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Government-backed medical researchers in Australia say it’s time to stop using the fear-inducing phrase, which became popular after high volumes of people testing positive for COVID-19 led to a surge in generally non-severe “virus fatigue symptoms” that would normally have gone unnoticed. 3 An Australian government agency study found that symptoms of so-called “long COVD” were no different from those who struggled to recover from other viral illnesses.
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2 years ago Read more at New York Post

Devene Haynes works as the first and only CHW at Brownfield Regional Medical Center in Brownfield, Texas. The CHWs are crucial to providing healthcare access to residents of rural communities where resources and services are limited.
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2 years ago Read more at uta.edu

In 2023, anyone who was on Medicaid was no longer automatically renewed during the Medicaid redetermination process. In reports released, the state chose not to report the number of children disenrolled from Medicaid who still lack coverage. The AJC found that mismanagement, understaffing, and poor administrative execution played a role in the failure to re-enroll Georgians in health coverage.
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2 years ago Read more at WALB

Fourth-year medical student Ren Bruguera is devoted to learning more about what motivates people experiencing homelessness to access health care. They spent a year researching why unhoused individuals choose to be tested for STIs. Their research got the attention of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)
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2 years ago Read more at UC Davis Health

The McLean County Health Department has worked to protect the health and wellness of everyone who lives, works, and plays. The whole community benefits in some way from the various programs and services provided—even those who never walked through the doors of the health department. Illinois State University has established a mutually beneficial relationship, collaborating on many projects.
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2 years ago Read more at Illinois State University News

In 2021, 3.4 billion people experienced a nervous system condition, according to a major new analysis from the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) The total number of DALYs is increasing in large part due to aging and growing populations worldwide. The most prevalent neurological disorders in 2021 were tension-type headaches (around 2 billion cases), migraine, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
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2 years ago Read more at Medical Xpress

Kelley Hitchman, director of the University Health Transplant Institute Lab, celebrated the achievement with climbers from the Kidney Donor Athletes. A Facebook post from the group commemorated the achievement.
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2 years ago Read more at KSAT San Antonio

The goal of the IPLAN is to build better and healthier communities. In Boone County, behavioral health, maternal-child health and food security sit at the top of their most dire priorities. Winnebago County Public Health Department is in the tail-end of their current IPLAN.
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2 years ago Read more at WIFR

Chicago health officials confirm two more measles cases. 10 of the 12 cases originate from the Pilsen migrant shelter. The confirmed cases are split between six adults and six children.
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2 years ago Read more at NBC Chicago

The Post’s coverage of the Change Healthcare hack illustrates how the fragility of our health-care billing systems can have wide-ranging effects and fallout. Payment reform might not be glamorous topic, lacking individual patient stories, but payment processing is a vital function, without which health care and many other industries cannot function. The news articles understandably focus on how the ransomware attack is affecting the providers most sensitive to the daily functioning of billing systems.
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post