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Tag: health care
Fate of Black maternal health programs is unclear amid federal cuts
By Ronnie Cohen, California Healthline Eboni Tomasek expected to take home her newborn the day after he was born in…
Preventive care may no longer be free in 2026 because of HIV stigma − unless the Trump administration successfully defends the ACA
By Kristefer Stojanovski, Tulane University and Paul Shafer, Boston UniversityMany Americans were relieved when the Supreme Court left the Affordable…
Trump HHS eliminates office that sets poverty levels tied to benefits for at least 80 million people
By Arthur Allen, California Healthline President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office…
Critically ill patients in African hospitals aren’t getting the care they need: new survey
By Tim Baker, Karolinska Institutet and Karima Khalid, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied SciencesWhen someone falls critically ill, hospitals…
Trump’s DEI undoing undermines accommodations for disabled people
By Stephanie Armour, California Healthline For years, White House press conferences included sign language interpreters for the deaf. No longer. Interpreters…
Hit hard by opioid crisis, Black patients further hurt by barriers to care
By Melba Newsome, California Healthline CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Purple flags, representing the nearly 300 Mecklenburg County residents who died of…
Amid plummeting diversity at medical schools, a warning of DEI crackdown’s ‘chilling effect’
The Trump administration’s crackdown on DEI programs could exacerbate an unexpectedly steep drop in diversity among medical school students, even…
Hospital gun-violence prevention programs may be caught in US funding crossfire
DENVER — Seven years ago, Erica Green learned through a Facebook post that her brother had been shot. She rushed…
To patients, parents, and caregivers, proposed Medicaid cuts are a personal affront
TUSTIN — Cynthia Williams is furious with U.S. House Republicans willing to slash Medicaid, the government-run insurance program for people…
