Notices by Bich Nguyen :verified: (bicmay@med-mastodon.com), page 2

"The experience was one of many instances in Louis’ career where the worsening climate crisis had complicated a client’s birthing journey. She realized that if doulas like herself had proper training on how to communicate the risks of hurricane season, flooding and even extreme heat to their clients, they would be better prepared in the event of a disaster like Irma."

https://19thnews.org/2025/10/doulas-climate-disaster-education-pregnant-people/

#PublicHealth #doulas #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #climate #disasters #preparedness #medicaid

"The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it would temporarily call back all of its furloughed employees on Monday to handle open enrollment for both Medicare and health plans available under the Affordable Care Act."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/health/medicare-obamacre-federal-workers-furlough-shutdown.html

#healthcare #medicare #aca #obamacare #insurance #shutdown #USpol

"But in a letter to SNAP state agency and regional directors on Oct. 10, the Department of Agriculture warned that there would not be enough funding to pay full SNAP benefits — also known as food stamps — in November if the shutdown persists."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/snap-benefits-funds-run-out-nov-1-rcna239432

#PublicHealth #food #FoodInsecurity #nutrition #SNAP #FoodBanks #WIC #shutdown #USDA #UScongress #USpol

"The WRAP is the subject of a growing number of federal lawsuits likening incorrect usage of the device to punishment and even torture, whether used in a jail or by immigration authorities during international flights. Among advocates’ concerns is that ICE is not tracking the WRAP’s use as required by federal law when officers use force."

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-deportations-trump-administration-civil-rights-84309f534c601befa6e9faeae78bcff5

#PublicHealth #ICE #DHS #immigrant #immigration #detention #deportation #restraints #CivilRights #LawEnforcement

"Powerful anti-vaccine advocates and people selling potentially harmful goods such as raw milk are profiting from the push to write anti-science policies into law across the U.S. They object to the term 'anti-science' and portray the MAHA movement as grassroots. But it’s fueled by a web of well-funded national groups led by people who’ve profited – financially and otherwise – from sowing distrust of medicine and science."

https://apnews.com/article/maha-supplements-wellness-rfk-jr-vaccine-raw-milk-dc8ecf998ef3835adbf32fc88c14af07

#PublicHeath #MAHA #vaccines #misinformation

"But on Tuesday dozens of miners and their families will be in a more unusual position: protesting the Trump administration outside the Labor Department building, arguing it has failed to protect them from black lung disease, an incurable illness caused by inhaling coal and silica dust."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/climate/coal-miners-black-lung-protest-trump.html

#PublicHealth #coal #silica #BlackLung #miners #workers #labor #OccHealth #OccSafety

"Since Donald Trump took office for a second time, forced removals of south-east Asians with criminal records have soared. In a single flight over Memorial Day weekend, Ice deported 93 Vietnamese and 65 Laotian nationals, according to Vo Danh, a collective of organizers advocating for the abolition of Ice."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/29/ice-deportation-south-east-asians-vietnam-war

#aapi #aanhpi #vietnamese #hmong #laotian #cambodian #refugee #immigrant #immigration #ICE #deportation #VietnamWar #UShistory #USpol

"The nation’s third shutdown in 12 years is once again raising anxiety levels among service members and their families because those in uniform are working without pay. While they would receive back pay once the impasse ends, many military families live paycheck to paycheck."

https://apnews.com/article/military-pay-government-shutdown-congress-trump-e2eabd75a923a7a6feaeeb4af1854054

#USpol #shutdown #UScongress #military #SNAP #WIC #work #workers

"When a health insurance company refuses to pay for treatment, most people begrudgingly accept the decision.

Few patients appeal; some don’t trust the insurer to reverse its own decision.

But a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion outside their walls can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment."

https://www.propublica.org/article/health-insurance-denial-external-review

#healthcare #insurance #denials #appeals #ACA #CostsOfCare

"Half of respondents to a new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll said they believe, like Jennings, that society would benefit from a return to traditional gender roles. Men were more likely than women to want a return to traditional gender roles, however — nearly 6 in 10 of them agreed with that, compared with 4 in 10 women."

https://19thnews.org/2025/09/poll-traditional-family-gender-roles/

#gender #tradition #culture #caregiving #families #tradwife #work #labor #WageGap #inequality #women

"Before the U.S. began universally vaccinating newborns in 1991, some 18,000 children a year would become infected before the age of 10. About half were infected through mother–to-child transmission, Pavia says. Giving newborns the shot right after birth prevents the virus from taking hold."

