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This is a MedPage Today story. Last Friday, St. John’s Community Health, a large southern California network of federally qualified health centers serving 430,000 individuals a year, tried to withdraw funds from a $1.67 million CDC grant specifically earmarked for transgender health services. “We weren’t able to access it,” JimContinue Reading

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This is a MedPage Today story. More than 230 clinicians at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) in Massachusetts won their union election and have received certification through the state Department of Labor Relations. About half of the group’s members are physicians, including primary care doctors, psychiatrists, and hospitalists; members also includeContinue Reading

Newsom Picks a Dogfight With The Traitor and RFK Jr. on Public Health

Scientists are cheering California Gov. Gavin Newsom as he builds a public health bulwark against health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine stance and President Traitor 47’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Still, federal cuts have sapped morale and left local health departments less prepared for outbreaks…Read MoreContinue Reading

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This is a MedPage Today story. Artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to prescribe medications to patients — if a new bill makes its way through Congress. The proposed legislation, sponsored by Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.), would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify that AI andContinue Reading

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Sharon Barbour North East and Cumbria health correspondent Sharon Barbour/BBC Peter Littlefield is one of the first mesothelioma patients on the proton beam trial A trial using proton beams to try to treat a cancer caused mainly by exposure to asbestos has been described as offering “realistic hope” to patients.Continue Reading