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Sununu says his proposal would bring more federal money to NH and boost funding for mental health, but some hospitals would lose revenue
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Even as millions of older adults clamor for drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, monthly use of the medications soared in people aged 12 to 25. That's according to the new analysis of dispensing records from nearly 94% of U.S. retail pharmacies from 2020 to 2023.
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As billions from opioid settlements pour into states, Pennsylvania's efforts against addiction could be hamstrung because clean syringes could be considered illegal drug paraphernalia.
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The attack last month on Change Healthcare has delayed payments to providers and disrupted patient care.
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“We’re going to need higher (reimbursement) rates (from insurers), particularly in the rural and super-rural areas of the state," said Insurance Commissioner D.J. Bettencourt.
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U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said earlier this month that adoption of the resolution would be a "historic step forward" in fostering the safe use of AI.
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The National Institutes of Health is sunsetting its influential COVID-19 treatment guidelines, used by millions of doctors to guide care during the pandemic.
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That's the highest number in more than a decade, according to new research. Medication abortion made up a larger share of the total than in 2020.
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More than 50 other countries have already banned the substance, which has been known to lead to lung and ovarian cancer, mesothelioma and other deadly illnesses.
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The peer-reviewed study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology says a pregnancy checkbox on national death certificates inflates the death rate. The CDC "disagrees with the findings."
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In 2018, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — whose jurisdiction includes nine Western states — ruled it was unconstitutional to punish people who are "involuntarily homeless" for sleeping outside if there are not enough shelter beds.
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The state partnered with an insurance brokerage company to call all 21,300 households that were disenrolled because the state believed they earned too much to ask whether they’d found other insurance or wanted help doing so.