Association of Health Care Journalists

APRIL 3, 2025

The share of total LTSS users receiving home and community-based services and the share of total Medicaid long-term services and supports spending devoted to HCBS reached all-time highs in 2021, as states continued to focus on serving more people in-home and community-based settings and reducing use of institutional services, according to the MAC Scorecard (..)

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JANUARY 17, 2025

rate outpaced health spending rates in 2021 (4.2%) and 2022 (4.6%), the accounts team reported in Health Affairs. Lower growth rates in 2021 and 2022 were due to temporary federal funding for the COVID-19 pandemic. million more enrollees compared with open enrollment for 2021 coverage. To put the 7.5% Also the 7.5%

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PHAB

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The top doctor leading Michigans COVID response, she is credited with the states early identification of and actions to decrease disparities and in 2021 was appointed to the nations Presidential COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. She obtained her B.S. from the University of Michigan, M.D.

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NC Health News

APRIL 16, 2025

The lower crash rates held steady until 2021, during the pandemic, when the lawmakers reduced that required practice period, researchers with the Highway Safety Research Center at UNC Chapel Hill told NC Health News.

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KFF Health News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The rise in infections accelerated in 2021, pinching public health leaders still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism.

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HEALTHBEAT

AUGUST 9, 2024

In 2021, the CDC shortened its recommended isolation period for people with Covid-19 to five days, down from 10 days, in most cases. The agency’s guidance became even less restrictive this year, though some public health experts urge stricter measures to stop the spread of disease. Dr. Bruce Y.

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20th International Congress on Infectious Diseases

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Jason Trubiano for receiving the 2021 ESCMID Young Investigator Awards for Research in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Congratulations to ISID Emerging Leader A/Prof.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

I had this gnawing idea that a book about Litvak and IHO was needed to persuade health care providers, hospitals and policymakers to change their practices, save lives and money and improve the health system, Taylor said. When two publishers before Wiley expressed interest, Taylor did more edits.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Before joining the Fund in 2013, he served the state of Rhode Island for eight years as the country’s first health insurance commissioner. Prior to that, he was CEO of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island. Koller is also a professor of practice in the School of Public Health at Brown University. with his wife, Colette Cook.

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The Health Care Blog

AUGUST 9, 2022

How about this: a 2021 survey found that 90% of hospital nurses are considering leaving in the next year. Once again, this disproportionately impacts women; 86% of U.S. nurses are women. .

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Maternal Health Task Force

MARCH 18, 2024

She is currently a Fellow in the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy and is enrolled in the Harvard School of Public Health MPH-45 program in Health Policy with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health. By: Jodian Pinkney , Infectious Diseases Physician.

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The Health Care Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

There’s the ( potential ) Amazon – One Medical acquisition, the CVS – Signify Health deal , and the Walmart – United Healthcare Medicare Advantage collaboration. Digital health funding may be in somewhat of a slump , but that’s only compared to 2021’s crazy numbers. Alphabet’s just raised $1b.

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NC Health News

DECEMBER 21, 2024

The central findings of the audit are as follows: The division did not conduct timely inspections of nursing homes during the period of March 1, 2021, through Dec. The division did not complete investigations of nursing home complaints within the time frame prescribed by state law during the period of Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2023.

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The Health Care Blog

MAY 24, 2022

We have mostly military reports because that is what has been collected, since the military has stepped up its own reporting since its June 2021 report to Congress. Both the officials and the legislators agreed it might be helpful if there was a central way to compile civilian reports. So, maybe UAPs are, indeed, aliens.

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The Health Care Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In 3Q 2021, Domino’s suffe red its first decline in same-store sales in over a decade; initially, the pandemic had been very good for pizza sales, but the combination of fewer workers, higher supply prices, and ongoing competition took its toll.

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The Health Care Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2024

At one point in late 2021, VillageMD CEO Tim Barry told me that their main issue was the execution risk of having to open more clinics per week then Starbucks did at the height of its expansion. Around a year later Walmart declared that it couldn’t staff its clinics, was losing a fortune on each one, and it tossed the whole business.

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Maternal Health Task Force

JANUARY 24, 2024

By: Katarzyna Borkowski , Former FDA ORISE Fellow, working with the Office of Medical Policy; current oncology research nurse at the NIH.; Maggie McCoy , Former Health Policy and Communications Intern with the Cure Drug Repurposing Collaboratory, currently works in communications and development at an education-focused nonprofit.;

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The Health Care Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In a stunning rapid fire $20 billion acquisition spree from 2019 to 2021, UnitedHealth Group bought Equian, Change Healthcare and naviHealth. The US Department of Justice unsuccessfully challenged the largest of these transactions–the Change Healthcare acquisition– on anti-trust grounds.

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Sheffield DPH

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Is the issue a lack of funding, corporate conduct, or a lack of political will to implement public health policies? What implication does this have for the rate at which the levy or fine is set? What assumptions are being made? What about the equity considerations?

