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Last Notes npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Between 2000 and 2021, nearly 315,000 minors were legally married in the United States — with girls being far more likely to be wed as children than boys. Child marriage was legal in all 50 states until 2018, but since then, 16 states have passed bans." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "In states that have long refused to expand Medicaid to more low-income adults, people in the program aren’t subject to new rules under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act requiring them to prove they’re working in order to get and keep coverage. npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "The NAM campaign is the latest escalation from the food industry against Kennedy and his MAHA movement’s efforts to target their ingredients. It underscores how companies are exploiting Republican vulnerabilities on the economy in an effort to push their agenda ahead of the November midterm elections, which will shape Trump’s influence for the remainder of his term." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…sr28 npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: “AI chatbots have an inherent tendency to validate the user’s beliefs. It is obvious that this is highly problematic if a user already has a delusion or is in the process of developing one. Indeed, it appears to contribute significantly to the consolidation of, for example, grandiose delusions or paranoia,” Østergaard wrote. npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…3e3s npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…hm66 @nprofile…7ef2 npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…ss2c @nprofile…t3mw npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…yzzc @nprofile…etvl npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…x58r npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "A federal judge in Oregon on Friday limited federal officers’ use of tear gas during protests at a Portland federal immigration building, as part of a lawsuit filed by an adjacent affordable housing complex following months of repeated exposure." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: She’s hearing from people sick with the virus, as well as their caregivers, that “measles is so much worse than what they expected.” npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "The Food and Drug Administration’s embattled vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency — the second time in less than a year that he’s departed after controversial decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty drugs for rare diseases." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Casey Means, President Donald Trump’s pick for surgeon general, has achieved an unlikely feat: uniting vaccine skeptics and mainstream medical advocates against her nomination. npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "I will not view it as a curse, because I am claiming the victory in this process, no matter what happens. ... In terms of this moment, I absolutely am claiming, as much as I can, the joy of this moment...But I'm … attempting as much as I can to fortify myself and know in my heart that I will continue working as an actor. I absolutely will." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "In early 2025, Siberine was one of three New Hampshire long COVID patients who spoke with the Bulletin about their ongoing experience with the condition. Now, roughly one year later, the Bulletin has reconnected with all three to get an update on their conditions." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "A Houston-area parent is suing state officials, accusing them of religious discrimination for barring Islamic schools from participating in Texas’ private school voucher program. npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "...Planned Parenthood Mar Monte—the largest affiliate of the national sexual and reproductive healthcare provider, with locations across mid-California and Northern Nevada—announced a new strategy for closing its massive $100 million dollar revenue gap left by federal budget cuts. They would start offering Botox. Also, IV drips and soon...fillers and laser hair removal." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…6x4h npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "The goal of these tools is to get more out of workers. But some metrics — like how much an employee is typing — may not translate cleanly to how much work someone is actually getting done. And workers, Dr. Reich argues, deserve periods of slack and 'moments of downtime outside of the gaze of the surveillance tools that are meant to drive productivity gains.'" npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Now Liu is ready to take on a world that quickly fell in love with her quirky style, otherworldly talent, and, most notably, her relentless joy. Whether she won Olympic gold or not—she did…twice—she was going to have a good time, because Liu skates for something you can’t get from an accolade; something that comes from passion for her sport and love of herself, her music, her style, her art, and all of it on her own terms." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Early Wednesday, Crockett lost the nomination to Talarico by a decisive margin — the result of a fiercely competitive primary that overwhelmed the Dallas congresswoman’s starting assets and tested the power of political celebrity among Texas Democrats. Her loss reflected both the strength of Talarico’s campaign and her own team’s inability to scale in time for such an expensive and hotly contested statewide race." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "...he hadn’t lived in South Korea since he was 7, when he immigrated to the United States. A U.S. Army veteran with combat trauma and a Purple Heart, he was ordered to leave America at the age of 56 over a criminal history that he thought he had atoned for." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: “I know it sounds crazy,” she said, but health care providers “need to start an underground network of how to get people care in their homes. Because letting people die at home or come close to death because they are terrified to go into the hospital, in 2026, is outrageous.” npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "At one point, Justice Department lawyers accidentally posted internal communications listing legal flaws in their attempts to kill congestion pricing and admitting they 'have been unable to identify a compelling legal argument to support this position.'" npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Two major pharmacy chains are closing hundreds of stores across the U.S., reshaping access to everyday health care in many communities." