With pressure mounting from public health officials and political leaders nationwide, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday reversed course and ordered residents across the state to stay at home.
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As the novel coronavirus snaked its way across the globe, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early February distributed 200 test kits it ...
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In a series of recommendations provided to the Trump administration and Congress today, the American College of Physicians (ACP) laid out a series of steps ...
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The Trump administration unveiled a plan Thursday that would dramatically revamp Medicaid by allowing states to opt out of part of the current federal funding ...
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The fate of the Affordable Care Act is again on the line Tuesday, as a federal appeals court in New Orleans takes up a case ...
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The American Medical Association is suing North Dakota to block two abortion-related laws, the latest signal the doctors’ group is shifting to a more aggressive ...
Read More »AARP Encouraged by Presidential Efforts to Make Health and Prescription Drug Costs More Transparent
In regard to President Trump’s new executive order to promote greater transparency by hospitals, insurers, and other providers through disclosure of more information about health ...
Read More »Trump Hosts White House Talk with Patients, Experts to Fix Surprise Medical Bills
President Donald Trump on Wednesday instructed administration officials to investigate how to prevent surprise medical bills, broadening his focus on drug prices to include other ...
Read More »Republican Immigration Fight Overlooks Need For Doctors
ATLANTA — Dr. Alluri Raju, a native of India, vividly remembers how his ethnicity prompted concern and discrimination in the southwest Georgia town of Richland. ...
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