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Women's health research gets reprieve from Trump administration's proposed budget cuts

Mon, 2025-04-28 10:39 — mike kraft

Women's Health Initiative gets reprieve from HHS cuts The WHI is the largest and longest study of women's health funded by the National Institutes of Health. Tina Reed Axios

The Trump administration said it's reversing course on a plan to end funding for a decades-long study of women's health after outcry from the research community.

The Women's Health Initiative was threatened by funding cuts to clinical studies aimed at reducing cancer rates or studying hormone therapy in menopause. Despite the reprieve, researchers remain fearful about its future.

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Proposed Medicaid cuts risk making the Black maternal health crises worse.

Mon, 2025-04-21 11:29 — mike kraft

Medicaid cuts risk worsening Black maternal health crisis Advocates are warning lawmakers that the proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will leave millions of pregnant Black women at a heightened risk of death, worsening the maternal mortality crisis an… bconradis The Hill

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Analysis: Cutting Medicaid could jeopardize long term care for the elderly and disabled

Mon, 2025-04-14 17:56 — mike kraft

How cutting Medicaid would affect long-term care and family caregivers The federal program is the biggest source of money for long-term care for the elderly and disabled. Republican proposals to cut its budget could jeopardize supports family and caregivers rely on. NPR

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Trump Administration Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People

Fri, 2025-04-11 11:35 — mike kraft

Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People - KFF Health News Recent cuts eliminated a small, specialized workforce that sets the poverty standards determining who is eligible for Medicaid as well as assistance with food, home heating, child care, and more. Terry Byrne KFF Health News

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U.S. efforts to counter bird flu reportedly hampered by Trump administration's anti-immigration tactics

Fri, 2025-04-11 10:52 — mike kraft

Trump’s immigration tactics obstruct efforts to avert Bird Flu pandemic, researchers say Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public health workers say. Ariel Carmona Lake County Record-Bee

Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public health workers say.

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COVID: 1-7 US working age adults report long COVID, higher % among the poor

Thu, 2025-04-10 10:26 — mike kraft

Studies: 1 in 7 US working-age adults report long COVID, with heaviest burden on the poor Tomorrow, pharmaceuticals will no longer be exempt from the Trump administration's 25% tariff on goods produced in Canada. CIDRAP

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Trump administration pulls back $11.4B in COVID funding for local health departments

Wed, 2025-03-26 09:47 — mike kraft

Trump administration says it will pull back billions in COVID funding from local health departments Federal health officials said Tuesday they are pulling back $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for local public health departments and other health organizations throughout the nation. AP News

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Analysis: Checking the Facts on Medicaid Use by Latinos -Kaiser

Tue, 2025-03-18 12:27 — mike kraft

Checking the Facts on Medicaid Use by Latinos - KFF Health News Republicans’ moves to scale back Medicaid are leading to more misinformation about immigrants, especially Latinos, circulating on social media platforms. The misconceptions include the myths that Latinos covered by Medicaid don’t work and that they use Medicaid significantly more than others. paulavirna KFF Health News

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The Texas measles outbreak was ‘inevitable’ because of low vaccination rates --local doctors.

Fri, 2025-02-21 11:19 — mike kraft

Why the Texas measles outbreak was ‘inevitable’ An outbreak of measles is wreaking havoc in the South Plains region of Texas, where nearly 60 children have been confirmed to be infected. Physicians in the state say the current situation was “ine… colinmeyn The Hill

An outbreak of measles is wreaking havoc in the South Plains region of Texas, where nearly 60 children have been confirmed to be infected. Physicians in the state say the current situation was “inevitable” due to the low rates of vaccination among the largely Mennonite community.

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