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Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Decried as Biased Against Disabled People
May 14, 2024 - Health
People with disabilities say they are abruptly losing their Medicaid home health benefits and are being advised incorrectly when they call state offices for more information. “Every day the anxiety builds,” one beneficiary told KFF Health News.
Nursing Homes Wield Pandemic Immunity Laws To Duck Wrongful Death Suits
May 14, 2024 - Health
More than 172,000 nursing home residents died of covid. In lawsuits, some families who lost loved ones say they were misled about safety measures or told that covid wasn’t a danger in their facilities.
Abortion Bans Are Repelling the Nation’s Future Doctors
May 13, 2024 - Health
Ash Panakam is about to graduate from Harvard Medical School. She’s from Georgia and always assumed she would return to the South for her residency. But the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning the nationwide right to abortion changed everything. “Ultimately I shifted my selection pretty drastically,” she said. “I was struggling to find a residency […]
Working It Out: How to Minimize Eczema Flare-ups at the Gym and on the Job
May 11, 2024 - Health
Three keys to managing your eczema at the gym and then heading off to a productive and itch-free workday.
Cows Are Potential Spreaders of Bird Flu to Humans
May 10, 2024 - Health
Cow udders have the same receptors for flu viruses as humans and birds, raising concerns that cows could become “mixing vessels” that help the bird flu virus spread between people.