Gov. Hochul announces more initiatives to tackle mental health issues Gov. Hochul announces more initiatives to tackle mental health issues 00:37 NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul is doubling down on her pledge to address mental health in the state. She spoke in the Bronx on Thursday, just days after tackling the issue during her...
The House Committee on Health and Human Resources advanced a couple of bills aimed at trying to ensure greater oversight. One, HB 4595, would allow a legislative oversight committee to meet privately to hear details about sensitive matters like child protective services investigations. Even though the provision allows closed door meetings, the concept is that...
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said nearly 10,000 deaths were reported in December, while hospital admissions during the month jumped 42% in nearly 50 countries —...
Montana health organizations say a state government backlog in paying its contractors has hindered their ability to provide care, and they worry the bottleneck’s ripple effects will be felt long after the money comes through. Several organizations waiting for contracts to be approved and funding to arrive said that more than 200 private and public...
Leksie Boese is no stranger to fighting for her place. Born with a hole in her heart, the now 25-year-old needed a feeding tube for four months as a baby to grow strong enough for open-heart surgery. When Boese wanted to join the military in 2017, she had to fight for that too. “I just...
News Figuring out soil health ROI January 10, 2024 By Mark Dorenkamp Filed Under: Conservation, Cover crops, Crops, crops, Environment, Farm Income, Iowa, Nebraska, News, Soil Health Figuring out the return on investment with soil health tends to be complicated. Nebraska farmer Keith Berns owns a cover crop seed business and travels as a speaker. ...
Stone Point invests in ClearPoint Health to assist launch 9th January 2024 Connecticut-based private equity firm Stone Point Capital has invested in ClearPoint Health to “enable more affordable health insurance benefits for small and mid-sized employers.” ClearPoint is a medical stop-loss captive platform for small and mid-sized employers founded by a veteran team of technologists,...
Five trans youth and their families filed a petition in Louisiana District Court on Monday over the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors, alleging such an action “has endangered the health and wellbeing” of the plaintiffs. The law — formerly HB 648, now Act 466 — bans gender-affirming care for trans people in...
January 9, 2024 – Hair products sold in Boston neighborhoods with higher percentages of people of color and poorer people tend to be more toxic than those sold in neighborhoods with more white and affluent people, according to recent research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health doctoral student Marissa Chan. Chan spoke...
Iron Mountain Health VA's Healthcare for Homeless Veterans program is shifting the culture in the fight against rural homelessness. Source link