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Tick Tock (or TikTok) for US Health Care

The Health Care Blog

There are numerous large telehealth services in China, including Ping An Good Doctor, WeChat , JD Health, and Alibaba Health. Online healthcare is already estimated to be a $89b market there, predicted to increase to $311b by 2026.

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October Policy Updates: Budget Consultations, Historic Apology, Traditional Healing Coverage, and More

National Council on Urban Indian Health

Federal Comment Deadlines : Key upcoming federal deadlines for public comment on health policies affecting Native communities. The HHS Secretary is required to submit an updated report of IHS and Tribal health care facilities’ needs to Congress every 5 years. The next report is due in 2026.

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Nursing aides plagued by PTSD after ‘nightmare’ Covid conditions, with little help

HEALTHBEAT

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called their burnout “an urgent public health issue” leading to diminished care for patients. million lower-wage health care workers by 2026, according to the Mercer consulting firm. The veterans home in Holyoke illustrates how labor conditions can jeopardize the health of employees.

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Cancer’s Juvenescence: An Incoming Tide and the Urgent Need for a Paradigm Shift

The Health Care Blog

the results are expected in 2026. -based PATHFINDER study, which used the commercially available (but not yet FDA approved) GRAIL Galleri test capable of detecting 50 types of cancer, a large-scale prospective trial involving 140,000 participants is underway in the U.K.;

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Si Trump recorta fondos, millones de personas en nueve estados podrían perder Medicaid

KFF Health News

No está claro qué harán Trump y los republicanos en el Congreso con Medicaid después que asuma el cargo en enero, pero un indicador podría ser una recomendación reciente del Paragon Health Institute, una destacada organización de políticas conservadoras liderada por Brian Blase, ex asesor de salud de Trump.

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Cómo una regla federal propuesta sobre el calor podría haber salvado la vida de trabajadores agrícolas

KFF Health News

Si Harris es presidenta, dijo Barab, la agencia podría finalizar el proceso para 2026. 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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Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress

KFF Health News

“So much of what we see is the long tail of slavery and Jim Crow,” said Andrea Ducas , vice president of health policy at the Center for American Progress, a nonprofit think tank. All signs point to systems rooted in the nation’s painful racist history, which even today affects all facets of American life.