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "The New York attorney general is investigating Columbia University for its handling of allegations against Robert Hadden, a former university gynecologist who continued to work at one of its hospitals for weeks after his 2012 arrest on sex crimes...About 1,000 women have accused Mr. Hadden of sexually assaulting them during medical exams between 1993 and 2012. So far, Columbia has settled about $1 billion in claims." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…wh33 npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…y3qv npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "A Georgia man who gave his teenage son the gun he’s accused of using to kill two students and two teachers at a high school was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter...Gray now joins a growing number of parents being held responsible in court after their children were accused in shootings." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "There are 14 active measles cases at the detention center on the Fort Bliss Army base and 112 people are being isolated, said U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, an El Paso Democrat whose district includes the facility, known as Camp East Montana. It will remain closed to visitors and attorneys until March 19 or March 20." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Yet another scheduled meeting of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has been postponed, HHS confirmed Tuesday. npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "...because health insurers can offset high outlays one year by raising premiums and deductibles the next, they have little incentive to bargain hard for good deals for the patients they cover. So patients all pay unknowingly, indirectly." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "A rise in rectal cancer rates is driving an increase in colorectal cancer diagnoses in people younger than 65, according to a report published Monday from the American Cancer Society. npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…2w8s @nprofile…3zck @nprofile…t9eh npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "The Supreme Court on Monday appeared sympathetic to a marijuana user's challenge to a federal law that bars people who consume illegal drugs from having firearms...The ruling could be limited in scope, based on concerns that prosecutors could not show that Hermani's use of marijuana made him a danger to society." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Minnesota on Monday sued President Donald Trump’s administration in an attempt to stop it from withholding $243 million in Medicaid spending, warning it may have to cut health care for low-income families if the funding is held back." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Activists with ties to senior health officials are warning that the MAHA movement, having punished the Democratic Party in 2024 for shunning Mr. Kennedy, will take its anger out on Republicans this year." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Investigating any communicable disease is time-intensive and expensive. The first three measles cases reported in L.A. County this year cost an estimated $231,000, according to a health department analysis. npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Concerns for such care arose when Idaho Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, proposed cutting $22 million from Medicaid — the joint state-federal health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities — to balance the state budget. Home- and community-based services such as caregiving, nursing, and residential rehabilitation are optional under Medicaid, and Little listed them as possible targets for the cuts." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "The first-time dad’s commitment started months earlier. Burton attended every medical appointment and took classes with Dads to Doulas, a program created by the organization Dear Fathers that teaches Black fathers-to-be how to provide physical, mental and spiritual support up to and after childbirth." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…x58r npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "The state issued cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), a federal-state partnership that provides free FDA-approved HIV medication for low-income, uninsured or underinsured people...HIV advocates estimate that as many as 16,000 of the 30,000 Floridians enrolled in ADAP could be at risk of restricted access." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "To receive Medicaid health coverage, some adults will soon have to show they are working, volunteering or taking classes. But to gather that proof, many states first will have to spend millions of dollars improving their computer systems." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "The editorial — titled 'Robert F. Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure' — appears in the latest issue of the Lancet. npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "It’s unsurprising that someone with Mr. Epstein’s wealth and elite connections would receive white-glove service from concierge doctors and V.I.P. treatment at major hospitals. But the new documents reveal how some of his doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Being lonely has all sorts of negative health consequences, especially later in life when people are more vulnerable to downturns in both physical and cognitive health. More people are becoming aware that loneliness is connected to everything from heart disease to diabetes to dementia, but they are still stunned to find that researchers have judged that being lonely is roughly equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: In fact, “community support is one of the most protective factors against postpartum depression,” says Dr. Niyati Dhand, M.D., a double board-certified perinatal and reproductive psychiatrist at Alaire Psychiatry in Chicago. “It helps prevent isolation and provides parents with reassurance, encouragement, and validation.” npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "The insurance statement from UnitedHealthcare’s pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx — another subsidiary of the same parent company, UnitedHealth Group — showed it did not provide a negotiated discount and covered just $308.34 of the full $5,253.85 charge for a 30-day supply. The charges for the second month depleted the copay card and left Mishra owing the balance." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Mayo had been taking the weight loss medicine for less than a year and didn’t understand why a new prior authorization was needed so soon. She said she never got a letter or email notifying her that the clock had run out on her first prior authorization." