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Travel · Arizona

Massachusetts Woman Gets Bat Stuck In Her Mouth, Then Gets Stuck With $21K Medical Bill

70% Left coverage: 10 sources

Greater-Bamboo-Bat Erica Kahn of Massachusetts was vacationing at the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Arizona last August when she had a spooky encounter with a bat. As she was photographing the night sky, she noticed a group of bats flying around. Then, out of nowhere, one of them flew right up into her face… and into her mouth. Wait? How did the bat get into her mouth? As for how the bat got into her mouth? It turned out that it ended …See the Story

United States · United States

Deep Staff Cuts at a Little-Known Federal Agency Pose Trouble for Droves of Local Health Programs

67% Center coverage: 3 sources

A little-known federal agency that sends more than $12 billion annually to support community health centers, addiction treatment services, and workforce initiatives for America's neediest people has been hobbled by the Trump administration's staffing purges.See the Story

LGBTQ+ · United States

Tribal Groups Assert Sovereignty as Feds Crack Down on Gender-Affirming Care

67% Left coverage: 3 sources

ELKO, Nev. — At the Two Spirit Conference in northern Nevada in June, Native Americans gathered in support of the LGBTQ+ community amid federal and state rollbacks of transgender protections and gender-affirming health care. “I want people to not kill themselves for who they are,” said organizer Myk Mendez, a trans and two-spirit citizen of the Fort Hall Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in Idaho. “I want people to love their lives and grow old to tell th…See the Story

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Republicans Call Medicaid Rife with Fraudsters. This Man Sees No Choice but to Break the Rules.

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Republicans Call Medicaid Rife with Fraudsters. This Man Sees No Choice but to Break the Rules.

Immigrant Kids Detained in ‘Unsafe and Unsanitary’ Sites as Trump Team Seeks To End Protections

Coverage: 2 sources

A child developed a rash after he was prevented from changing his underwear for four days. A little boy, bored and overcome with despair, began hitting himself in the head. A child with autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder was forced to go without his medication, despite his mother’s pleas. “I heard one officer say about us ‘they smell like sh–,’” one detained person recounted in a federal court filing. “And another officer respon…United States · United States See the Story

Lawfully Present Immigrants Help Stabilize ACA Plans. Why Does the GOP Want Them Out?

67% Center coverage: 3 sources

If you want to create a perfect storm at Covered California and other Affordable Care Act marketplaces, all you have to do is make enrollment more time-consuming, ratchet up the toll on consumers' pocketbooks, and terminate financial aid for some of the youngest and healthiest enrollees.Immigration · Sacramento See the Story

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Next on Kennedy’s List? Preventive Care and Vaccine Harm

100% Center coverage: 2 sources

In his ongoing effort to reshape health policy, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly plans to overhaul two more government entities: the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.Health · United States See the Story

Readers Weigh In on Making American Health Care Affordable Again

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. Sounding the Alarm for Ambulances Thank you for shedding much-needed light on the exorbitant costs and lack of reimbursement that have become a harsh reality for many ambulance services across Colorado and the nation (“Insurers Fight State Laws Restricting Surprise Ambulance Bills,” July 9). Wh…Health · Denver See the Story

This Test Can See a Heart Attack in Your Future

Coverage: 2 sources

A long list of Lynda Hollander’s paternal relatives had heart disease, and several had undergone major surgeries. So when she hit her mid-50s and saw her cholesterol levels creeping up after menopause, she said, “I didn’t want to take a chance.” A cardiologist told Hollander that based on factors like age, sex, cholesterol, and blood pressure, she faced a moderate risk of a major cardiac event, like a heart attack, within the next 10 years. Doct…Arizona · Arizona See the Story

A Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman Was Kept Alive in Georgia. It’s Unclear if State Law Required It.

Coverage: 4 sources

A Georgia woman declared brain-dead and kept on life support for more than three months because she was pregnant was removed from a ventilator in June and died, days after doctors delivered her 1-pound, 13-ounce baby by emergency cesarean section.Politics · Atlanta See the Story

California looked to them to close health disparities, then it backpedaled

75% Center coverage: 4 sources

Fortina Hernández is called "the one who knows it all." For more than two decades, the community health worker has supported hundreds of families throughout southeast Los Angeles by helping them sign up for food assistance, sharing information about affordable health coverage, and managing medications for their chronic illnesses.Health · Los Angeles See the Story

Cosmetic Surgeries Led to Disfiguring Injuries, Patients Allege

75% Center coverage: 4 sources

A few days after a harrowing cosmetic surgery procedure, Erin Schaeffer said, she woke up with fluid leaking from an open wound in her stomach.Gilmer · Gilmer See the Story

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