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KFF Health News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Kennedy, who peddles misinformation about measles vaccines, had visited the island earlier on a trip arranged by a Samoan anti-vaccine influencer, according to a 2021 blog post by Kennedy. Her group offers resources on its website to help people influence decisions on vaccination policies. Learn more about KFF.

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KFF Health News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

From 2018 to 2021, when overdose deaths were spiking across the country , the rate was 2.5 Other communities have used similar amounts of settlement funding to train community health workers to help people with addiction, and to buy a car to drive people in recovery to job interviews and doctors’ appointments. .

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NC Health News

MARCH 17, 2025

in FY 2021-22, and $0.3M After lawmakers told DHHS officials to abandon development of that NC FAST component in 2021, the department went back to the drawing board. All told, that portion cost about $120 million $60 million in state funds and $60 million in federal money all spent between 2015 and 2023. in FY 2022-23.) million.

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KFF Health News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

But a 2021 analysis by the NTAC of 67 plots against K-12 schools found that people “contemplating violence often exhibit observable behaviors, and when community members report these behaviors, the next tragedy can be averted.” ” “School shooters have a long thought process. Learn more about KFF.

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KFF Health News

MARCH 17, 2025

Researchers and addiction medicine experts have struggled in recent years to pin down kratom’s health effects and patterns of use. A federal survey from 2021 estimated that 1.7 Medical providers and addiction researchers in Montana say patients often don’t disclose their kratom use to health care providers. .”

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The Health Care Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The European Medicines Agency decided on July 19, 2021 that myocarditis and pericarditis be added to the list of adverse effects of both messenger RNA (mRNA) based vaccines (BNT162b2 [Pfizer-BioNTech] and mrna-1273 [Moderna]) against COVID-19. BY ANISH KOKA. million first doses of the mrna-1273 (Moderna) vaccine.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 4, 2021

One of Taiwan’s leading medical research institutions, the National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), and the open-access publisher Frontiers have today announced a publishing deal effective as of August 2021. Established in 1995, NHRI is one of Asia’s leading medical research and healthcare institutions.

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KFF Health News

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

At the height of the health crisis, the federal government provided temporary relief for sick workers, but those federal protections ended in 2021. KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Bram Sable-Smith contributed to this article. The coronavirus pandemic highlighted gaps in such benefits. Learn more about KFF.

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KFF Health News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A study from the Journal of Health Economics estimates that from the start of the pandemic through Aug. 15, 2021, 21% of covid deaths in the U.S. This article is from a partnership that includes NPR and KFF Health News. were among people living in nursing homes. Learn more about KFF.

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The Health Care Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

The new system is meant to ensure that every person experiencing a mental health crisis will receive a mental health response instead— help, not handcuffs. Ben Wheatley has 25 years of experience working in health policy with organizations including AcademyHealth, the Institute of Medicine, and Kaiser Permanente.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 7, 2025

NC Health News reporters look ahead into health policy for the new year. AI may be drafting messages you get from your doctor Like many health systems across the country, Atrium Health and WakeMed have turned to AI to help manage the flood of messages their clinical teams receive through patient portals.

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NC Health News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

More Coverage of Children’s Health What’s coming for 2025? NC Health News reporters look ahead into health policy for the new year. They’re not a problem group, he said. They just have a lot of risk factors.

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KFF Health News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Kennedy, que difunde información errónea sobre las vacunas contra el sarampión, había visitado la isla anteriormente en un viaje organizado por un influencer antivacunas samoano, según una publicación de 2021 del blog de Kennedy. Learn more about KFF.

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NC Health News

MARCH 24, 2025

Kristin Goforth and Lauren Cox, twin sisters aged 49, moved their father into a Piedmont Triad-area assisted living facility on March 13, 2021. Rick Goforth, then 75, was in good health; he was an avid walker who enjoyed being outside.

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The Health Care Blog

APRIL 25, 2022

In an interview in December, 2021, with Brian Nowak , Equity Analyst, U.S. Dara Kharowshaki, the CEO at Uber, who took over the company from uber-bro, Travis Kalanick, is a fan of Campbell’s and understands the journey of a hero – departure, initiation, return.

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KFF Health News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

However, few Americans who could benefit from the medicines actually receive them: The latest federal data shows that in 2021 only about 1 in 5 people who needed the medicines got them. Stephanie Colombini is a reporter for WUSF’s Health News Florida project. Treatment reduces illicit drug use and the accompanying overdose risk.

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KFF Health News

JANUARY 3, 2025

” Eight months later, on April 17, 2021, Cliffton was found unresponsive in the bedroom of a family member’s home. This article is from a partnership that includes The Public’s Radio , NPR , and KFF Health News. . “He was really scared,” Dubois said. “But he was taking pills.”

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HEALTHBEAT

AUGUST 30, 2024

Placed alongside the photos are quotes from residents about the challenges they face paying bills and raising children, how housing affects health, and how the arts promote mental health in people of all ages. The exhibit is part of a partnership between the city and Morehouse School of Medicine that started in 2021.

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