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: “Seeing some of these emails — and peering behind the curtains of the rooms that we were never invited into, I think has really laid bare, I don’t know, just truly how broken and corrupt the system is.” npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Almost two full years later, I’ve lost over 230 pounds, going from a size 5X in shirts to a size medium and from a size 30 in pants to a size 6 or 8. Fifteen of those lost pounds were not from my GLP-1, exercise, or dietary changes but from something else entirely: skin-removal surgery." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "I think it speaks to the irreplaceable nature of these multi-country networks," says epidemiologist Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University. The Trump administration "may bluster and say, 'We're not going to do this,' but at some point, they run into reality, which is that there is no other way to protect the nation." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils and drawing paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to Hinojosa and three other former detainees, along with lawyers and advocates in contact with the families inside. npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: “You wouldn’t promote someone to general without them meeting basic military standards. And so, you have to ask the question: Why should we lower the bar for public health?” he told NPR’s A Martínez. npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Casey Means, President Donald Trump’s pick for surgeon general, does not yet have the votes for confirmation following a testy Senate health committee hearing on her nomination Wednesday." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Dr. Oz’s new proposal would allow one kind of health plan to raise the annual deductible to more than $15,000 for an individual and $31,000 for a family; those are much higher than current Obamacare plans. The individual deductible would be eight times the average for someone with job-based insurance." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "It's not often that Ron DeSantis, Josh Hawley, Bernie Sanders, and Elizbaeth Warren find common ground. But as more voters grow critical of AI data centers — the sprawling, humming, energy-guzzling campuses that power everything from pharmaceutical research to your AI girlfriend — they and many other politicians are squaring off with Big Tech and calling to regulate the burgeoning behemoths." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Elissia Franklin is an analytical chemist with an infectious laugh, a penchant for braided hair extensions and a fierce commitment to reducing health disparities for Black women. Growing up on Chicago’s South Side, she saw firsthand the systemic barriers Black women face and resolved to help her community benefit from all she learned as she pursued her career as a chemist." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is scheduled to meet next month and plans to discuss Covid vaccine injuries, as well as potentially vote on recommendations, according to a Federal Register notice for the meeting posted Wednesday." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "In October, at the age of 63, Jean was diagnosed with ALS, a debilitating disease that will eventually leave her unable to speak, swallow, or breathe on her own. But Jean’s condition allowed her to enroll in Medicare, the federal health insurance program that covers adults 65 and older and people with disabilities." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Emissions from data centers can cause breathing issues and premature deaths for those living nearby, according to a new report...A growing number of Americans in the central U.S. live near one or more data centers or will in the near future. Data centers are massive buildings that store computing equipment and support IT servers, data storage and networks." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…x58r npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…mj05 npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…6fa2 @nprofile…eqsh npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Senate leaders are urging the Department of Defense to prioritize the purchase of generic drugs manufactured in the United States, warning that the country’s overreliance on foreign factories poses an 'existential risk' to the military." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Means has talked to trees, implied that natural disasters are a 'communication from God,' and dubbed the nation’s health 'a spiritual crisis.' When she appeared on Tucker Carlson’s podcast in 2024, she denounced seed oils and suggested that the widespread use of hormonal birth control was indicative of a cultural 'disrespect of life.' She has also questioned the universal birth dose of the hepatitis-B vaccine." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "As U.S. hospitals face an increasing risk of encountering measles, and pressure to immediately spot it, health care workers face an unusual barrier: Many don’t know what it looks like." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "In the wake of the rains and floods that have repeatedly inundated the Southeast, mold is growing harder to avoid and harder to eliminate. Climate change and the impacts it brings — heavier precipitation, frequent flooding, and increased heat and humidity — are creating the perfect petri dish for mold to thrive, exposing more people to its health impacts." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…9xaz npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Dentists wrote more than 2.3 million prescriptions last year for an antibiotic called clindamycin, whose label has carried a black box warning for more than four decades, due to its high rate of life-threatening complications." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "After Food and Drug Administration officials questioned the safety of taking antidepressants during pregnancy, new research presented at an annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine found that pregnant patients who discontinued the medications nearly doubled their risk of mental health-related emergency room visits." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Aiming to reverse recent changes to federal vaccine recommendations, 15 states led by Democrats announced on Tuesday that they were suing the Trump administration...'Copying Denmark’s vaccine schedule without copying Denmark’s health care system doesn’t give families more options — it just leaves kids unprotected from serious diseases,' said Kris Mayes, attorney general of Arizona." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "The result is a moment of convergence and competition: the U.S. is moving toward a more transactional model long associated with Beijing, and China is positioning itself to become a bigger presence in global health and development." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "But Trump’s mass deportation agenda is taking a toll in this southern swath of a very red state, several business owners said. While the construction industry is the most directly affected, other parts of the region’s economy also are feeling the pinch, including restaurants patronized by workers, real estate agents and some retailers." