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NC Senate budget plan filled with health care policy initiatives

NC Health News

By Grace Vitaglione and Rose Hoban The North Carolina Senates proposed budget for the next two fiscal years is packed with policy around new health care initiatives, including repealing North Carolinas hospital capacity regulation laws, trimming vacant state job openings and increasing rates for child care subsidies.

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Texas Measles Outbreak Nears 100 Cases, Raising Concerns About Undetected Spread

KFF Health News

Local health departments are overstretched, pausing other important work as they race to limit the spread of this highly contagious virus. Since the outbreak emerged three weeks ago , the Texas health department has confirmed 90 cases with 16 hospitalizations, as of Feb. Most of those infected are under age 18.

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As ICE policy shifts, NC health care workers face uncertainty

NC Health News

By Anne Blythe As executive orders and new policy directives come out of the White House at a dizzying pace, many health care workers have found themselves in a quandary. The absence of care not only can have a pernicious effect on an individuals health, but on the larger community as well if infectious diseases go unchecked.