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Hospitals in Chaos as Nigerian Nurses, Midwives Launch Nationwide Strike
South Africa Today
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July 30, 2025
Healthcare services across Nigeria faced major disruptions as nurses and midwives launched a seven-day strike at midnight on Tuesday, following the federal government’s failure to address their demands within a 15-day ultimatum. The strike,...
Healthy SA: End of summer water safety
KENS - Texas
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July 30, 2025
Summer may be winding down, but that doesn't mean you should let your guard down in the water. SAN ANTONIO — As we near the month of August the dog days of summer are in full swing. These hotter temperatures bring a second summer swimming surge...
Health Officials: Millions in EU unknowingly living with hepatitis
Euro Weekly News
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July 30, 2025
Health officials warn that millions are unknowingly living with hepatitis B or C. Photo credit: National Cancer Institute via Unsplash European health officials have released a warning regarding public health: in a new report, the European Centre...
Medicare Advantage pay practices take center stage in D.C.
Legal Newsline - Illinois
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WASHINGTON – With a Senate oversight hearing on reducing health costs looming, costs associated with the UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage program are in the spotlight. The Department of Justice is investigating how UnitedHealth records diagnoses...
Health Minister praises work of West Wellbeing on visit to Dairy Farm premises
Belfast Media
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HEALTH Minister Mike Nesbitt says the work of Colin-based mental health charity West Wellbeing fits in with his vision of transforming healthcare in the North. The Minister visited the organisation's Dairy Farm facility on the Stewartstown Road on...
Medicare-Medicaid Act turns 60 at Truman Library as Kansas, Missouri face Medicaid cuts
KMBC 9 - Missouri
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July 30, 2025
Sixty years ago Wednesday, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare-Medicaid Act into law at the Truman Presidential Library in Independence.A then 81-year-old Truman, Mrs. Truman, and Vice President Hubert Humphrey were among the dignitaries...
Medicaid turns 60 while Missouri doctors anticipate cuts
KY3 - Missouri
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July 30, 2025
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3) - As the federal health insurance system Medicaid turns 60 years old, doctors are warning cuts could lead to dire consequences in Missouri. The idea for Medicaid came from Missouri’s President Harry Truman, and the bill...
Healthy Returns: AstraZeneca CEO proposes some U.S. drug price cuts amid Trump pressure
CNBC
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July 30, 2025
The office building of international biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight...
Medicaid Cuts Protest on National Mall Draws Sharp Opinions
The Washington Informer
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July 30, 2025
Scores of people braved the sweltering heat in Washington, D.C. on July 26 – the 35th anniversary of the Americans for Disabilities Act — advocating that Medicaid, the federal government program providing health care to the poor, should be...
Health department celebrates 60 years of Medicaid
Soo Leader
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July 30, 2025
Signed into law 60 years ago by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 30, 1965, the program provides health insurance to low-income seniors, children and people with disabilities NEWS RELEASE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES...
Medicare Part D premiums likely to increase next year
Healthcare Dive
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July 30, 2025
Dive Brief: Medicare Part D premiums are likely to increase next year, according to preliminary data released Monday by the CMS. The average national monthly bid submitted by insurers for 2026 prescription drug plans was $239.27, increasing 33%...
Healthy Kids, Happy School Year
Colton City News - California
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By Dr. Cassie Ver Steeg, Pediatrician, Kaiser Permanente San Bernar Community Writer 07/30/2025 at 01:46 PM As the school year begins, it’s the perfect time for families to reset routines and prioritize children’s health as they adjust to the...
Medicare Changes Could Impact Millions New Video Breaks Down What Seniors Need To Know
MENAFN
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July 30, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) Charleston, SC - July 30, 2025 - The Senior Savings Network has released a new video exposing major changes to Medicare that could impact up to 4 million seniors nationwide. The video, hosted by Medicare expert Christopher...
Health Camps For Needy To Begin From August In MP's Jhabua
Free Press Journal
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Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh): Divisional commissioner Deepak Singh on Wednesday chaired a meeting via Google Meet to review preparations for the 31 health camps scheduled until November. These health camps will commence in August to provide medical...
Health of transgender children tracked for years in major study
The Times
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Thousands of children referred to NHS gender clinics will have their long-term health and happiness monitored in the world’s largest study of its kind. Some 3,000 children and teenagers who identify as transgender will be recruited to the study,...
Healthcare REIT Ventas raises annual FFO forecast on steady demand for senior housing
WIKY - Indiana
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(Reuters) -Ventas raised annual forecast for normalized funds from operations (FFO) on Wednesday, expecting strong demand for its assisted living and senior housing properties. The healthcare real estate investment trust owns and leases senior...
Medicaid, on 60th anniversary of program, faces uncertain future
Atlanta News First - Georgia
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July 30, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - State and federal lawmakers marked the 60th anniversary of the nation’s Medicaid program on Wednesday at a time when funding for the historic safety net is in peril. When Congress passed President Donald Trump’s...
Medicaid recipients in Louisiana brace for impact of work requirements and cuts
PBS Frontline
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July 30, 2025
Lisa Desjardins: That's right, Amna. Welcome to the Bayou State in the summer. This is a place that is worth looking at for Medicaid, because almost a third of this state is on Medicaid. Now, when you talk to people here, going around the state,...
Health centers in limbo amid federal change, being fought in court, denying care over legal status
Greenfield Recorder - Massachusetts
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July 30, 2025
GREENFIELD — A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services decision, now being challenged in court, that would make people with certain legal statuses ineligible to receive help through community health centers and Head Start has local...
Medical groups and the US states work to circumvent Kennedy vaccine decisions
Gulf Times
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July 30, 2025
SPOTLIGHT: US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing on President Donald Trump’s budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services, on Capitol...