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Editorial: China Needs to Build Up Medical Capacity to Tackle Covid

With the latest round of easing, authorities face the challenge of preventing shortages and stabilizing economic growth, while also optimizing virus control measures

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How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers by millions

A KHN investigation found when some Medicare Advantage plans got a rare federal audit, they couldn't produce billing records for care they said they'd provided. Some blamed fire, flood — or doctors.

WEKU

With respiratory illnesses on the rise in Chicago, health care providers warn children’s medications may be hard to find

“Kids can’t cope with pain like adults,” said Gwen Smith, a mom of three from Chicago’s North Side. “It’d be like torture, in a way, to have to witness your child suffering if your local pharmacy doesn’t have what you need.”

Chicago Sun-Times

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Paxlovid has been free so far. Next year, sticker shock awaits

Nearly 6 million Americans have taken Paxlovid for free, courtesy of the federal government. The Pfizer pill has helped prevent many people infected with COVID-19 from being hospitalized or dying, and it may even reduce the risk of developing long COVID. But the government plans to stop footing the bill…

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The Best ETFs to Buy Now? Check out These 3

With the expected less aggressive but drawn-out interest rate hikes by the Fed to tame inflation and other headwinds, the stock market is expected to remain volatile in the foreseeable future. Hence, it would be wise to invest in Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV),…

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Man indicted on capital murder charge in Dallas Methodist hospital shooting, records show

DALLAS — The man accused of fatally shooting two health care workers inside Methodist hospital in October was indicted by a Dallas County grand jury Thursday.

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Hospital financial decisions play a role in the critical shortage of pediatric beds for RSV patients

The dire shortage of pediatric hospital beds plaguing the nation this fall is a byproduct of financial decisions made by hospitals over the past decade, as they shuttered children’s wards, which often operate in the red, and expanded the number of beds available for more profitable endeavors like joint replacements…

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Nurses can lead the way to turn closed schools into neighborhood hubs for health

Imagine all of the social determinants of health that could be addressed by repurposing these schools into hubs for health.

Chicago Sun-Times

In Rural California, Farmworkers Fend for Themselves for Health Care

Where government and health care institutions are absent, some communities turn to grassroots action.

Capital & Main

Paxlovid free so far, but sticker shock awaits next year if you need the COVID treatment

Within months, the government plans to stop footing the bill — and millions of the uninsured and seniors might have to pay full price. Experts say that means fewer people will get the potentially life-saving treatments.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rural Colorado tries to fill health worker gaps with apprenticeships

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado — During her 12-hour overnight shift, Brianna Shelton helps residents at BeeHive Homes Assisted Living go to the bathroom. Many of them have dementia, and some can’t get out of bed on their own. Only a few can remember her name, but that doesn’t matter to her.

Tribune News Service

As homelessness grows, its stark impact on health is becoming clearer across Europe

The latest data compiled by the Spanish National Institute of Statistics show that the number of homeless people has grown by 25% in Spain in the last ten years. This social problem has gone from affecting 22,900 people in 2012 to more than 28,500 people in 2022. The average age…

The Conversation

New wrinkle in veterans dispute as negotiators seek omnibus deal - Roll Call

Democrats are pushing to reclassify some Veterans Affairs spending as mandatory during negotiations for a fiscal 2023 omnibus.

Roll Call

This tech company is using Harry Potter-themed dining, treehouse meeting rooms, and on-site dry cleaning to lure workers back five days a week

As tech companies embraced fully remote or hybrid work, Wisconsin-based health care tech company Epic brought its employees back in-person.

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Pagan nurse files religious discrimination lawsuit

LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas nurse and self-described pagan has sued the hospital that fired her after it rejected her request for a religious exemption to its COVID-19 vaccination requirement.

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More states offer health coverage to immigrant children

A small but growing number of states are extending government health benefits to children regardless of their immigration status.

Fortune

Americans support the hospital price transparency rule–but it’s not working. Congress must come together to make it a reality

Only 16% of hospitals nationwide are following the new price transparency rule, according to a recent study by PatientRightsAdvocate.org.

The Walrus

How Period-Tracking Apps Can Be Weaponized by Pro-Life Advocates

With Roe v. Wade overturned in the US, menstruation apps have become a new concern in the fight for abortion rights. Do they pose the same risk in Canada?

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Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Andrea Storjohann is glad to see that she’s becoming less of a rarity in rural America.

The Texas Tribune

Feds arrest Texas man charged with threats to Boston doctor who cares for transgender children

The 38-year-old Hill Country man faces up to five years in prison if convicted.

Chicago Sun-Times

Women thrive economically in states with reproductive rights

In Illinois, and in other states, reproductive health care rights have meant higher incomes and better overall conditions for women and children.

Tribune News Service

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s lawsuits stymie Biden agenda on immigration and health care

AUSTIN, Texas — Fresh off securing a third term, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton plans to keep up his relentless legal assault on President Joe Biden’s agenda that’s already hindered the Democrats' approach to immigration and health care.

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Overcoming addiction in rural America

Health care workers are being encouraged to prescribe buprenorphine for patients overcoming opioid addiction

The Texas Tribune

Photos: “We don’t feel safe here.” A transgender teen and their family flee Texas.

Texas policies targeting access to health care for transgender youth forced one family to leave the state.

Roll Call

VA health care funds, military vaccine rule gum up omnibus talks - Roll Call

Democrats were prepping a counteroffer on a fiscal 2023 omnibus framework Thursday, as negotiators contended with a range of divisive issues.

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