Take charge of your health: Get tested for HIV this National HIV Testing Day
LAS VEGAS —To recognize National HIV Testing Day on Friday, June 27, the Southern Nevada Health District is encouraging everyone to “Level up your self-love: check your health status.” This theme highlights the importance of knowing one’s HIV status and connecting with care and treatment if needed. An estimated 1.2 million people in the United […]
Supreme Court Issues Ruling on ACA’s Preventive Care Mandate
The Supreme Court on Friday preserved a key aspect of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) preventive coverage mandate, handing a defeat to employers who don’t want to be required to cover certain preventive care services. In the 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the appointment of members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force […]
Insurance regulations, overdose reporting among proposals passed by Senate committees
Senators approved various healthcare bills ahead of a Friday deadline to advance legislation out of committees.
Cunningham to retire as Medicaid administrator
Illinois Medicaid Administrator Kelly Cunningham said Friday she intends to retire at the end of June.
The Native American Community Clinic held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday at the Minneapolis American Indian Center for a future 30,000-square-foot health care and housing development. The clinic’s executive officer and president Antony Stately says the project will serve as a model for transforming health care for Native American people. Stately, who has led the clinic […]
Native-focused health care and affordable housing development breaks ground
The Native American Community Clinic held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday at the Minneapolis American Indian Center for a future 30,000-square-foot health care and housing development. The clinic’s executive officer and president Antony Stately says the project will serve as a model for transforming health care for Native American people. Stately, who has led the clinic […]
Baxter-spinoff Vantive to make Deerfield U.S. headquarters
Vantive, the former kidney care segment of Baxter International, said Friday it will invest $23 million into its new U.S. headquarters in Deerfield.
Long COVID Patients, Advocates Rally for More Research, Funding, and Attention
WASHINGTON — Long COVID patients and allies rallied in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Friday — International Long COVID Awareness Day — to demand that the federal government spend more money on long COVID research and reinstate mask mandates in healthcare facilities, among other actions. “We need resources for every man, woman, and child […]
TB Outbreak May Be Linked to Bone Repair Product
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, June 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A tuberculosis outbreak that may be linked to a product used to repair bones is being investigated by U.S. health officials. More than 100 patients may have been infected after having spinal surgery or fracture repairs with a bone product contaminated with […]
Survivors’ Plasma Helps Blood Cancer Patients Battle COVID-19
Latest Coronavirus News FRIDAY, June 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) Giving COVID-19 survivors’ blood plasma to blood cancer patients hospitalized with COVID-19 significantly improves their chances of survival, a new study finds. “These results suggest that convalescent plasma may not only help COVID-19 patients with blood cancers whose immune systems are compromised, it may […]