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Here's how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised to remake the nation's top health agencies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and environmentalist, for years gained a loyal and fierce following with his biting condemnations of how the nation’s public health agencies do business. And that's put him on a direct collision course with some of...
Former North Carolina labor commissioner becomes hospital group's CEO
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's labor commissioner for nearly the past four years is the next president and CEO of the chief advocacy group for the state's hospitals. The North Carolina Healthcare Association announced on Tuesday that it hired Josh Dobson after a nationwide...
Texas’ 90,000 DACA recipients can sign up for Affordable Care Act coverage — for now
When Victoria Elizondo first went to see a doctor about her symptoms at Legacy Community Clinic, a low-cost clinic in Houston, she didn’t know what was wrong with her but she knew something wasn’t right. Her hands would shake uncontrollably, her heart would beat fast even while resting and she...
Health care worker gets 2 years for accessing Ruth Bader Ginsburg's medical records
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former health care worker who illegally accessed the health records of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she died was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison. Trent Russell, 34, of Bellevue, Nebraska, who worked at the time as a transplant...
Deaths of 10 newborns shake millions' trust in Turkey's health care system
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The mother thought her baby looked healthy when he was born 1.5 months early, but staff swiftly whisked him to the neonatal intensive care unit. It was the last time Burcu Gokdeniz would see her baby alive. The doctor in charge told her that Umut Ali's heart...
'Obamacare' enrollment opens, as Republicans threaten the health insurance program used by millions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans can start signing up Friday for health care coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplace for 2025, days before a presidential election that could threaten eligibility and raise costs for millions of those in the program. The future of...
Georgia launches state-run Affordable Care Act website
ATLANTA (AP) — Starting Monday, 1.3 million Georgians who bought health care through the Affordable Care Act can begin looking at plans through Georgia Access, the state's new marketplace exchange. Open enrollment for Georgia Access begins Friday. For the first time since the ACA...
Biden says global leaders are terrified of Trump and quietly tell him, 'He can't win'
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — President Joe Biden tore into his predecessor on Tuesday, suggesting that global leaders are terrified of what Donald Trump 's return to the White House could do to democratic rule around the world. “Every international meeting I attend,” Biden said,...
White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth control
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter methods like condoms, the “morning after” pill and birth control pills for free under a new rule the White House proposed on Monday. Right now, health insurers must...
Adult day centers offer multicultural hubs for older people of color
BERGENFIELD, N.J. (AP) — At Sunshine Adult Day Center, every morning starts with a parade around the room. Today, the theme is multicultural, and the flag bearers have no shortage of countries: Philippines, India, Haiti, Mexico, United States. Most of them older adults, attendees...
