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A measure included in the current draft of the annual defense bill would require the Department of Defense to consider reinstating military personnel who left after refusing to comply with the Pentagon's covid vaccine mandate.
Some disability advocates warn that a proposed change in questions by the Census Bureau could artificially lower the number of people counted as living with disabilities in the U.S. and impact needed resources and benefits.
Travis County District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble on Thursday granted a temporary restraining order to Kate Cox that would allow her to terminate her pregnancy, despite Texas' strict abortion ban. Cox's doctors told her that continuing the nonviable pregnancy posed a risk to her health and future fertility. After the decision, state Attorney General Ken Paxton warned Houston-area hospitals not to carry out the procedure and that doing so could still be prosecuted under the law.
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North Carolina Health News speaks to the manager of what will be Ocracoke Island's first pharmacy who more or less works from home, living above the Ocracoke Health Center Pharmacy — islanders have until now had to rely on next-day pharmacy services from a neighboring island.
As companies sell increasingly potent products, a Tampa Bay Times investigation reveals the herb’s toll. Other news is on transgender health records, prison health care, rabies, and more.
The legal tool in question centers on whether civil rights testers had standing to sue hotels that they have no intention of staying at for ADA issues. Acheson Hotels had challenged this right, but the court didn't side with the company. Also in the news: Social Security clawbacks, HIV, fasting and Alzheimer's disease, and more.
The decision to close New England Sinai rehabilitation hospital in Stoughton by April will squeeze regional hospitals already battling to discharge patients who need ongoing care, the Boston Globe reports. Also in the news: Lawmakers are probing private equity's impact on health systems.
The idea of the new nationwide federal program is that any adult who's currently positive for flu or covid can get access to free telehealth care and have necessary medication delivered to their home. Meanwhile, researchers find that using both nose and throat covid swabs improves testing sensitivity.
The number of people traveling out of state for abortion care in the first half of 2023 was over twice that for a similar period in 2020, new data show, showing patients are having to travel much further distances to seek abortions. Also in the news: worries over electronic health data for this sort of care.
A fourth person was critically hurt after the shooter opened fire on the UNLV campus Wednesday afternoon. The suspect, who was shot and killed by police, was identified as a 67-year-old professor who had recently been turned down for a job at the university.
The Biden administration is expected to assert Thursday that NIH has march-in rights to seize drugmakers' patents to medicines that were developed with federal funding. If employed, the move could provide the White House with another tool to try to lower prescription drug costs.
HHS says that number is split between 1.6 million new applicants and 5.7 people who were enrolled for a marketplace plan in 2023. For most in the U.S., the open enrollment deadline for full 2024 coverage is Dec. 15, while sign-ups for any plan end Jan. 15.
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The state is in the middle of its Medicaid unwinding process, which has thrown a spotlight on its decision to revamp the technology running its MyAccess website. Meanwhile, in California, reports say new HIV cases in San Francisco are declining, except among the Latino population.
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