The Health Care Blog
MARCH 2, 2022
Medicare Advantage (Advantage), originally conceived in 1997 during the Clinton Administration as ‘Medicare + Choice’, has progressively grown and become an established health insurance option for those 65 and older. million, while trade associations representing the health insurance industry spent an equivalent amount. Introduction.
BU School of Public Health Blog
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
birth Lower Neighborhood Opportunity May Increase Risk for Preterm Birth A new study suggests that neighborhoods with fewer educational, health, environmental, and socioeconomic resources may increase one’s risk for preterm birth and contribute to the racial gap in preterm birth in the Commonwealth. percent, and White infants at 5.8
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Black Health Matters
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Thats why ViiV Healthcare works hand-in-hand with the Black community to activate support networks and linkage to care services, as well as to deliver culturally relevant programming, he said in a statement to Black Health Matters. The kits will allow recipients to learn their status in mere minutes. Standifer, Ph.D.,
Association of Health Care Journalists
JANUARY 16, 2025
After analyzing 6,901 fatal police shootings between 2015 and 2022 across 32,736 ZIP codes, researchers found that fatal police shootings rose significantly, by eight times, as the social vulnerability index rose. an associate research professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and lead author of the study.
Gideon
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Over 71 million cases of chronic Hepatitis C infection were estimated in 2015, though that number has been steadily falling over the past decade. Chronic hepatitis C often does not cause any symptoms for many years, but can eventually lead to serious health problems, including liver damage, cirrhosis, and liver cancer.
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