Extreme heat is making pregnancy more dangerous. A @wellcometrust.bsky.social five-country survey found 73% of maternity workers reported rising heat-related complications, while 76% saw more foetal or newborn health problems. Read the full HPW report📰➡️ healthpolicy-watch.news/extreme-heat...
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+1 @tinakotek.bsky.social, led governors asking for more time after HHS changed Medicaid rules at the last minute www.oregonrainmakers.com/blog/rainmak... #TinaKotek #Oregon #Medicaid #OregonHealthPlan #Healthcare #HHS #OregonPolitics #HealthPolicy #OregonRainmakers
Incarceration is a health issue. In this 10-year study, incarcerated men had higher comorbidity burden and different hospitalization patterns. 🔗: https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70297 ✍️: Farah Acher Kaiksow MD, MPP, et al. #SHM #JHM #incarceration #healthpolicy
Introducing... our new VCU-Bolashak Scholars! They arrived this fall ready to spend the next 10 months training with researchers and clinicians at #VCUPublicHealth and VCU School of Medicine. Learn more about the program and our current scholars here: healthpolicy.vcu.edu/bolashak/
🙋 LEAHP welcomes any career stage, no policy experience needed. 💰 Plus a $5,000 Goodson Scholarship opportunity. Apply by Nov 13. 🔗 buff.ly/eCg0iY4 #SGIM #LEAHP #HealthPolicy #Advocacy #CareerDevelopment #AcademicMedicine
Support for single-payer health care is rising. The budget is the obstacle. IQSS affiliate David Cutler (@davidmcutler.bsky.social) examines what Medicare for All would require, writing in @JAMA.com Health Forum. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #HealthPolicy
For the first time since the pandemic began, COVID-19 has dropped out of the world's top 10 causes of death. @who.int estimates rank it 14th in 2023, down from first in 2021, as global life expectancy rebounds. Read @stefananderson.bsky.social report at 🗞️➡️ healthpolicy-watch.news/covid-19-dro...
West Bank hospitals are running out of medicines as a financial crisis cripples healthcare. Of 520 essential drugs, 180 were out of stock in June, including 50 cancer treatments. Over 4,000 cancer patients face disruptions. Aseel Mafarjeh reports for HPW 🗞️➡️ healthpolicy-watch.news/west-bank-he...
🚨Nearly half a billion people across northern India face another season of toxic smog. Crop fires, falling temperatures and stagnant winds threaten to trap dangerous pollution across the Indo-Gangetic Plain. 📖 ⬇️ & 🔁🙏 healthpolicy-watch.news/north-india-...