The 2025 reconciliation law could have major implications for nearly 15,000 federally certified nursing facilities and the more than 1.2 million people living in them. Nursing facilities provide medical and personal care services for older adults and people with disabilities. In 2023, Medicaid paid for 44% of long-term institutional care costs; 37% of long-term institutional care…
Philippa RoxbyHealth reporter Getty Images Young men are behind the growing popularity of nicotine pouches in Great Britain, a study suggests. Around 7.5% of 16 to 24-year-old-men are using the small sachets that fit under the top lip, compared with 1.9% use among young women and 1% among adults overall. Most pouch users – estimated…
Nick Triggle,Health correspondent, Jim Reed,Health reporterand Philippa Roxby,Health reporter Getty Images Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the latest five-day strike by doctors in England is “dangerous and utterly irresponsible” and warned them not to abandon patients. The walkout by resident doctors, the new name for junior doctors, began at 07:00 on Wednesday. The British…
Getty Images Ruth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporter More babies are being born by caesarean section in England than delivered naturally – without assistance – for the first time. Latest NHS data for 2024-25 shows that 45% of births were by C-section, compared to 44% which were spontaneous, a term used to describe a natural vaginal…
The Trump administration has made several recent changes to federal routine vaccination recommendations. Specifically, under the auspices of Secretary Kennedy, who has long questioned the safety and efficacy of vaccines and stated his intention to review vaccine schedules, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recommended changes (including to age group, type of…
Among those under age 65, most adults of color are more likely than White adults to report not having a usual doctor or provider and going without care. Roughly one third (36%) of Hispanic adults, one quarter (25%) of AIAN adults, and one in five of NHPI (22%) and Asian (19%) adults report not having…
Complex presenter Kimberly Wilson speaks to Nina Higson-Sweeney about ways to manage OCD. Source link
Dominic Hughes and Catherine SnowdonBBC News Getty Images People needing urgent dental treatment and patients requiring complex care will be prioritised under Government plans to improve access to NHS dentists in England. The British Dental Association says the reforms are the biggest changes to what it describes as a “failed contract” since it was introduced…
Google Graham had been taken for treatment to Bassetlaw Hospital several times before The care given to a 45-year-old man with disabilities who died from sepsis after not being given the correct medication for 34 hours has been described as a “shambles” by his mother. The father of two – named only as Graham –…
Adam Eleyand Michael Buchanan,Social affairs correspondent Family photo Chris and Ruth Stone-Houghton died at their Portsmouth home in September 2022 The children of a man who killed his wife in a psychotic episode, before taking his own life, have told the BBC they do not blame their father for what happened. Chris and Ruth Stone-Houghton…
