GOP Governors Mum as Congress Moves To Slash Medicaid Spending for Their States
The last time a Republican-controlled Congress and President Tweety McTreason moved to slash Medicaid spending, in 2017, a key political force stood in their way:
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To Keep Medicaid, Mom Caring for Disabled Adult Son Faces Prospect of Proving She Works
Four years before Kimberly Gallagher enrolled in Medicaid herself, the public health insurance program’s rules prompted her to make an excruciating choice — to give
Football headers trigger motor control changes in women
A study on women’s football heading reveals subtle changes in fine motor function, raising concerns about long-term neurological effects and concussion risks.
AI transforms healthcare for faster, smarter care in emergency crises
AI technologies are transforming humanitarian healthcare, enhancing crisis response with improved decision-making, resource allocation, and timely aid delivery.
New neurons form in the hippocampus even in late adulthood
A study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the brain’s memory centre, the hippocampus, continue to form well into late
Developmental visual experience may shape brain architecture
Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain’s visual system: one that’s responsible for processing color and fine spatial detail
Mapping the T cell response to Chikungunya virus
A new study, published recently in Nature Communications, offers the first-ever map of which parts of Chikungunya virus trigger the strongest response from the body’s
Dr. Vinay Prasad: Bodily Autonomy Applies to Raw Milk, Not Vaccines
This is what it looks like when disinformation doctors pretend to value data and science to further their true objective, MAHA politics. The post Dr.
Foreign medical residents fill critical positions, but run into visa issues
Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international medical residents set to start their training this week were delayed by the Trump
Prevent 4th of July firework injuries by taking these simple steps
Fireworks are the pinnacle of many Fourth of July celebrations, and while they can be festive and fun, they can also land you in the
Informal use of antibiotics to prevent sexually transmitted infections on the rise in key populations in the Netherlands
New research analyzing an online survey of 1,633 respondents found a 15% recent use of doxycycline post- and pre‐exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP/PrEP) among men who have
The sale of illegal cigarettes signals a deeper problem with UK high streets
Some black market cigarettes have been found to contain dead flies and asbestos. But the trade nods to a wider issue, a BBC investigation has
Covid inquiry to look at impact on care services
The Covid inquiry will examine the impact of the pandemic on care services, starting on Monday.
Harnessing the gut virome emerges as a promising strategy in precision medicine
The human gut is home to trillions of microbes, yet scientific understanding has largely focused on bacteria, leaving the virome—the community of viruses—relatively uncharted.