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Climate Change and Mental Health
Climate disasters can be traumatic during the events themselves. Survivors rarely describe getting to rest, grieve, and recover in the aftermath. Mental health can be overlooked or considered an afterthought when coordinating climate action, adaptation, and community recovery.
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Read more at Santa Cruz Sentinel
Scottish Social Workers Take Thousands of Days Off to Mental Health
Scottish Lib Dems urged ministers to invest in staff rather than blowing £1billion on delayed National Care Service. Scottish Government launched proposal for a national Care Service in 2021. Council chiefs have argued they are effectively being stripped of powers.
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Read more at The Scottish Sun
Recovering Money From the Assets of Those Who Died After Using Medicaid
Recovering money from the assets of those who died after relying on medicaid in their final years is part of the estate recovery process the federal government requires of states. Critics of the program argue that it recoups roughly 1 per cent of the $150 billion Medicaid spends on long-term care each year. They also argue that Medicaid does not warn people that sign up to Medicaid that large bills and claims to their property could be passed onto their family once they die.
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Read more at Daily Mail
The Greater Waco Advanced Health Care Academy (GWAHCA)
The Greater Waco Advanced Health Care Academy (GWAHCA) became a one stop shop on Saturday. People could get COVID-19 vaccines, blood pressure tests and information about local health insurance providers. Jeitavion Betters, 17, hasn’t been to the doctor in quite some time.
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Kate's Health - Will the Princess of Wales Talk About It?
The Princess of Wales underwent surgery at the London Clinic on January 16, but details of her condition have been kept private. Sources close to Kate and Prince William have said the couple will disclose more information about her recovery in due course. It follows several days of bizarre and at times cruel speculation about Kate's health by users on social media.
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Read more at The Mirror
Princess Kate's Return to Royal Duties Could Be Around 17 April
Kensington Palace shared edited photo of the royal with her three children on Mother's Day, which Kate later apologised for. The Sunday Times has now reported that due to the public speculation surrounding her absence, the royal might address her health when she makes a return to royal duties. Kate has been spotted twice since she underwent surgery on 16 January; once when being driven around by her mum, Carole Middleton.
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Updated COVID Vaccine in Boston
Boston Public Health Commission is encouraging residents to stay up-to-date on their COVID boosters. The city’s vaccination rates remain low four years after the start of the pandemic. This renewed vaccination push comes in the wake of the CDC releasing updated recommendations on how people can protect themselves and their communities from respiratory viruses.
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Read more at Boston Herald
The Mental Health Commission on the Isle of Man
Mental Health Commission reviews, adjudicates, and makes recommendations about complaints regarding Manx Care. Members of the group gave evidence to the Public Accounts Committee this week.
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Medicaid Recovery - Is It Working?
The state settled with the LoGrandes in 2019 and released its claim on the house. Critics argue the program collects too little — roughly 1% — of the more than $150 billion Medicaid spends yearly on long-term care. In Tennessee, which recovered more than $38.2 million from more than 8,100 estates last year, Imani Mfalme found herself in a similar predicament.
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Read more at ABC News
UNFPA Will Never Back Away From Reproductive Rights
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) head Natalie Kanem said that while UN agencies acted at the direction of member states, her agency would not be deterred from their science-based work. In that year, the US government cut funding of approximately $70 million per year to the UNFPA over allegations the organisation "supports, or participate in the management of, a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. That is part of a pattern of funding cuts experienced by the
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