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ER boarding, or keeping patients for longer than 4 hours, disproportionately affects elderly people. The experience can be especially harrowing for those with dementia.
As the U.S. grays, experts say things are poised to worsen. More from me and @sadradiolad.bsky.social: apnews.com/article/er-w...
As the U.S. grays, experts say things are poised to worsen. More from me and @sadradiolad.bsky.social: apnews.com/article/er-w...
As dementia rates increase, experts warn hospital emergency rooms are underprepared
An Associated Press and Side Effects Public Media data analysis shows one in six visits to the emergency department in 2022 that resulted in hospital admission had a wait of four or more hours.
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April 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ER boarding, or keeping patients for longer than 4 hours, disproportionately affects elderly people. The experience can be especially harrowing for those with dementia.
As the U.S. grays, experts say things are poised to worsen. More from me and @sadradiolad.bsky.social: apnews.com/article/er-w...
As the U.S. grays, experts say things are poised to worsen. More from me and @sadradiolad.bsky.social: apnews.com/article/er-w...
ICYMI: A program that supports Native communities using traditional medicines to combat persistent chronic disease rates has been gutted in federal layoffs.
Leaders say it’s another violation of the federal government’s legal responsibility to tribes. apnews.com/article/heal...
Leaders say it’s another violation of the federal government’s legal responsibility to tribes. apnews.com/article/heal...
RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US tribes. A key program to do that was gutted
A key program using traditional medicine and foods to tackle chronic disease in Native American and Alaska Native communities has been gutted in the federal health layoffs.
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April 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
ICYMI: A program that supports Native communities using traditional medicines to combat persistent chronic disease rates has been gutted in federal layoffs.
Leaders say it’s another violation of the federal government’s legal responsibility to tribes. apnews.com/article/heal...
Leaders say it’s another violation of the federal government’s legal responsibility to tribes. apnews.com/article/heal...
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Meeting postponed for CDC's vaccine advisory committee. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was critical of the panel, known as ACIP, during his confirmation process. @devnabose.bsky.social has the story. #medsky apnews.com/article/vacc...
CDC vaccination committee meeting postponed days after RFK Jr. took over at HHS
A panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy will not meet as previously scheduled next week.
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February 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Meeting postponed for CDC's vaccine advisory committee. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was critical of the panel, known as ACIP, during his confirmation process. @devnabose.bsky.social has the story. #medsky apnews.com/article/vacc...
Doctors and patients say direct primary care — a health care model that cuts out insurance companies — makes it easier to get routine medical care. But experts warn that DPC shouldn't replace insurance.
Here's why it could become more common under President Trump. apnews.com/article/dire...
Here's why it could become more common under President Trump. apnews.com/article/dire...
Direct primary care cuts out insurance companies. Could it gain traction under Trump?
Direct primary care is an increasingly popular health care option. Patients at these clinics pay a fee of roughly $50 to $100 month and get easier, direct access to their doctor for routine care as of...
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February 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Doctors and patients say direct primary care — a health care model that cuts out insurance companies — makes it easier to get routine medical care. But experts warn that DPC shouldn't replace insurance.
Here's why it could become more common under President Trump. apnews.com/article/dire...
Here's why it could become more common under President Trump. apnews.com/article/dire...
Hospitals in Colorado, Virginia and Washington, D.C. have stopped providing gender-affirming health care for trans youth in light of President Trump’s order to cut federal support for such care. apnews.com/article/tran...
Some hospitals pause gender-affirming care to evaluate Trump's executive order
Hospitals in Colorado, Virginia and the nation’s capital say they have paused gender-affirming care for young people as they evaluate President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at cutting federal ...
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January 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Hospitals in Colorado, Virginia and Washington, D.C. have stopped providing gender-affirming health care for trans youth in light of President Trump’s order to cut federal support for such care. apnews.com/article/tran...
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U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.
CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. The surprise decision is focused on the U.S.
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January 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.
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AP examines the theory of presidential power underlying the federal grant freeze. apnews.com/article/dona...
How Donald Trump and Project 2025 previewed the federal grant freeze
A sweeping White House order to freeze federal grants and allocations reflects a theory of presidential power that Donald Trump clearly endorsed during his 2024 campaign.
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January 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
AP examines the theory of presidential power underlying the federal grant freeze. apnews.com/article/dona...
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On Jan. 21, 2020, the U.S. reported its first known case of the 2019 novel coronavirus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who had returned the previous week from the outbreak’s epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle.
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Read more about what happened on this date: t.ly/TBJnk
January 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
On Jan. 21, 2020, the U.S. reported its first known case of the 2019 novel coronavirus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who had returned the previous week from the outbreak’s epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle.
Read more about what happened on this date: t.ly/TBJnk
Read more about what happened on this date: t.ly/TBJnk
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What we can learn from people who are #covidcautious 5 years into the pandemic. Here's my story for AP with my writing partner @devnabose.bsky.social and video by @lbargfeld.bsky.social apnews.com/article/covi...
Vulnerable Americans live in the shadow of COVID-19 as most move on
People with immune system health problems continue to take precautions against COVID-19 five years into the pandemic.
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January 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What we can learn from people who are #covidcautious 5 years into the pandemic. Here's my story for AP with my writing partner @devnabose.bsky.social and video by @lbargfeld.bsky.social apnews.com/article/covi...
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It’s been 5 years since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the US.
While most Americans have returned to some version of normalcy, there are others who still live in the shadow of the virus. apnews.com/article/covi...
While most Americans have returned to some version of normalcy, there are others who still live in the shadow of the virus. apnews.com/article/covi...
Vulnerable Americans live in the shadow of COVID-19 as most move on
People with immune system health problems continue to take precautions against COVID-19 five years into the pandemic.
apnews.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It’s been 5 years since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the US.
While most Americans have returned to some version of normalcy, there are others who still live in the shadow of the virus. apnews.com/article/covi...
While most Americans have returned to some version of normalcy, there are others who still live in the shadow of the virus. apnews.com/article/covi...
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A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across the Deep South: Alongside about 200 majority-Black public school districts are private academies filled almost entirely with white students.
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The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation
A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across states in the Deep South: Alongside majority-Black public school districts, a separate web of private academies are filled almost entirely with white students.
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December 19, 2024 at 1:00 PM
A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across the Deep South: Alongside about 200 majority-Black public school districts are private academies filled almost entirely with white students.
@jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social,
@natlash.bsky.social, @mrsimon22.bsky.social
propub.li/3BFytzN
@jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social,
@natlash.bsky.social, @mrsimon22.bsky.social
propub.li/3BFytzN
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BREAKING: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reverses its decision to put a time limit on anesthesia after widespread outcry. apnews.com/article/anth...
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reverses decision to put a time limit on anesthesia
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield says it won't tie payments to the length of time a patient went under anesthesia.
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December 5, 2024 at 10:18 PM
BREAKING: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reverses its decision to put a time limit on anesthesia after widespread outcry. apnews.com/article/anth...