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Lung tissue analysis has shown some serious threats to the health of military service members. The U.S. Geological Survey partnered with a researcher at National Jewish Health to look into airborne threats in various locations where service members work and live. We took a leave 24 of the previous deployed biopsies and the 11 from the controls, the deceased controls, to see if there was any difference between the particle matter that was contained in the lungs.
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2 years ago Read more at Federal News Network

The Office of Personnel Management shapes priorities for the Federal Employee Health Benefits program. OPM is negotiating final rates and terms with its providers for the 2025 plan year. Some states have wanted to explore enforcing personhood rights in treatments that deal with embryos.
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2 years ago Read more at Federal Times

Since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, the legality of abortion has been left to individual states. The Washington Post is tracking states where abortion is legal, banned or under threat. Biden supports legal access to abortion, and has encouraged Congress to pass a law that would codify abortion rights nationwide. Here’s how Trump’s abortion stance has shifted over the years.
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

The NHS is an example of a single-payer system, funded by taxation. Other countries, such as France and Japan, provide universal health care through mandatory but low-cost health insurance schemes. Subscribe to The Week Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
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2 years ago Read more at The Week

SMA is caused by a defect in the survival motor neuron one gene. The most efficient one is called SMN 1 – that’s what’s missing in spinal muscular atrophy,” said Dr. Ann Tilton, a child neurologist at LSU Health Science Center in New Orleans. Evrysdi is the first and only oral medication approved by the FDA. Nearly all U.S. states are now screening newborns for SMA.
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2 years ago Read more at WAFB

The IRS requires hospitals to conduct a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) every three years. This way, hospital spending on community health programs will target the areas most impactful for improving health. In fact, many hospitals are not following through on their end of this social contract.
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2 years ago Read more at Lown Institute

CVS Health® has invested $19.2 million to build 85 new affordable housing units in Arvada, Colorado. Made possible through the company's collaboration with Family Tree and BlueLine Development, the investment demonstrates CVS health's commitment to improving the health of individuals across the country. The development of Marshall Street Landing is currently underway and will provide a permanent supportive housing community for families and individuals experiencing homelessness.
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2 years ago Read more at PR Newswire

Defense Public Health experts said taking a two to three minute break from sitting at your desk every 30 minutes is great for your heart health. This issue impacts many office workers, including service members and the Department of Defense workforce. The HHS daily physical activity recommendations only account for about two percent of daily waking hours, leaving the remaining 98 percent of the time for sedentary activity.
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2 years ago Read more at United States Army

The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty Images Health care, long an ailing stock market sector, has recovered over the past six months. The recovery comes after the sector failed to make good on positive expectations for 2022 based on estimates of pent-up demand for physician office visits and elective procedures. In mid-April, as the S&P 500 pulled back, the health-care sector gave up its first-quarter gains.
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2 years ago Read more at CNBC

The original paper presenting the AHBA, in which principal components of cortical gene expression were suggested to reflect brain organization. Burt, J. B. et al. Hierarchy of transcriptomic specialization across human cortex captured by structural neuroimaging topography. This review proposes that neurodevelopment involves a ‘sensorimotor–association axis’ defined by ten brain maps.
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2 years ago Read more at Nature.com