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2 counties square off with California over mental health duties

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento and Solano counties are in a standoff with the state over mental health coverage for a portion of Medicaid patients in those counties — a dispute that threatens to disrupt care for nearly 50,000 low-income residents receiving treatment for severe mental illness.

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Last-minute move revives ban on gender-affirming care for Kentucky youth. House OKs it

FRANKFORT, Ky. — In a last-minute switch Thursday, Republicans revived an omnibus anti-LGBTQ bill, which includes a ban on gender-affirming health care for Kentucky’s transgender youth.

Tribune News Service

Military moves to cut suicides, but defers action on guns

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a number of improvements in mental health care to try to reduce suicides in the military

The Independent UK

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She risked coming to Colorado for an abortion. Now she wants to protect others from Texas 'bounty system'

DENVER — When Lauren Miller found out she was pregnant at the end of July, she wrote a journal entry about how she hoped her pregnancy would be as uncomplicated as her last, especially because of the fall of Roe v. Wade.

The Denver Post

Nurses, paramedics reach pay deal to end England strikes

Leaders of unions representing hundreds of thousands of nurses, ambulance crews and other health care workers in England have reached a deal to resolve months of disruptive strikes for higher wages during a punishing cost-of-living crisis

The Independent UK

Why health care is still hard to access in rural towns near Texas’ bigger cities

Bigger cities like Lubbock can unintentionally suck health care resources and professionals from smaller towns, creating what one local expert calls the “doughnut effect.”

The Texas Tribune

These Japanese mothers banded together through a support group to talk about mental illness

LOS ANGELES -- When Chiaki's son was diagnosed with schizophrenia, she longed for a support network to help her find care for her son. As a first-generation Japanese mother living in America, navigating the U.S. health care system in an unfamiliar language and culture left her feeling isolated.

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Ex-Regional Official Investigated in Campaign Against Graft in Health Care

Wang Zhongping, a former party chief and ex-director of the medical security bureau of Guangxi, falls under probe for ‘serious violations of discipline and law,’ authorities say

Caixin Global

Biden speaks in Las Vegas on prescription drug costs

LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged lawmakers to work together to lower drug prescription costs for Americans.

Tribune News Service

Anti-trans rally set for Missouri Capitol on Monday

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A conservative political action committee is organizing a rally at the Missouri Capitol on Monday to push state lawmakers to enact strict limits on transgender health care for minors.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

This safety-net hospital doctor treats mostly uninsured and undocumented patients

Many of Ricardo Nuila's patients at Houston's Ben Taub Hospital are dealing with serious illnesses as a result of not being able to access basic preventive care. His new book is The People's Hospital.

WEKU

Google flexes its health care AI muscle

A Google chatbot now consistently passes medical exam questions with a score of 85%.

Axios

Stockton aged care facility sells for $10.55 million

The facility at Stockton was sold to the Moran Health Care Group.

Newcastle Herald

Why Medicare is suddenly under debate again

As the White House and Republicans in Congress gear up for negotiations over the U.S. debt ceiling, how to pay for senior health care could be a sticking point, even if cuts are "off the table."

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Health care workers are frazzled – and poor sleep may turn stress into poor mental health

Health care workers often put the health and safety of their patients first, neglecting to take care of themselves. By providing continuous services around the clock, many experience short and poor-quality sleep, risking not only their own health and safety but also increasing the risk of making errors that can…

Newcastle Herald

Is it hard to access mental health treatment in the Hunter?

'There are long wait lists. Demand outstrips supply.'

Orlando Sentinel

Kamala Harris slams Florida’s proposed 6-week abortion ban

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Vice President Kamala Harris blasted Florida’s proposed six-week abortion ban on Monday, calling it an “extreme” attack that will put the government in charge of health care decisions and effectively wipe out abortion access throughout the South.

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Inequity in mental health care is widening, with treatment 'out of reach' for many Australians

The cutting of Medicare-subsidised mental health sessions sparked fierce debate. But for many lower-income earners, it ignored a bigger, more important picture.

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AI chatbots are still far from replacing human therapists

Imagine being stuck in traffic while running late to an important meeting at work. You feel your face overheating as your thoughts start to race along: “they’re going to think I’m a horrible employee,” “my boss never liked me,” “I’m going to get fired.” You reach into your pocket and…

Tribune News Service

Reentry programs to help former prisoners obtain health care are often underused

When Matthew Boyd was released from a Georgia state prison in December 2020, officials sent him home without medicines he uses to manage chronic heart and lung conditions and high blood pressure, he said.

Tribune News Service

NYC courtroom cops mask up for COVID under judge’s order despite end of mandates

NEW YORK — Mask mandates are a thing of the past for nearly all New Yorkers outside the health care industry — but a group of New York City Police Department officers caught up in a class action lawsuit over conditions at borough courthouses remain under a federal judge’s order…

The Independent UK

WV House OKs transgender care ban mental health exemption

West Virginia’s Republican supermajority House of Delegates swiftly OK’d a proposal to add mental health exemptions to a bill that would ban certain health care for transgender youth

The Independent UK

West Virginia Senate passes modified transgender care ban

West Virginia’s Republican supermajority Senate passed a bill Friday that would ban certain health care for transgender youth

Tribune News Service

Protesters, counterprotesters square off in Sacramento over gender-confirming health care

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — About 40 people who oppose gender-confirming health care gathered on Friday at the Capitol, while a larger group of counterprotesters marched toward the event.

ABC News

Karlie James is among the growing number of First Nations doctors working to tackle the health care gap

After growing up as an Aboriginal woman in the Northern Territory, Karlie James decided to become a doctor. Now, she hopes to show others they can do the same.

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