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Indiana panel to consider ABA therapy cost controls
INDIANAPOLIS (INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Twenty-one agency leaders, health industry professionals, disability advocates and others will look to contain Medicaid spending on Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy — while ensuring…
Hawai'i Just Shot Down a Bill to Ban Teen Marriage - & They're Not the Only Ones
There are a lot of things 15-year-olds aren't allowed to do. Because, ya know, that whole “ their prefrontal cortex isn't fully developed ” thing and yada, yada, yada. So voting, and joining the army, and drinking, and buying lottery…
Trump's new executive order set to slash cost of drugs millions take
READ MORE: Lawmakers warn record high drug shortages could be 'life or death' Prescription drugs taken by millions of people may soon be more affordable under a new executive order. President Donald Trump is attempting to revitalize a policy from…
Trump admin weighs cutting protections for mental health treatment coverage
Millions of Americans' access to mental health and addiction care may be in jeopardy. The Trump Administration will soon decide whether it will defend Biden-era regulations that aim to enforce mental health parity – making insurers cover…
Dutch Court Case On Humira Assesses Whether Its Price Was 'Excessive
In a unique legal challenge, the Dutch Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation is taking on the manufacturer of Humira (adalimumab), AbbVie, in a Dutch court today, May 9th, for alleged excessive profiteering. The Foundation is not seeking…
How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap
Several years ago, to research the novel I was writing, I spent six months working in the warehouse of a big-box store. As a supporter of the Fight for $15, I expected my co-workers to be frustrated that starting pay at the store was just $12.25 an…
Redlining continues to impact breast cancer survival in America
In neighborhoods across America, women face a daunting threat from a federal practice that, although it was outlawed decades ago, continues to negatively impact their health today. That's according to the findings of new University at Buffalo…
Trump team faces key legal decision that could put mental health parity in peril
The Trump administration must soon make a decision that will affect millions of Americans' ability to access and afford mental health and addiction care. The administration is facing a May 12 deadline to declare if it will defend Biden-era…
ROME 25/4- Day 28-29: New Pope - What Do The Romans Really Say?
WRITTEN YESTERDAY MORNING 8 MAY: On this first full day – maybe full day, maybe note – the sun rose at 5:55. Sunset is slated for 20:19. The Ave Maria Bell is still in its 20:30 cycle for the Roman Curia. Today is the Feast of two…
How the military is dealing with Hegseth's order to remove transgender troops
WASHINGTON (AP) — The military services scrambled Friday to nail down details and put together new guidance to start removing transgender troops from the force. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a memo released late Thursday, reinstated…
24-year-old American moved to Belgium and lives on $1,132 a month: 'I fell in love with it
Colby Grey, 24, grew up in a very rural and conservative community in San Luis Obispo, California. It wasn't until moving two hours away to attend the University of California, Santa Cruz, that he traveled that far for the first time. It was the…
RFK Jr. Says Autism Database Will Use Medicare and Medicaid Records
This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced plans to develop a “real-world data platform” using Medicare and Medicaid records to investigate “the root causes of autism.” The announcement…
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How to watch the 'Saw' movies in order
When Saw arrived in 2004, few could have predicted it would generate nine sequels. The pet child of James Wan and Leigh Whannell, the film was a pared-down chamber piece featuring a mere glimpse of the extreme gore gags for which the series would…
The Politics of Worse for Worse Sake
On Monday, May 5, President Trump 's Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would be eliminating divisions dedicated to climate change and energy efficiency, including the one responsible for overseeing the Energy Star program. Anyone…
Measles vaccine clinic set for Conway on Tuesday after 2 more cases reported in Faulkner County | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
The Arkansas Department of Health announced Friday that it will offer the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at a free clinic in Conway next week after two more measles cases were identified in Faulkner County. The vaccine clinic will be at the Don…
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