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Raspberry Pi Health Care

The Health Care Blog

If you are of a certain age or have studied the history of computers, you’ll know that in the 1970s and early 1980s, (home) computers came in a kit. Between 2006 and 2011, Eben Upton and his collaborators sought to change this. The target age range is 9 to 13. Ease of use is paramount. This was not always so.

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How a Health Non-Profit Took Hip Hop and Found Its Secret Sauce

Black Health Matters

So hes set out on a mission to connect the culture, the people, and his vocation: health. In 2006, he teamed up with legendary rapper Doug E. Fresh to launch Hip Hop Public Health , a nonprofit that promotes health education messages through hip hop culture and interacting with the community, meeting them where they are.

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Hospital Gun-Violence Prevention Programs May Be Caught in US Funding Crossfire

KFF Health News

She rushed to check on him at a hospital run by Denver Health, the city’s safety-net system, but she was unable to get information from emergency room workers, who complained that she was creating a disturbance. Some organizers believe their programs will be just fine, but others are looking to shore up alternative funding sources.

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Kennedy’s hearings for HHS Secretary start today: What Americans need to know 

Association of Health Care Journalists

The past two weeks have been a dizzying whirlwind of executive orders, halting all health agencies public-facing communications and freezing all federal funding until a federal judges temporary restraining order paused that order. as Health and Human Services Secretary. Kennedy, Jr.