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El estatus de Estados Unidos depende de si los principales brotes ocurridos este a帽o tienen origen en el gran brote del oeste de Texas que comenz贸 oficialmente el 20 de enero.
While Scientists Race To Study Spread of Measles in US, Kennedy Unravels Hard-Won Gains
Scientists are conducting genetic analyses to see if the measles outbreak that started in Texas is still spreading from state to state. It鈥檚 a contentious question, because the findings may determine whether America loses its measles-free status.
Health Savings Accounts, Backed by GOP, Cover Fancy Saunas but Not Insurance Premiums
Health savings accounts can be used to cover medical expenses, tax-free. But while wealthier Americans are using them to pay for gym equipment, cedar ice baths, and hemlock saunas, poorer Americans can鈥檛 use them to pay their skyrocketing health insurance premiums.
What the Health? From 麻豆女优 Health News: The GOP Still Can’t Agree on a Health Plan
Senate Democrats were promised a vote by mid-December on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, but Republicans still can鈥檛 decide whether they want to put forward their own alternative or what that might include. Meanwhile, the CDC and FDA are roiled by debates over vaccines. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join 麻豆女优 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also, Rovner interviews 麻豆女优 Health News鈥 Aneri Pattani about her project tracking opioid settlement payments.
Tracking Applications聽for Rural Health Transformation聽Funds
麻豆女优 Health News is working to collect and post complete application materials, by state, here and will update this repository as new materials, released in response to public records requests, arrive.
Under Kennedy, America鈥檚 Health Department Is in the Business of Promoting Kennedy
Under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Department of Health and Human Services increasingly uses its social media channels to promote Kennedy himself and his agenda. Interviews with over 20 former and current employees provide a look inside an agency where personality and politics steer communications with the public.
Republicans Left Tribes Out of Their $50B Rural Fund. Now It鈥檚 Up to States To Share.
The Trump administration has championed its Rural Health Transformation Program as an investment in American families who have been left behind. But Native American tribes, whose communities have a significant presence in rural America and have some of the greatest health needs, are ineligible to apply directly for funding.
Aunque se reanuda SNAP, nuevas reglas laborales amenazan el acceso al programa de alimentos por a帽os
Ahora, los estados deben cumplir con las nuevas reglas o enfrentar sanciones que podr铆an obligarlos a cubrir una parte mayor del costo del programa.
Un paquete de programas federales que por a帽os han apoyado a mujeres y ni帽os tambi茅n est谩 en la mira de Trump y de miembros de su gabinete, que dicen impulsar pol铆ticas pro natalidad.
Trump Wants Americans To Make More Babies. Critics Say His Policies Won鈥檛 Help Raise Them.
The administration鈥檚 embrace of the pronatalist movement often doesn鈥檛 include support for programs traditionally associated with the health and well-being of women, children, and families.
Even as SNAP Resumes, New Work Rules Threaten Access for Years To Come
Even as the federal government resumed funding the nation鈥檚 largest food assistance program, people risk losing access to the aid because of new rules.
C贸mo decidir qui茅nes califican como 鈥渕茅dicamente fr谩giles鈥 seg煤n las reglas laborales de Medicaid
Ante la falta de directrices claras a nivel federal, los estados deben llegar a un acuerdo sobre c贸mo definir la fragilidad m茅dica.
Autoridades quieren retrasar la vacuna contra la hepatitis B. Lo que los padres deben saber
Desde 1991, una dosis de la vacuna al nacer es hasta 90% efectiva para prevenir la infecci贸n transmitida por la madre si se administra en las primeras 24 horas de vida.
Cada vez m谩s personas cuidan en casa a familiares que agonizan. Una organizaci贸n ense帽a c贸mo hacerlo
La demanda de atenci贸n m茅dica en casa, incluyendo los cuidados paliativos domiciliarios, se ha disparado desde el inicio de la pandemia de covid, al igual que el n煤mero de personas que cuidan a familiares.
Feds Promised 鈥楻adical Transparency鈥 but Are Withholding Rural Health Fund Applications
Proposals from states that have shared their applications to a new $50 billion rural health program include using drones to deliver medication, installing refrigerators to expand access to healthy produce, and bringing telehealth to libraries, day cares, and senior centers.
RFK Jr. Wants To Delay the Hepatitis B Vaccine. Here鈥檚 What Parents Need To Know.
A CDC panel is reconsidering the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Renewed doubt could lead to fewer kids getting vaccinated, leaving them vulnerable to an incurable, preventable virus that can be acquired by indirect contact with infected blood.
Medicaid Work Rules Exempt the 鈥楳edically Frail.鈥 Deciding Who Qualifies Is Tricky.
People on Medicaid deemed 鈥渕edically frail鈥 won鈥檛 need to meet new federal requirements that enrollees work 80 hours a month or perform another approved activity. But state officials are grappling with how to interpret who qualifies under the vague federal definition, which could affect millions.
Watch: Trump Considers Extending Obamacare Subsidies
Amanda Seitz, 麻豆女优 Health News鈥 Washington health policy reporter, appeared on NewsNation鈥檚 “NewsNation Live With Connell McShane” on Nov. 24 to discuss President Donald Trump鈥檚 latest health proposal.
What the Health? From 麻豆女优 Health News: Trump Almost Unveils a Health Plan聽
Just weeks before some tax credits for Affordable Care Act premiums expire, the Trump administration floated a plan to extend the enhanced aid 鈥 but it was met with immediate GOP pushback. Meanwhile, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to revise its website to suggest childhood vaccines might be linked to autism. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join 麻豆女优 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Joanne Kenen and Joshua Sharfstein about their new book, 鈥淚nformation Sick: How Journalism鈥檚 Decline and Misinformation鈥檚 Rise Are Harming Our Health 鈥 And What We Can Do About It.鈥
Investigadores de salud p煤blica temen que las tasas de vacunaci贸n caigan a煤n m谩s, especialmente entre latinos, afroamericanos y personas menores de 30 a帽os
