Lawmakers approve plan to require mental health professionals at universities
Public universities in Illinois will have to provide mental health professionals to students under a proposal passed over the weekend by state lawmakers.
Illinois leaders reiterate state law requires access to life-saving emergency room treatment
Illinois leaders reaffirmed Wednesday that state law requires pregnant women to have access to the full range of life-saving care, including abortions, when they are in emergency rooms.
Mental health, substance abuse clinic in St. Paul’s east side looks to serve youth of color
INTERVIEWER: It’s no surprise to many of us, children and teens have been reporting mental health struggles at higher rates than in the past in recent years. Nationwide, only about half of those with a mental health condition get treatment. That’s according to the CDC. A St. Paul organization is working to reach more kids […]
Health Insider Flu deaths among US children reach 15-year high, CDC reports Scripps News Group
More U.S. children have died as a result of the flu this season than in the past 15 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC reported 12 pediatric flu deaths for the week ending April 26, bringing the total number to 216. The last time so many children died […]
‘They’ll Have to Bend the Knee and Kiss the Ring’: What We Heard This Week
“Like the law firms, they’ll have to bend the knee and kiss the ring.” — Bryan Carmody, MD, of Norfolk, Virginia, discussing a new executive order by President Trump that targeted medical school and residency accreditors for their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) standards. “It’s likely that letters were sent to many more journals. CHEST‘s […]
It’s Much Harder And More Expensive To Get Gender-Affirming Care Than Ever Before: Report
LOADINGERROR LOADING Families of transgender youth in the South have to spend much more time and money to access gender-affirming care than they used to because of anti-trans legislation that has been passed in the last two years, according to a new report from the Campaign for Southern Equality. Two dozen states, predominantly in the […]
Even moderate alcohol usage during pregnancy linked to birth abnormalities
University of New Mexico researchers have found that even low to moderate alcohol use by pregnant patients may contribute to subtle changes in their babies’ prenatal development, including lower birth length and a shorter duration of gestation. In a new paper published in the journal Alcohol Clinical & Experimental Research, a team led by Ludmila […]
White House: 70% Of Americans 30 Or Older Have Received Coronavirus Vaccine
More than 70% of Americans age 30 or older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the White House said, even as President Joe Biden is set to fall short of reaching his goal of giving a shot to the same percentage of all American adults by Independence Day. The Biden administration is releasing […]
Financial Toxicity in Cancer: A Possible Solution
Topic: In recent years, more and more people have referred to the high cost of cancer care as “financial toxicity.” How did “expensive” or “costly” evolve into “toxic?” What factors contributed to the evolution? What can be done about it? Join MedPage Today and Derek Raghavan, MD, PhD, president of the Levine Cancer Institute in […]
What’s Happening With the Medicare Drug-Price Negotiation Lawsuits?
Over the past year, drugmakers and lobbyists have filed 10 different lawsuits against the federal government’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs via the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. It’s still early days for these cases, but so far the government has won “every substantive motion,” Zachary Baron, JD, of the O’Neill Institute for National […]