By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Before the pandemic, Valerie Fox almost never used telehealth — nobody did at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Durham, where she works as a behavioral health occupational therapist. Now, many patients request it. “Especially with the VA, a lot of people come from a lot of […]
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New laws say patients can have visitors even in an outbreak : Shots
Mary Daniel took a dishwasher job at her husband’s Florida memory care facility to see him during the initial coronavirus lockdown. She has been fighting for visitation rights ever since. Tiffany Manning for NPR hide caption toggle caption Tiffany Manning for NPR Mary Daniel took a dishwasher job at her […]
Postpartum Medicaid to be extended to one year
By Elizabeth Thompson Postpartum Medicaid will be extended from 60 days immediately after beginning to a single yr starting up now, as a provision involved in previous year’s condition spending budget comes into impact. The provision permits expecting people at or below 196 p.c of the federal poverty pointers – […]
Connecticut Moving Forward With Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
A Connecticut legislative committee’s modern motion to give $3 million to examine psychedelic-assisted treatment making use of medical doctor-supervised MDMA or psilocybin is a wonderful phase ahead in the industry, according to two Institute of Living doctors. Both Dr. Godfrey Pearlson, founding director of the Olin Neuropsychiatry Analysis Middle at […]
First Edition: March 31, 2022
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations. KHN: ‘The Danger Is Still There’ ― As Omicron Lurks, Native Americans Are Wary Of Boosters When covid-19 vaccines first became available, Native Americans acted swiftly and with determination to get their shots — as though they had everything to lose. […]
Rural hospital closures cluster in poor, diverse counties
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven In the past decade, rural hospitals that shuttered tended to be in rural counties with lower incomes, higher levels of unemployment, and higher proportions of Black and Latino residents. That finding comes from a recent study conducted by researchers at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health […]