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Veterans Administration new rules could allow doctors to refuse treatments to unmarried vets and Democrats--report

Mon, 2025-06-16 10:15 — mike kraft

‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status The Guardian

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Analysis: Pending Republican budget bill would cause millions to lose Medicaid coverage

Mon, 2025-06-16 10:06 — mike kraft

The GOP's big bill would bring changes to Medicaid for millions Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has been clear about his red line as the Senate takes up the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: no Medicaid cuts. But what, exactly, would be a cut? AP News

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Information about the New COVID Variant NB.1.8.1 (Nimbus) and protective measures

Mon, 2025-06-16 09:57 — mike kraft

What to Know About the New COVID Variant NB.1.8.1 (Nimbus) and How to Protect Yourself This Summer An infectious disease expert shares information on the rising cases caused by the new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 Nimbus. Julia Morrill NewYork-Presbyterian

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U.S. CDC urges summer camps to check for measles immunity

Mon, 2025-06-16 09:43 — mike kraft

CDC urges summer camps to check for measles immunity, as U.S. nears record The CDC's new "checklist" comes amid a deadly year of measles outbreaks that is now near record levels. CBS News

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New COVID Variant NB.1.8.1 'Nimbus' Now Driving 37% of Cases in US

Fri, 2025-06-13 12:41 — mike kraft

As summer and peak travel season begins, a highly transmissible new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, or "Nimbus," is spreading in the United States. The mutated omicron subvariant, which caused surges in parts of Asia this spring, now accounts for more than one-third of cases in the U.S., new data show. ...

Although NB.1.8.1 is causing a rapidly increasing proportion of cases in the U.S., COVID trends — including test positivity and hospitalizations — remain stable. As of June 6, the level of COVID viral activity in wastewater is “low” nationally, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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HIV/AIDS: U.N. official says Trump budget cuts derail efforts to end AIDS by 2030

Fri, 2025-06-13 12:25 — mike kraft

Goal to end AIDS by 2030 'more off-track' after Trump cuts, UNAIDS head says

JOHANNESBURG, June 13 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's cuts to HIV/AIDS programmes will further derail an already faltering plan to end the disease as a public health threat by 2030, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima said on Friday.

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