Hospice’s Bad Reputation Amid Fraud Crisis Will Hurt Patients, Industry Experts Warn
Mark Vantrease regularly sees his Vietnam War buddies over breakfast, attends his grandchildren’s Little League games, and, when he’s up…
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Cyclosporiasis sickens some people worse – why your diarrhea could be more explosive than others
Cyclosporiasis can cause severe gastrointestinal distress, including explosive diarrhea. wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus As you may have seen in…
Rural Missouri’s future depends on its public schools
(Spenser Heaps/Utah News Dispatch) Next month, a child waiting for the bus in a rural district may stand beside a…
Rise in US preteen suicide rate alarms mental health experts
Eighth-grade students listen to a lecture on internet safety and cyberbullying at a middle school assembly in Connecticut in 2022.…
Federal Loan Caps Add Barriers — And Likely Debt — for Healthcare Students
Benjamin Pinckney has dreamed of becoming a physician assistant since he was 20 years old but says new student loan…
Newsom Reverses on Long-Sought Paid Leave Benefit for Teachers in California
California public school teacher Mollie Blustein planned her pregnancy so that her daughter would arrive during summer break. But when…
Flocking together – how a birding hobby may boost your mental health and build community
Birding is a good way to practice mindfulness, psychologists report. Jennifer Andrews If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in a…
Abortion returns to southwest Missouri after more than two decades without local access
The Planned Parenthood clinic in Springfield began offering medication abortion appointments on Monday after the city went more than 20…
Tracking State Rural Health Transformation Plans
The five-year, $50 billion Rural Health Transformation program was created as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to…
Is withholding federal counterterrorism funds from states – as FEMA has threatened – legal?
FEMA has threatened to withhold funds from states for noncompliance with Trump administration election directives. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The…
Should paper checks be abolished like the penny?
Germany is getting rid of paper checks at the end of 2027. Australia is bidding them farewell by 2030. U.S.…
Crime continues historic decline as homicide rates approach century lows
Police block off a road in downtown Minneapolis after a police pursuit of a man on suspicion of homicide. Last…
Missouri latest state to drop out of lawsuit challenging federal disability rights protections
About 1,200 Missourians with disabilities, their families, care staff and advocates crowded into the Capitol in February to attend Disability…
Federal judge says certain abortion drug restrictions are unlawful
A lawsuit filed in 2023 by abortion providers in Kansas, Montana and Virginia challenges the FDA’s restrictions on mifepristone as…
‘The Child Is Terrified’: Doctors on the Front Lines of a Measles Comeback Speak Out
This isn’t just a bad year for measles. It looks to be the start of a bad era. Confirmed measles…
Journalists Assess Risks of Tick Bites, Wildfire Smoke, Rising Health Costs
KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed the affordability of Affordable Care Act health insurance plans on Connecticut Public’s…