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Ontario’s health minister says she still has more questions about the Trudeau government’s plan for universal pharmacare. Alberta has said it won’t take part in the program and will instead ask to be given the money it would have been granted through the plan. Quebec has also said it will not take part because it has its own coverage. The latest health and medical news emailed to you every Sunday.
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2 years ago Read more at Global News

The Wake County Southern Regional Center Clinic reopened on March 4 after being closed for more than a year. The clinic closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jackie Pinkney has gotten used to driving from Fuquay-Varina a half hour away to Raleigh whenever she wanted to access services Wake County Health Services.
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2 years ago Read more at WTVD-TV

Members of CBHS Corporate Health will suffer the largest increase in premiums. Members of the Tasmania-based Health Care Insurance will receive the lowest price rise. The 3.03 per cent increase on April 1 will be the highest since 2019.
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2 years ago Read more at The Australian Financial Review

Catherine Lytch will oversee Brunswick County Health Services, Public Housing, Social Services and Emergency Medical Services. She will also be a staff liaison on the HHS Advisory Board. The position was last held by David Stanley until he was promoted to deputy county manager in Feb. 2021.
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2 years ago Read more at WECT

Public health experts are tracking a growing number of cases in countries including Austria, Belgium and the United Kingdom. Europe saw a 30-fold increase in measles cases in 2023 compared to 2022. On Monday, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said one case related to travel was confirmed over the weekend in a child under the age of 10.
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2 years ago Read more at CBC.ca

Rep. Ruben Gallego hosted a roundtable to discuss the state of, and his efforts to safeguard and expand the reproductive and maternal health of Arizona women. Participants included leaders from Planned Parenthood Arizona, Reproductive Freedom for All, AHCCCS, NativeHealth, InterTribal Council of Arizona, National Association of Hispanic Nurses, National Black Nurses Association, Women’s Health Coalition of Arizona and several community health and family planning centers across the state.
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2 years ago Read more at Congressman Ruben Gallego

135 undergraduates taught how to do a simple finger-tapping exercise or self-compassionate touch. They said compassionate things to themselves like 'How can I be friend to myself in this moment?" These activities were then performed 20 seconds a day for one month.
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2 years ago Read more at CBS Boston

The Washington My Health My Data Act was passed in April 2023 to expand privacy protections for personal health data. On March 31, 2024, the Act’s remaining stringent requirements will come into full force for all organizations subject to the law, except for small businesses who have until June 30, 2024 to comply. The Act sets no minimum number of data subjects or revenue threshold. It was intended to cover consumer health data outside the scope of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act.
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2 years ago Read more at JD Supra

The NYSE Health Care Index up 0.2% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) shedding 0.2%. QuidelOrtho QDEL shares were down 2.6% at the close after UBS downgraded the stock to sell from neutral.
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2 years ago Read more at TradingView

30 hospitals out of 34 hospitals have completely ceased operations in the Gaza Strip due to Israeli airstrikes and the army’s raids on hospitals, which were converted into Israeli military barracks. In the Nuseirat refugee camp, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital had added a small specialized clinic shortly before the war. “Since the beginning of the war, I have not seen my family and have not left the hospital,” Sami Awad said.
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2 years ago Read more at Palestine Chronicle