Medicaid Unwinding Deals Blow to Tenuous System of Care for Native Americans
About a year into the process of redetermining Medicaid eligibility after the covid-19 public health emergency, more than 20 million...
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Advanced techniques reveal plectasin’s velcro-like action against bacteria
A small antibiotic called plectasin uses an innovative mechanism to kill bacteria. By assembling into large structures, plectasin latches onto...
California Pays Meth Users To Get Sober
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. — Here in the rugged foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada, the streets aren’t littered with needles and...
Does poor sleep hit obese teens harder?
In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Neurology, researchers evaluated how adolescent sleep duration impacts the association between...
Biden Leans Into Health Care, Asking Voters To Trust Him Over Trump
Angling to tap into strong support for the sweeping health law he helped pass 14 years ago, one of President...
New dengue vaccine TAK-003 gains WHO prequalification for high-burden areas
A new vaccine for dengue received prequalification from the World Health Organization (WHO) on 10 May 2024. TAK-003 is the...
California’s $12 Billion Medicaid Makeover Banks on Nonprofits’ Buy-In
Angela Hart TURLOCK, Calif. — For much of his young life, Jorge Sanchez regularly gasped for air, at times coughing...
H5N1 avian flu strain jumps to seals in Quebec, raising zoonotic fears
In a recent early-release article published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers investigate...
Why Medicaid’s ‘Undercount’ Problem Counts
Millions of people were surprised to find themselves booted from Medicaid over the past year after pandemic-era protections expired that...
Study reveals reduced stress and improved mood
In a recent study published in the journal Nutrition, researchers at Northumbria University, UK, explored the association between adherence to...
Whatever Happened to Biden’s Public Option?
In the 2020 elections, then-candidate Joe Biden and many of his congressional colleagues loudly advocated for a federal “public option”...
