Changing federal guidelines are creating uncertainty about access to the updated COVID-19 vaccination. Connecticut has found a way to bring clarity.
At least 92 children have died or narrowly escaped death since the reform raised thresholds for removal from parents. Legislators are weighing policy changes to prevent further tragedies.
The 2025 count shows more than 22,000 homeless on a single night and nearly 159,000 overall, up 25 percent since 2022 despite unprecedented spending.
With the new law, patients and providers can opt into experimental treatments with reduced legal risks, access services via telehealth and e-consent, and secure pretreatment court protections.
Firefighters face higher cancer rates than the general population. The department hopes sweating out toxins can reduce long-term health risks.
State health officials say 42 days without a new infection marks the official end of the nation’s largest measles outbreak in more than 30 years.
The diagnosis comes amid a nationwide surge and follows wastewater detection of the virus in Coeur d’Alene.
A recent survey found over half of rural ERs in the Dakotas lack 24/7 attending physician coverage, prompting reliance on physician assistants, nurse practitioners and remote consultant support.
Providers report denial rates up to 17.5 percent. To cope with the mounting financial pressure, some small clinics have stopped accepting Medicaid altogether.
Labor and delivery units have closed and recruitment has collapsed, with physician leaders warning the workforce loss could take decades to recover.
Revoking the 2009 endangerment finding would weaken regulation of greenhouse gases and shift more responsibility to states already bracing for climate impacts.
A Medicaid work rule tucked into the sweeping law is now being cast as a liability for Republicans in competitive districts.
Tucked into President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill, the new rural health fund has state leaders rushing to design plans. But clinic advocates worry vague guidance and uneven distribution could dilute its impact.
With scorching temperatures blanketing nearly half the country, power providers brace for peak demand as cities issue health warnings and transit systems slow under the strain.
Under new federal law, states must verify millions of enrollees’ employment status. Some officials are worried about the administrative burden.
Despite warnings that the law criminalizes low-risk behaviors, the state remains one of just five that impose lengthy sex offender registration requirements after conviction.
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