KFF Health News

MARCH 17, 2025

Lawmakers and the public in Montana may not be convinced that the proposed legislation will put public health considerations above commercial interests. Researchers and addiction medicine experts have struggled in recent years to pin down kratom’s health effects and patterns of use. “I’m skeptical of self-regulation.”

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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. We over-built [the industry], we under-supported , and then we expected a lot, she said.

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NC Health News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

By Jennifer Fernandez Fewer North Carolina children are dying at the hands of a parent or caregiver, according to a new report by a retired leader of the states health system whose career focused on the well-being of children. He spent another 20 years working for advocacy organizations such as NC Child before retiring.

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NC Health News

MARCH 17, 2025

By Rose Hoban After tens of millions of dollars and nearly a decade of false starts, the state Department of Health and Human Services is finally poised to roll out caseload software designed to assess and track children monitored by the states child welfare system. Advocates are hoping this will finally be the better way forward.

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HEALTHBEAT

JANUARY 9, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. Climate change is a serious concern for young people In April, Abby took a survey on climate change for kids ages 12-17 during a visit to the emergency room at Childrens Hospital of Orange County. The wildfires of unprecedented ferocity.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

MARCH 14, 2025

The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 AMCHP Annual Awards. This combination of skills enables her to provide holistic support, addressing not only the physical aspects of maternal health but also the emotional and mental well-being of her clients.

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NC Health News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Department of Health and Human Services pointed to a lack of resources and inadequate staff hampering their ability to keep up with complaints. But taxpayer money, such as the federal health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid, shouldnt be used to reimburse facilities where people arent taken care of, she said.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 24, 2025

By Emily Vespa For more than four months, 32-year-old Jackson Hedgepeth has lived in a small room at Atrium Health Union hospital in Monroe, waiting for help. The next morning, members of the START team met the family at the Atrium Health emergency department. The stress of advocating for Jackson has taken a toll on Vickies health.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good health and well-being , we discuss the progress of hepatitis B research and the challenges faced, including the COVID-19 pandemic, lack of funding, and low vaccination rates. Virology intrigued me, I was hooked. In your opinion, is this an achievable goal?

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NC Health News

APRIL 15, 2025

However, most of the Medicaid expansion population works already in low-wage jobs where health insurance is not offered. Meanwhile, the state spent more money on administrative costs to run the program than they did on health care expenses. Medicaid funds the health care of more than 3 million people in North Carolina.

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NC Health News

MARCH 27, 2025

Ericas new caregiver, Darlene Epley, was only in her first week of work when they drove down to attend an advocacy day earlier this month. I have seen [Ericas] life enhanced by the things that have been added to it, by funding, by policy changes, by increasing pay for direct support workers, Rebecca said.

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NC Health News

MARCH 28, 2025

Each chamber has its own deadlines for filing policy bills, which come pretty early in the legislative session. That means lawmakers need to get busy drafting and filing policy bills in February and March. There were dozens of health care bills filed and considered this week; NC Health News will run down a handful of them.

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KFF Health News

APRIL 9, 2025

billion in covid-related funds for state and local health departments in late March. surgeon general Jerome Adams told KFF Health News. . surgeon general Jerome Adams told KFF Health News. More than 500 cases of measles so far in a Texas outbreak have led to 57 hospitalizations and the deaths of two school-age children.

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NC Health News

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

By Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead , KFF Health News President Donald Trumps return to the White House sent a clear signal about Medicaid to Republicans across the country: Requiring enrollees to prove they are working, volunteering, or going to school is back on the table. The day after Trumps inauguration, South Carolina GOP Gov.

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NC Health News

APRIL 22, 2025

Amy Galey of Burlington, Benton Sawrey of Clayton and Jim Burgin of Angier are sponsoring Senate Bill 599 , which got a hearing in the Senate Health Committee on April 16 before being sent to the Senate Rules Committee, which plays a powerful role in deciding which legislative proposals move forward during the session.

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HEALTHBEAT

AUGUST 26, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Updated Covid vaccines, slated to hit shelves this week, could come with serious sticker shock for more than a million Georgians who don’t have health insurance. The shots will cost around $201.99 Will you get the new Covid shots?

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Association of Health Care Journalists

MARCH 24, 2025

According to some policy analysts, seniors will likely bear the brunt of the cuts. Medicaid accounts for one-fifth of health care spending, and more than half of the expenditure for long-term care, according to KFF. Hartford Foundation, who also supports AHCJs Aging Health Beat, sponsored the webinar).

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KFF Health News

APRIL 17, 2025

as Health and Human Services secretary, supporters of his “Make America Healthy Again” movement cheered at having a champion in the federal government. But the MAHA goals aren’t top agenda items for GOP voters, who tend to be focused more on the price of eggs than whether they’re organic. Kennedy Jr.

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The Hill

APRIL 13, 2025

Maternal mortality rates have declined significantly across the world since the turn of the century, but global health experts fear that progress could be rolled back as a result of the Trump administration's cuts to U.S. spent $500,697,000 on maternal and child health programs abroad in fiscal 2023, according to an analysis from KFF.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 29, 2025

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. as Health and Human Services Secretary. Kennedy, Jr.

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KFF Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

” Two days later, her brother, Jose Leandro-Barrera, died at age 45 with acute kidney failure caused by heatstroke, according to a report from the Hillsborough County medical examiner. But health policy and occupational health researchers say that worker deaths are not inevitable. Ramones said. Learn more about KFF.

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HEALTHBEAT

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. Two days later, her brother, Jose Leandro-Barrera, died at age 45 with acute kidney failure caused by heatstroke, according to a report from the Hillsborough County medical examiner. Ramones said.

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Black Health Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Its goal is to increase the quality and affordability of health insurance, expand Medicaid coverage, and decrease the number of uninsured Americans. Yet, despite the policy being more popular than ever, Republicans in Congress are committed to getting rid of it. The Biden-Harris Administration recently reported that 21.3

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