"Covid vaccines administered last fall sharply decreased the risk of emergency department and urgent care visits in children, according to new data released on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data, published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the agency’s premier publication provided a striking counterpoint to the Trump administration’s recent rhetoric about the vaccines."
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits, the C.D.C. Reported
The vaccines were found to decrease the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76 percent in children under 4, a...
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"The circumstances have led to deep consumer concerns about higher costs and fears of political fallout among some Republican lawmakers. For those caught in the middle — including consumers and leaders of the 20 states, along with the District of Columbia, that run their own ACA marketplaces — the lack of action on Capitol Hill has led to uncertainty about what to do."
KFF Health News
Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers - KFF Health News
With subsidies that give consumers extra help paying their health insurance premiums set to expire, lawmakers are again debating the Affordable Car...
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"More than 100 studies, conducted across more than three decades and dozens of countries, have concluded that mifepristone is a safe and effective tool to end a pregnancy."
the Guardian
Texas and Florida sue FDA in latest effort to restrict abortion pill access
States’ attorneys general argue agency has failed to properly evaluate mifepristone’s safety since initial 2000 approval
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“Most of us live in a different reality,” said Chip Kahn, president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals, which supports extending the enhanced tax credits. “Our health system has many challenges, and I can’t say the cost to individuals, to taxpayers, is not an issue. But to say having better coverage for more people made all these problems worse is really a stretch.”
KFF Health News
Health Care Consolidation and Rising Costs Happen, but Obamacare Is Not the Key Culprit - KFF Health News
The debate over expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits has given Republicans room to resurface old criticisms — such as blaming the ACA for mer...
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"Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the 'biggest waves of censorship' on its platforms in years."
the Guardian
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggerin...
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"Medicare coverage is changing next month as telehealth flexibilities largely disappear. The Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act extended telehealth options that were enacted during the coronavirus pandemic but ended during the government shutdown."
Newsweek
Medicare coverage is changing next month
Medicare telehealth options allow patients to access health care while still at home.
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"Florida resident Keith Jones says his Affordable Care Act insurance plan was changed multiple times this year without his permission. Now the 52-year-old is struggling with his health problems while facing large premium bills he says he shouldn’t owe."
KFF Health News
Plan-Switching, Sign-Up Impersonations: Obamacare Enrollment Fraud Persists - KFF Health News
Investigators from the Government Accountability Office were able to register nearly 20 fake ACA enrollments in a probe of healthcare.gov. The fede...
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"Mental health symptom exacerbation after abortion, experts said, has little to do with the decision to end a pregnancy and is more likely linked to social and medical factors, including previous mental health history."
The 19th
After abortion, some people report worsening mental health. Experts say it’s not about regret.
The feelings of depression may come from hormonal and physical changes that can follow pregnancy's end, but experts say more research is needed.
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"The Senate is poised on Thursday to reject legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits for millions of Americans, a potentially unceremonious end to a monthslong Democratic effort to prevent the COVID-era subsidies from expiring on Jan. 1."
AP News
Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep...
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Physician friends are sharing lists of medical influencers sharing facts and science who should be followed and uplifted. Who else should be included? Mastodon accounts preferred! MEDICAL INFLUENCERS - on Threads or Instagram or BlueSky: Dr Jen Gunter Dr Karen Tang Dr Megan Ranney Dr Harpreet Tsui Dr Uche Blackstock Dr Jennifer Lincoln #medicine #doctors #physicians #PublicHealth #ReproductiveHealth