that can diagnose it. Other public health news is on organ transplants, painkillers, ADHD, and tea for heart health.
Health officials are urging women to get the MMR vaccine before they get pregnant. Meanwhile the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a third U.S. measles death as the total number of cases for the year surpasses 4,400. Also: flu, salmonella, Ebola, and more.
According to a recent poll, nearly half of the parents surveyed thought spacing out vaccines is healthier, while 52% said there is no strong evidence that doing so is better. CIDRAP also reported a significant split down party lines.
Hospitals could be saddled with higher administrative and legal costs as CMS expands its fraud oversight authority without clearly detailing how providers could challenge any decisions, Modern Healthcare reported.
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Dana-Farber will hire about 2,400 workers for the Lavine Bekenstein Cancer Hospital over the next four years, including 400 nurses during the transition period and another 200 to staff the intensive care and observation units when the hospital opens, The Boston Globe reported. Plus, Mass General Brigham doctors have developed an AI tool designed to predict survival outcomes for cancer patients.
Healthcare companies will now be able to report fraud directly to the Department of Justice without having to first report it to the Health and Human Services Department Office of Inspector General. As an incentive, the government will not prosecute companies that voluntarily disclose, fully cooperate, and remediate the situation, Modern Healthcare reported.
Infectious disease researchers estimate a 19% increase in chronic hepatitis B infections among children and young adults if immunizations are delayed until age 2, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has recommended. If parents are permitted to decide if or when a child is vaccinated, the increase jumps to 83%, and more than half of children born each year would enter adulthood susceptible to infection.
According to recently released court records, employees of TikTok repeatedly expressed concern over the risks of minors appearing in sexual content. They were also concerned about minors using loopholes to access age-restricted content and to block adults from viewing their activities.
Democrats hope voters' dislike for the deep cuts to Medicaid will help them flip control of Congress, while Republicans play defense by pointing to the $50 billion fund for rural health, Politico reported.
The initiative, detailed in an executive order issued by President Donald Trump, comes two weeks before a midterm election in which polls show that just one-third of American women express support for Trump and the Republican Party, The New York Times reported.
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