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HHS launches syphilis strategy amid rising cases

While chlamydia and gonorrhea account for the bulk of the cases in 2022 — 1.65 million and 648,100, respectively —syphilis, though rising, is comparatively more rare, with 203,500 cases in 2022.

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‘Site-neutral’ hospital policy muddles health package progress

WEBSome so-called “site-neutral” policies are included in every major piece of health care legislation moving through the committees of jurisdiction, with the exception …

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Health package talks break down amid broader spending feud

WEBPosted February 26, 2024 at 2:32pm. Lawmakers who hoped to address price transparency and lower drug costs are instead negotiating a smaller health care package after talks …

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Vaccine skepticism, equity issues hinder cervical cancer fight

WEBA mix of low vaccination uptake — just 61.7 percent of U.S. teenage girls were up to date on their HPV vaccine doses in 2022, according to a Centers for Disease …

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Lawmakers face pressure to pass mental health legislation

WEBPosted February 23, 2022 at 8:00am. Lawmakers hope to produce legislation to address growing mental health and substance use needs this year as deadlines approach, but …

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Senate passes major benefits expansion for sick veterans

WEBThe Senate on Thursday took a major step toward broadening America’s commitment to take care of sick veterans, passing a bill to offer new health care and tax …

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COVID aid fuels telehealth expansion in rural America

WEBAvel launched its ambulance service in November 2022. Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican, announced a statewide EMS partnership with the telehealth company that …

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Case highlights debate over ‘life of the mother’ exception

WEBWomen’s March holds a die-in outside the U.S. Supreme Court before oral arguments in Moyle v. United States on Wednesday. The case challenges a federal law …

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Lawmakers push changes to CBO scoring for preventive health

WEBDeGette’s bill with Burgess would allow the chair and ranking member of health or budget-related committees to request that the CBO estimate the budgetary …

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Supreme Court split on Idaho abortion ban in emergency rooms

WEBPosted April 24, 2024 at 1:51pm. The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday on the Biden administration’s effort to ensure access to abortion in …

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Spending debate tees up potential lame-duck health bill

WEBA collection of year-end health policy deadlines are increasing the chances that Congress will face another must-pass bill come December, after lawmakers punted …

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Hack poses financial problems for community health centers

WEBPeggy Anderson, president and CEO of Third Street Family Health Services, based in Mansfield, Ohio, said revenue dropped from an average of $650,000 …

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With fiscal 2024 funding still in the works, Becerra looks to 2025

WEBHHS Secretary Xavier Becerra fielded questions on an array of pet policies tucked into the $130.7 billion fiscal 2025 discretionary spending request for HHS — …

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Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on abortion and Trump

WEBThe justices are set to hear another abortion-related case Wednesday. ( Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) The Supreme Court will close out oral arguments for the term this …

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Democrats ask insurers to meet contraceptive coverage mandate

WEBPosted February 22, 2024 at 9:30am. The House Democratic Women’s Caucus has asked the biggest insurance association to urge insurers to comply with contraceptive …

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Spending fights, supply chain delays slow mobile health boom

WEBThe scramble was concentrated among the country’s 1,377 federally qualified health centers, which received $6.1 billion in funds from the March 2021 …

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In Carolinas, mental health becomes part of the abortion debate

WEBIf you or someone you know is facing a mental health crisis, please call the toll-free, 24-hour 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8 to be connected to a trained …

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Mississippi Delta hospitals battle financial factors to survive

WEBPosted May 24, 2023 at 7:00am. . ROLLING FORK, Miss. — DeeAnn Brown was not scheduled to work the evening of Friday, March 24. But after a monster tornado leveled …

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Ten years into Obamacare, cost and access issues abound

WEBThe percentage of workers who faced an annual deductible before insurance pays their medical costs rose from 59 percent of workers in 2008 to 85 percent in 2018, …

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White House drops plan to ban menthol cigarettes

WEBThe Biden administration on Friday announced it is dropping — for now ― a plan to ban menthol cigarettes after months of speculation about the proposal’s future. …

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‘Cruelty and chaos’: Biden hits Trump in Florida over abortion bans

WEBPosted April 23, 2024 at 4:55pm, Updated at 5:16pm. President Joe Biden leaned into abortion Tuesday, using a speech in Donald Trump’s new home state of …

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Decades of dallying led to current delay on menthol ban

WEBThe Biden administration’s delay in finalizing a ban on menthol cigarettes is the result of decades of resistance, delays and industry lobbying, according to former …

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Sen. Katie Britt home after hospitalization for facial numbness

WEBPosted August 1, 2023 at 11:02am. Sen. Katie Britt is recovering at home after being briefly hospitalized with facial numbness likely caused by a post-viral infection, she said in a …

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Donald Payne Jr., who filled father’s seat in the House, dies at 65

WEBRep. Donald M. Payne Jr., a former Newark, N.J., city council president who followed his trailblazing father to Congress, has died at age 65, New Jersey Gov. Phil …

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Latest defense fund for Sen. Bob Menendez reports $274,500 in …

WEBPosted October 17, 2023 at 1:12pm. Supporters of Sen. Bob Menendez gave $274,500 to the New Jersey Democrat’s new legal defense fund through the end of September, a …

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EPA says its new strict power plant rules will pass legal tests

WEBA flag with the EPA logo flies in front of the agency. ( Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo) The EPA on Thursday announced a series of actions to address pollution from …

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Unfinished bills, tax law preparation push lobbying spending up

WEBThe Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America boosted spending by 49 percent to $9.6 million in the first quarter. Meta and General Motors …

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