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Canada’s unions are marking the first International Day of Care with a call for greater investment in improved wages and working conditions for care workers. We all need care at some point in our lives. Our jobs, our families and our economy depend on having our care needs met. In Canada, nearly 1 in 5 […]
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. — The Raiders of the 28th Bomb Wing became the first agency ever to adopt a trail in the Black Hills during the Veteran’s Point Trailhead Partnership dedication ceremony at the Pactola Reservoir in South Dakota, Oct. 24. Ellsworth Air Force Base and the Black Hills […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA-16), Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-07), Reps. Neal Dunn (R-FL-02), and Mike Thompson (D-CA-04), introduced the Providing Realistic Opportunity To Equal and Comparable Treatment for Rare (PROTECT Rare) Act. This legislation will support patients with rare and ultra-rare diseases in getting evidence-based, medically necessary care covered by their health insurance. Over 90% […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA-16), Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-07), Reps. Neal Dunn (R-FL-02), and Mike Thompson (D-CA-04), introduced the Providing Realistic Opportunity To Equal and Comparable Treatment for Rare (PROTECT Rare) Act. This legislation will support patients with rare and ultra-rare diseases in getting evidence-based, medically necessary care covered by their health insurance. Over 90% […]
Kimberley Seals Allers, was inspired to start Irth because of stories she her from many mothers as well as her own experience of bias in the health care system during the delivery of her first child. Tom Mason/The Big Idea: Birth Without Bias hide caption toggle caption Tom Mason/The Big Idea: Birth Without Bias Kimberley […]
Ryan Sun/AP Kaiser Permanente workers picket in California on the second day of a three-day strike earlier this month. The union announced it had reached a tentative deal with Kaiser that could avert a second strike at the health care system. CNN — Kaiser Permanente reached a tentative deal with the unions representing 75,000 employees, […]
How US Child Care Cliff Could Leave Black Families Scrambling Bloomberg Source link
Community health centers across the country are anxiously watching the budget impasse in Congress. Some 1,400 clinics depend on federal funds to serve the most vulnerable patients, and any interruptions in their funding will only add to the financial pressures they already face. These federally-qualified health centers, or FQHCs, are often located in low-income or […]
Today the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) will honor five champions of academic medicine with the inaugural AAMC ACE Award for Advocacy, Collaboration and Education. The five awardees collaborate with the nation’s medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic health systems to advance and improve the health of patients, families, and communities everywhere. “The AAMC […]
Executive Summary Immigrant adults are a diverse population who make up 16% of adults in the United States and play a significant role in the nation’s workforce and communities, with one in four children in the U.S. having at least one immigrant parent (see Box 1). Immigrants include . . .