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UPMC Children’s among hospitals under Trump admin review targeting gender-affirming care
WESA - Pennsylvania
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July 3, 2025
UPMC Children’s Hospital is reportedly among several medical providers issued a warning letter in May about gender-affirming care from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Trump administration is weighing cutting off funds to...
Melania Trump looks effortlessly chic as she dons $900 ballet flats for surprise visit to children's hospital
Daily Mail
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July 3, 2025
Melania Trump looked effortlessly chic and summery as she made a surprise visit to the patients at the Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The First Lady stunned in a pleated, black-and-white polka dot blouse, which she...
Almost 1 in 5 D.C. Residents Burdened by Medical Debt: Report
The Washington Informer
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June 25, 2025
Nearly 20% of District adults are burdened by unpaid medical bills, and that number could soon increase, according to a report by Tzedek DC, a nonprofit whose mission is to help city residents deal with debt collection and credit issues....
Good Ol’ Boy Racism Chokes Out History and Health
ecoRI News - Rhode Island
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July 4, 2025
Today we celebrate the birth of a nation built by slaves on stolen land. Two and a half centuries later, the United States of America still treats people inhumanely because of their skin color, sexual orientation, gender, or religion. It’s 2025,...
Widow of D.C. Officer Assaulted on Jan. 6 Wins Partial Legal Victory
The Washington Informer
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June 25, 2025
More than four years later, a D.C. jury has found a man who participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol liable for assaulting Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith—but stopped short of holding him responsible for the officer’s death...
Ambulance service reinstated in Stewart, B.C., after town 'made a stink,' mayor says
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 4, 2025
The mayor of a small B.C. town on the Alaska border says her media campaign to advocate for backfill paramedics to staff her community's ambulance service this month has been successful. Angela Brand Danuser, the mayor of Stewart, B.C., a district...
The Mediating Role of Self-Confidence in Medical Students’ Attitudes and Clinical Performance Toward People with Disability
Dove Medical Press
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July 4, 2025
Background Medical school represents an intense learning environment where success is largely dependent on overcoming a range of doubt-inducing intellectual, social, and motivational challenges. In such environments, students often choose to...
New program will send free meals to D.C.-area first responders
Arlington Now - Virginia
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June 25, 2025
A D.C.-area meal prep company is launching a new initiative to feed first responders going through financial hardship. Beginning on the Fourth of July, Muscle Cell Health’s “Operation Fuel The Force” will deliver one free meal per day to first...
Charles Rice, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine: ‘It’s a crime that a drug exists that could cure everyone yet not everybody has access to it’
El País
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July 4, 2025
This smiling man asking for a glass of water at a hotel bar has helped save the lives of millions of people, according to the Swedish committee that awarded him the Nobel Prize in Medicine. He is American virologist Charles Rice, who won the award...
Pete the planner: None of your investments will pay off without investing in health
Indianapolis Business Journal
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July 4, 2025
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C.J. Hicks, Eddrick Houston and the expectations for Ohio State football’s 2025 defensive line and beyond: Buckeye Talk podcast
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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June 30, 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The 2025 season is right around the corner as Ohio State enters a new chapter of the Ryan Day era. It’s the perfect time to look at where the program is from a bird’s eye view now that the title of ‘National Champion’ is added to...
PAHO Launches Community of Practice to Strengthen the Health Sector's Response to Violence against Women and Girls in Latin America
Pan American Health Organization
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July 3, 2025
Washington, D.C., July 3, 2025 (PAHO) – More than 60 representatives from 16 Latin American countries participated in the first meeting of the Community of Practice on the Health Sector's Response to Violence against Women and Girls. This regional...
They Were Roommates in D.C. Now They’re Both Running for Governor. As Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger campaign in their respective states, they’re grateful to have each other. By Mattie Kahn
ELLE
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June 25, 2025
Abigail Spanberger has a simple explanation for all this. She knows how she became a CIA case officer focused on counterterrorism, and how she succeeded as a three-term congresswoman—elected to the House of Representatives in 2018 when Democrats...
Plant-based for health
Free Weekly - Arkansas
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July 3, 2025
NWA Democrat-Gazette Amy Keever — a sculptor, painter, mosaicist and welder based in Rogers — began a plant-based diet a decade ago to address health issues. The change in diet proved so beneficial that she recently became licensed by the...
Rural hospitals brace for financial hits under $1 trillion Medicaid cut
The Herald Bulletin - Indiana
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July 4, 2025
OMAHA, Neb. — Tyler Sherman, a nurse at a rural Nebraska hospital, is used to the area's aging farmers delaying care until they end up in his emergency room. Now, with Congress planning around $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts over 10 years, he fears...
BEAUTIFUL! First Lady Melania Trump Began Celebrating Independence Day Weekend by Visiting Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC (VIDEO)
The Gateway Pundit
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July 4, 2025
Our lovely First Lady Melania Trump kicked of Independence Day weekend by visiting with kids at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC and helping them make decorations for the holiday. Mrs. Trump came with teddy bears and other gifts for...
AU's Kardatzke Wellness Center up for sale
The Herald Bulletin - Indiana
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July 4, 2025
ANDERSON — Anderson University has put the Kardatzke Wellness Center up for sale. According to a listing from CBRE, a Dallas-based commercial real estate service and investment firm, the university put the building — which includes the O.C. Lewis...
Fontaines D.C. Return to Greece as Headliners at Release Athens
To Vima
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June 25, 2025
Irish post-punk sensation Fontaines D.C. are making a much-anticipated return to Greece this summer — this time as headliners. On Friday, June 27, they will take the main stage at Release Athens Festival, held at the popular seaside venue Plateia...
Federal deficit projected to soar to $92B this year: 'Unfair to pass these burdens on,' C.D. Howe Institute says
Drayton Valley Western Review
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Canadian Politics The report also forecasts deficits of more than $77 billion a year over the next four years Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses the crowd during the Canada Day festivities in Ottawa in the nation's capital...
Man indicted for assaulting healthcare worker
The Daily Independent - Kentucky
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July 3, 2025
CATLETTSBURG A Boyd County grand jury indicted a man this week for allegedly assaulting a local healthcare worker last month. The indictment alleges Donald R. Davis, 65, of Piketon, Ohio, committed a sole count of third-degree assault of a...