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People of color disproportionately dropped from Medicaid for administrative reasons--study

Study finds people of color disproportionately dropped from Medicaid (medicalxpress.com)

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New research suggests Black and Hispanic people were twice as likely as white people to lose Medicaid coverage due to process-related issues, report findings published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University, Northwestern University and Harvard Medical School.

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US health departments struggle to reach adequate staffing levels in public health

US health departments experience workforce shortages and struggle to reach adequate staffing levels in public health

Gaps persist in hiring enough U.S. public health workers, and health departments continue to face challenges in recruiting new employees, according to a new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Indiana University. Insufficient funding, a shortage of people with public health training, and a lack of visibility for public careers, in addition to lengthy hiring processes, are cited as barriers contributing to an absence of progress for achieving a satisfactory level of workers. The results are published in Health Affairs.

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U.S. will make millions of birds flu vaccine doses to prepare for possible pandemic

Since the outbreak in livestock began this spring, bird flu has been confirmed in three humans who worked on in Texas and Michigan and health experts are concerned the virus could mutate to the point where it could spread easily among humans.

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Opinion: Why the New Human Case of Bird Flu Is So Alarming and the need for better monitoring

The third human case of H5N1, reported on Thursday in a farmworker in Michigan who was experiencing respiratory symptoms, tells us that the current bird flu situation is at a dangerous inflection point.

The virus is adapting in predictable ways that increase its risk to humans, reflecting our failure to contain it early on. The solutions to this brewing crisis — such as comprehensive testing — have been there all along, and they’re becoming only more important. If we keep ignoring the warning signs we have only ourselves to blame.

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