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/25/nx-s1-5553541/trump-advises-parents-on-hepatitis-b-vaccine-heres-why-doctors-say-hes-wrong

#PublicHealth #hepatitisB #vaccines #immunizations #vaccinations #ChildrensHealth #prevention #liver

"The GAO analysis, which does not include all the Pathways administrative expenses detailed by the news outlets, shows that as of April the Georgia program had spent $54.2 million on administrative costs since 2021, compared to $26.1 million spent on health care costs. Nearly 90% of administrative expenditures came from the federal budget, the report concluded, meaning that Georgia’s experiment is being funded by taxpayers around the country."

https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-pathways-medicaid-work-requirement-gao-report

#healthcare #medicaid

"Patient deaths have been found to increase in U.S. hospitals after being acquired by private equity firms, according to one study.

The death rates rose in the emergency departments of these hospitals, in comparison to similar hospitals not acquired by private equity, the study says."

https://www.newsweek.com/er-patient-deaths-us-hospitals-private-equity-2133777

#healthcare #hospitals #ER #EmergencyMed #PrivateEquity #medicare #mortality #business #industry #research

@dalias @stargazersmith

Yes, and no one is sitting around their parents' basement waiting for Medicaid checks. It's health insurance; it doesn't work that way. No one's getting rich off these benefits, either.

"A federal watchdog reported Thursday that Georgia’s program requiring able-bodied adults to document low-paying work to get Medicaid has spent much more on administrative costs than on providing health care...The GAO analysis shows that from fiscal year 2021 through the second quarter of 2025, Georgia reported $54.2 million in administrative spending and $26.2 million on health care."

https://apnews.com/article/georgia-pathways-medicaid-work-requirements-costs-gao-9cf889d1d931f2f0bd9900f50056f9af

#healthcare #medicaid #WorkRequirements #poverty #waste #fraud #abuse #georgia #USpol

"The problem is that ICE does not say what it accepts as definitive proof of legal status. Is it a driver’s license? A green card? A folder of immigration documents? Donald Trump’s mass-deportation campaign has swept up U.S. citizens and permanent residents over the past several months, leaving some detained for days despite individuals presenting officers with evidence of their legal status."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-do-you-prove-your-citizenship/ar-AA1MpI74

#citizenship #immigrant #immigration #ICE #detention #SCOTUS #discrimination

"A California bill that would allow health care providers to anonymously mail abortion drugs could soon become law, marking the latest effort by a blue state to safeguard access to medication abortion."

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/10/nx-s1-5535877/california-shield-law-abortion-prescription-label

#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #telehealth #PrescriptionDrugs #mifepristone #ShieldLaws #california

"Ahead of the 24th anniversary of 9/11, Democrats are demanding answers from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the future of the federal World Trade Center Health Program, which covers treatment for 9/11-related illnesses such as cancer and chronic coughs."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/democrats-demand-answers-kennedy-delayed-actions-911-health-program-rcna230358

#healthcare #HHS #september11 #WorldTradeCenter #FirstResponders #cancer #asthma #ChronicDisease

"The Department of Health and Human Services has pulled back a government report warning of a link between cancer and drinking even small amounts of alcohol, according to the authors of the research.

Their report, the Alcohol Intake and Health Study, warned that even one drink a day raises the risk of liver cirrhosis, oral and esophageal cancer, and injuries."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/health/alcohol-drinking-hhs-report.html

#PublicHealth #HHS #alcohol #cancer #prevention #COI #biomedical #science #research

"More than 1,000 current and former employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are demanding that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. resign, following his ousting of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other actions they say are 'compromising the health of the nation.'”

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5483021-hhs-employees-call-for-rfk-resignation/

#healthcare #PublicHealth #HHS #CDC #RFKJr #vaccines #immunizations #USpol