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HHS launches syphilis strategy amid rising cases

WEBWhile chlamydia and gonorrhea account for the bulk of the cases in 2022 — 1.65 million and 648,100, respectively —syphilis, though rising, is comparatively more …

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‘Site-neutral’ hospital policy muddles health package progress

WEBSome so-called “site-neutral” policies are included in every major piece of health care legislation moving through the committees of jurisdiction, with the exception …

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Vaccine skepticism, equity issues hinder cervical cancer fight

WEBA mix of low vaccination uptake — just 61.7 percent of U.S. teenage girls were up to date on their HPV vaccine doses in 2022, according to a Centers for Disease …

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Health package talks break down amid broader spending feud

WEBPosted February 26, 2024 at 2:32pm. Lawmakers who hoped to address price transparency and lower drug costs are instead negotiating a smaller health care package after talks …

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Senate passes major benefits expansion for sick veterans

WEBThe Senate on Thursday took a major step toward broadening America’s commitment to take care of sick veterans, passing a bill to offer new health care and tax …

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COVID aid fuels telehealth expansion in rural America

WEBAvel launched its ambulance service in November 2022. Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican, announced a statewide EMS partnership with the telehealth company that …

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Lawmakers push changes to CBO scoring for preventive health

WEBDeGette’s bill with Burgess would allow the chair and ranking member of health or budget-related committees to request that the CBO estimate the budgetary …

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Supreme Court split on Idaho abortion ban in emergency rooms

WEBHealth care workers hold signs outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday before oral arguments over a federal law that requires hospitals to perform an …

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Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on abortion and Trump

WEBActivists protest at the Supreme Court in March as justices heard oral arguments on an abortion medication case. The justices are set to hear another abortion …

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Case highlights debate over ‘life of the mother’ exception

WEBWomen’s March holds a die-in outside the U.S. Supreme Court before oral arguments in Moyle v. United States on Wednesday. The case challenges a federal law …

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Spending debate tees up potential lame-duck health bill

WEBA collection of year-end health policy deadlines are increasing the chances that Congress will face another must-pass bill come December, after lawmakers punted …

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Lawmakers face pressure to pass mental health legislation

WEBPosted February 23, 2022 at 8:00am. Lawmakers hope to produce legislation to address growing mental health and substance use needs this year as deadlines approach, but …

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Hack poses financial problems for community health centers

WEBPeggy Anderson, president and CEO of Third Street Family Health Services, based in Mansfield, Ohio, said revenue dropped from an average of $650,000 …

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With fiscal 2024 funding still in the works, Becerra looks to 2025

WEBHHS Secretary Xavier Becerra fielded questions on an array of pet policies tucked into the $130.7 billion fiscal 2025 discretionary spending request for HHS — …

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Spending fights, supply chain delays slow mobile health boom

WEBThe scramble was concentrated among the country’s 1,377 federally qualified health centers, which received $6.1 billion in funds from the March 2021 …

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In Carolinas, mental health becomes part of the abortion debate

WEBIf you or someone you know is facing a mental health crisis, please call the toll-free, 24-hour 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8 to be connected to a trained …

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Democrats ask insurers to meet contraceptive coverage mandate

WEBPosted February 22, 2024 at 9:30am. The House Democratic Women’s Caucus has asked the biggest insurance association to urge insurers to comply with contraceptive …

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GOP lawmakers argue pandemic treaty threatens US sovereignty

WEBThe World Health Organization is rushing to finalize a treaty to prevent and combat future pandemics, but some House Republicans say the U.S. should not be a …

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Mississippi Delta hospitals battle financial factors to survive

WEBPosted May 24, 2023 at 7:00am. . ROLLING FORK, Miss. — DeeAnn Brown was not scheduled to work the evening of Friday, March 24. But after a monster tornado leveled …

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Donald Payne Jr., who filled father’s seat in the House, dies at 65

WEBRep. Donald M. Payne Jr., a former Newark, N.J., city council president who followed his trailblazing father to Congress, has died at age 65, New Jersey Gov. Phil …

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What to watch during what could be Biden's final White House

WEBMuch will be at stake as business deals are floated and potential sources are wooed. But the same will be the case for Biden and “Dark Brandon” as they take the …

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Nonprofits take a hit in House earmark rules

WEBThe change sets the House up for a collision course with the Senate, which allows earmarks in both the Labor-HHS-Education bill and for nonprofits under the EDI …

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Trump immunity protesters see ‘make-or-break moment for our …

WEBNadine Seiler, a D.C. resident, played “FDT,” the expletive-laden 2016 anti-Trump protest song by rappers YG and Nipsey Hussle, and “F–k You” by Lily Allen on …

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Latest defense fund for Sen. Bob Menendez reports $274,500 in …

WEBPosted October 17, 2023 at 1:12pm. Supporters of Sen. Bob Menendez gave $274,500 to the New Jersey Democrat’s new legal defense fund through the end of September, a …

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Biden signs foreign aid bill, says weapons to be sent to allies …

WEBPresident Joe Biden on Wednesday signed a $95.3 billion emergency spending bill that will send military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Pacific partners, capping a …

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Supreme Court sounds conflicted over Trump criminal immunity

WEBA demonstrator participates in a protest outside the Supreme Court on Thursday, when the justices hear oral arguments in a case about presidential immunity …

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