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: " For many women in the United States who encounter drenching night sweats, sudden hot flashes, debilitating exhaustion and other menopause-related symptoms, small estradiol patches have become a steady source of relief. npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "HHS could completely eliminate the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) or delegitimize the independent body like it did with CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), two original USPSTF members warned." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "In a new study, researchers found microplastics deep inside prostate cancer tumors, raising more questions about the role the ubiquitous pollutants play in public health. npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "It can be difficult to imagine a future in which American science does not prevail. But, as the president’s many critics have warned, institutions like the C.D.C., F.D.A. and N.I.H. will be far more difficult to rebuild than they have been to destroy — especially if their intended beneficiaries lose all faith in them or forget why they existed in the first place." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Kennedy sees America’s medical schools as bastions of groupthink that ignore the root causes of disease. But newly proposed caps on student loans that stem from the law would favor establishment institutions over nontraditional schools aligned with Kennedy’s view that Americans are sicker than ever because of what they eat, the chemicals they’re exposed to, and how little exercise they get." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: “We have a public health care system where treatment is free for citizens. That is a deliberate choice — and a fundamental part of our society,” Nielsen said. “That is not how it works in the USA, where it costs money to see a doctor.” npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…wn0a @nprofile…0x3k npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "In at least 70,000 cases in 21 states, parents were referred to law enforcement agencies over allegations of substance use during pregnancy, according to six years of state and federal data obtained and published for the first time by The Marshall Project. In many cases, the referrals began with false positive results from flawed drug tests — sometimes triggered by the women’s prescribed medications." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "A ransomware attack forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center to close all of its roughly three dozen clinics around the state and cancel elective procedures for a second day on Friday, hobbling one of the state’s largest health care providers." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Three months into President Donald Trump’s mass deportation undertaking, an ICE officer shot and killed a U.S. citizen in South Padre Island, long before immigration agents killed another American in Minnesota that prompted outrage across the nation, according to records released this week that were not previously disclosed by the government." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Misinformation and disinformation are especially common during election times, and the spread of AI-created content — such as the AI-generated video of Jasmine Crockett and John Cornyn dancing — has only made it harder to discern fact from fiction...Here’s what you need to know if you spot a suspicious image, video or audio about elections, particularly on social networks." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…d0e9 npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…akqh npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "The story of how Stettler went from famine to plenty is an outlier. But it shines a spotlight on a fundamental weakness of a health care system that had once been Canada’s source of pride — an acute shortage of family physicians, and the extraordinary efforts communities must undertake to attract them." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "The protests were everywhere. They were loud and righteous and relentless. They were also only one piece of what the resistance here really looks like, of the story of a city banding together to protect the community it holds dear." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "By last year, the sum — including radio and TV commercials, billboards, and print and digital ads — had reached an estimated $201 million, and total spending on direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs topped $9 billion, by MediaRadar’s calculations." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: “The vast majority of people with health insurance get some kind of federal subsidy for it, from Medicaid to Medicare to the ACA to employer-sponsored insurance,” said Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at KFF, a health information nonprofit that includes KFF Health News. npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…g5cv npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "While it may be tempting to treat hemorrhoid cream as a multitasking fix, dermatologists advise against it. 'The risks outweigh the benefits,' says Dr. Gohara. 'The formulas in hemorrhoid creams can be irritating, disrupt the skin barrier, and over time may even thin the skin, especially if they contain topical steroids, which some hemorrhoid products do.'” npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "The Conversation U.S. asked gastrointestinal oncologist Christopher Lieu and cancer researcher Andrea Dwyer to explain what’s known about early-onset colon cancer and what young people can do to protect themselves." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "Utah has confirmed 300 measles cases in an ongoing outbreak, with the virus now spreading in Salt Lake County and new exposures at high schools in that county, according to an update yesterday from the Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD)." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "In the span of just six weeks between December and January, six people died while detained by ICE in Texas — three of them at Camp East Montana. The deadly period began with a 48-year-old Guatemalan, Francisco Gaspar-Andres, who ICE said died on Dec. 3 of liver and kidney failure after being hospitalized for more than two weeks following detention." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: "EmblemHealth this week agreed to a $2.5 million settlement with the New York attorney general’s office because of the large number of inaccuracies in its listings of in-network mental health providers, a problem that has persisted for years." npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…jv0l npub1pvedlj030w72mcryqx7qcuecq6pgy3mne5x9v6jhsppyy4sy5vas8zxcs8 Bich Nguyen :verified: @nprofile…ypfx
