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Commentary: Red states now lead the charge toward healthier living
Ever since Donald Trump rode down his golden escalator at Trump Tower in 2015, a political and cultural realignment has been underway in America, culminating in his second presidential victory. Many issues once considered the domain of the left seem to have been adopted by the new, right-leaning populist movement.
Nowhere is this more apparent ...Read more

California looked to them to close health disparities, then it backpedaled
Fortina Hernández is called “the one who knows it all.”
For more than two decades, the community health worker has supported hundreds of families throughout southeast Los Angeles by helping them sign up for food assistance, sharing information about affordable health coverage, and managing medications for their chronic illnesses. She’s ...Read more

Progress in gene therapy offers hope for long-term knee pain relief
For nearly three decades, Mayo Clinic researcher Christopher Evans, Ph.D., has pushed to expand gene therapy beyond its original scope of fixing rare, single-gene defects. That has meant systematically advancing the field through laboratory experiments, pre-clinical studies and clinical trials.
Several gene therapies have already received ...Read more

States pass privacy laws to protect brain data collected by devices
More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person’s brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive details of a person’s health, mental states, emotions, and cognitive functioning.
Colorado, California, and Montana are among the states that have recently required safeguarding ...Read more

Las Vegas mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus, officials say
For the first time this year, a sample of mosquitoes in Las Vegas has tested positive for West Nile virus, the Southern Nevada Health District announced on Tuesday.
The health district said it identified mosquitoes in the 89123 ZIP code, in south Las Vegas north of Silverado Ranch Boulevard, that tested positive for the disease.
The ...Read more

COVID rising in California. How bad will this summer be?
COVID-19 is once again on the rise in California.
It remains to be seen whether this latest uptick foreshadows the sort of misery seen last year — when the state was walloped by its worst summertime surge since 2022 — or proves fleeting. But officials and experts say it's nevertheless a reminder of the seasonal potency of the still-...Read more

Republicans call Medicaid rife with fraudsters. This man sees no choice but to break the rules
MISSOULA, Mont. — As congressional Republicans finalized Medicaid work requirements in President Donald Trump’s budget bill, one man who relies on that government-subsidized health coverage was trying to coax his old car to start after an eight-hour shift making sandwiches.
James asked that only his middle name be used to tell his story so ...Read more

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Water fitness -- why aqua exercise works wonders
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: We have a new fitness facility nearby. The pool schedule shows a number of aqua exercise classes. I'd like to try a water fitness class to add variety to my regular fitness routine, but can I really get a good workout in water?
ANSWER: Regular exercise provides a wide range of benefits, including weight management, improved ...Read more

Medicaid cuts are likely to worsen mental health care in rural America
Across the nation, Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health care, and in rural America, residents disproportionately rely on the public insurance program.
But Medicaid cuts in the massive tax and spending bill signed into law earlier this month will worsen mental health disparities in those communities, experts say, as patients ...Read more

Mayo, Nvidia launch AI supercomputer to diagnose diseases more quickly
Mayo Clinic has collaborated with the world’s most valuable company to launch the first supercomputer in a hospital using a new AI technology that could shorten the time to diagnosis and hasten treatment of deadly diseases.
It’s the first time AI chipmaker Nvidia’s technology will be used this way in a health care setting on a large scale...Read more

Ask the Pediatrician: Pool dangers and drowning prevention when it's not swimming time
Swimming pools can have a powerful pull on little children ― even when it's not swimming time. Those glistening turquoise-blue ripples may look especially inviting to an active toddler or an overly confident preschooler.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends several ways parents can help keep children safe around swimming pools and ...Read more

Editorial: Democrats for waste, fraud and abuse in health care
A slew of Democratic attorneys general has sued the Trump administration over changes to Obamacare enrollment policies intended to minimize fraud. Shocker alert: Nevada AG Aaron Ford is among the litigants.
The new rules make modest reforms to the health insurance marketplaces established in response to the Affordable Care Act. Among the ...Read more

$50B rural health 'slush fund' faces questions, skepticism
A last-minute scramble to add a $50 billion rural health program to President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending law has left hospital and clinic leaders nationwide hopeful but perplexed.
The Rural Health Transformation Program calls for federal regulators to hand states $10 billion a year for five years starting in fiscal year 2026.
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Fact check: Are 5 million nondisabled Medicaid recipients watching TV all day? That's unsupported
“Almost 5 million able-bodied Medicaid recipients ‘simply choose not to work’ and ‘spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.’”
Scott Jennings on “CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip” on July 1
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Republicans defended the GOP megabill’s Medicaid changes as targeting a group of people they believe shouldn’t ...Read more

Changes to federal student loans leave aspiring medical students scrambling to cover costs
CHICAGO — Twenty-year-old Eric Mun didn’t want to believe it: Only one kid in the family could make it to medical school — and it wasn’t going to be him.
Mun had done everything right. He graduated high school with honors, earned a scholarship at Northwestern University and breezed through his biology courses.
He immigrated to Alabama ...Read more

Biologists are tracking Jamestown Canyon virus, detected in Pennsylvania mosquitoes
While West Nile remains the greatest mosquito-borne threat in Pennsylvania, state officials are monitoring another virus that has begun popping up in mosquito populations.
Jamestown Canyon virus, discovered in a Colorado town of the same name in 1961, was added to the state Department of Environmental Protection's West Nile Virus Mosquito ...Read more

When is a sunburn cause for concern?
Jul. 27—Sunburns are common — about a third of Americans get at least one each year — and are, most of the time, mild or treatable. But some burns are more severe than others.
More than 33,000 sunburns requiring emergency room consultation are reported each year, according to the National Cancer Institute.
Here's what to know and when to...Read more

Serious liver disease is up among heavy drinkers, even without more drinking
LOS ANGELES — Serious liver disease is becoming more common among Americans who drink heavily, according to a new study from Keck Medicine of USC.
It's not that more people are partying with alcohol. And it's not that the drinkers are having more drinks. It's that more of the people who drink regularly are becoming sick.
Over the last two ...Read more

US health, tech officials to launch data-sharing plan
Top Trump administration health officials are expected to bring tech companies to the White House this week to roll out a plan to encourage more seamless sharing of health care data, according to people familiar with the matter.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...Read more

Tribal health officials work to fill vaccination gaps as measles outbreak spreads
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Cassandra Palmier had been meaning to get her son the second and final dose of the measles vaccine. But car problems made it difficult to get to the doctor.
So she pounced on the opportunity to get him vaccinated after learning that a mobile clinic would be visiting her neighborhood.
“I was definitely concerned about the...Read more
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- Fact check: Are 5 million nondisabled Medicaid recipients watching TV all day? That's unsupported
- Mayo, Nvidia launch AI supercomputer to diagnose diseases more quickly