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UK says offer to health care staff final as nurses plan strikes

The U.K. government said its latest pay offer to striking health care workers is final with one of the biggest nurses’ unions warning that walkouts could continue through Christmas without a better deal.

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The path to universal health care

Universal health care is the norm in almost every other wealthy country. What's stopping us from doing it here?

Salon

An emergency in the making: Ending pandemic prenatal health coverage for uninsured people is both costly and dangerous

On March 31, 2023 the Ford government in Ontario ended the expanded health-care funding it put in place when the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020.

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What’s on Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s desk after the 2023 General Assembly session?

BALTIMORE — Maryland Democrats had an ambitious agenda at the start of the first session of a Gov. Wes Moore’s brand-new term.

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Terrified and angry, LGBTQ Texans and allies rally at Capitol to protest bills targeting queer community

With six weeks remaining in the legislative session, advocates implored Texans to join the “resistance” against fast-moving efforts to curb health care, drag queens, education, trans athletes and more.

The Texas Tribune

As Walmart closes stores in Chicago, community leaders raise concerns about health care, pharmacy access

Kimberly Jackson-Miller, a resident of Chicago’s Burnside neighborhood, has been a customer of the Walmart in Chatham since it opened more than a decade ago.

Chicago Tribune

Ravensthorpe doctor believes 'rural generalist hub' could help improve remote health care, avoid burnout

Michael Livingston believes city-based decision-makers are failing remote GPs, leading to unsustainable practices and shortages across the country. But he believes he has a solution — a model he calls the "rural generalist hub".

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First gay president of Chicago-based American Medical Association Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld talks about challenges he’ll face

An anesthesiologist in Milwaukee, Navy combat veteran and father of two young children, he spoke in an interview about himself, his job and the AMA’s outspokenness on big issues.

Chicago Sun-Times

Colorado governor to sign abortion, transgender care bills

Colorado's Democratic governor is scheduled to sign a set of health care bills Friday afternoon that enshrine protections for abortion and gender-affirming care procedures and medications

The Independent UK

Missouri rules part of rapid push to limit trans health care

The push to restrict health care for transgender people has expanded beyond children, with Missouri's new limits on gender-affirming care

The Independent UK

What you need to know about misoprostol, another drug used for abortion

While the fate of mifepristone, also known as the abortion pill, plays out in U.S. courts, health care providers have another drug they can continue to use to offer medication abortion.

Tribune News Service

Why Aflac is sticking with old school perks like onsite health and daycare

Insurance company Aflac offers employees on-site health care and childcare benefits to entice them back to the office.

Fortune

Commentary: ‘A torment to be in my own brain’: Forced mental health care saved this survivor’s life

Lee Davis was standing naked at the edge of Lake Merritt in Downtown Oakland, enacting the strange steps of a ceremony only she knew.

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India's stretched health care fails millions in rural areas

Two Indigenous women both have a genetic blood disorder but lead vastly different lives

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Limits on transgender care for Missouri youths begin shortly

Missouri minors will soon be required to go through 18 months of therapy before receiving any gender-affirming health care

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Biden administration to expand health care for DACA recipients

Undocumented immigrants brought to US as young children will be allowed to apply for federal health insurance schemes.

Capital & Main

Unfinished Mental Health Business For Governor Newsom

While it ponders ambitious new laws to improve mental health, California could strengthen what’s already on the books.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Tens of millions of seniors stand to lose full Medicare coverage under Biden’s budget

Medicare’s hospitalization trust fund is on the fast track to insolvency. That has both seniors and future retirees worried. Because our leaders in Washington have been poor stewards of the record levels of tax revenue pouring into federal coffers, Americans aren’t sure how much longer their Medicare benefits will be…

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Commentary: The IRS is becoming a model of efficiency. Really

Paying taxes is like paying a visit to the dentist: We might not like doing it, but deep down we know we need to. Among other things, our federal taxes fund national defense, health care for veterans, loans to small businesses, critical repairs for crumbling road and rail bridges, and…

Tribune News Service

Does my child need ear tubes?

Middle ear infections are caused by bacteria or a virus that infects fluid that has builds up in the middle ear. These infections often happen when a child has a cold, allergy or upper respiratory illness. Ear infections can be painful and cause difficulty sleeping or hearing. Unfortunately, they also…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: A rapidly spreading deadly fungus is a warning about climate change

Last month, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change charted global temperatures to be 1.1 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels and on a destructive trajectory to surpass 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming by the early 2030s. This intersects surprisingly with another piece of news: the Centers for Disease Control…

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois must now invest more in the state’s community health centers

With the state on better financial footing, the legislature could improve the lives of millions of Illinoisans by properly funding this resource.

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Calls for Australia to make contraception free following similar moves by British Columbia, parts of Europe

As parts of Europe and Canada start to provide free access to contraception, women's rights and sexual health advocates are asking for a similar change here.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Should we bring AI into hospitals? Let’s find the middle ground

Recently, two major news stories in the technology world broke out. The first one was about a call by big names in the technology sector to pause the development of artificial intelligence. The second was about the use of large language models, or LLMs, in health care. That followed a…

The Independent UK

As Ukraine war drags on, civilians' mental health needs rise

Huddled in the back of a café near the train station where a missile killed dozens of people nearly a year ago, Nastya takes slow, deliberate breaths to calm herself

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