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Thousands of South Carolina children and millions across the country could lose the Medicaid coverage they gained during the pandemic after federal protection expires later this year, advocates said. They call on government agencies such as the Department of Health and Social Services of the SC to do more to keep children and families in …

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Placeholder while article actions are loading Ask most teachers or principals about their students’ mental health this year, and they’ll tell you stories of how much worse things are than usual: He’s still fighting in the hallway. Students cannot focus on the lesson. Depression and sadness. New federal data is helping to quantify how much …

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CBD is a chemical compound found naturally in cannabis sativa, a plant species that includes cannabis and hemp plants. (Imagine cannabis sativa as a family and cannabis and hemp as sisters in that family.) The main difference between these two plants is that hemp contains higher amounts of CBD than THC (the main intoxicating psychoactive …

Your guide to the legalization of CBD by the state - Forbes Health Read More »

I started teaching more than 20 years ago and have worked in Clark County schools for almost a decade. Over the years, I have met hundreds of wonderful educators who share my passion for investing in students ’educational development. I love what I do, but as one of many Nevada residents living with a chronic …

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Proponents of color-coded communities that do not have enough services hosted the first Banco de Mujeres in Tampa last weekend. The event, which was a success in Kissimmee, provided free hygiene products. About 200 families passed through the tents in front of the Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tampa when the services ended on Saturday …

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If the US Supreme Court annuls Roe v. Vade by its final judgment in Dobbs Women’s Health Organization v. Jackson, restrictions on abortion can affect overall health care. Trying to save a complicated twin pregnancy, I discovered that U.S. anti-abortion policy already limits the medical procedures doctors can do, the drugs doctors can prescribe, the …

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Home Health and Personal Care Provider Amedisis Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) is experimenting with a new model that fits better in today’s environment that has a lot of Medicare Advantage. Amedisis of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has begun piloting a new model that takes into account the case-by-case rate, which will hopefully reduce business per episode to …

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Placeholder while article actions are loading America’s extraordinary weapons culture is not the source of our extraordinary level of gun violence and mass shootings, say GOP politicians. Something else must be wrong. Lately, the politically more convenient explanation is mental illness. “We as a state, we as a society need to do a better job …

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May 26, 2022 Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen to Acast. You can also listen to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Click here for the transcript of the episode. This week’s mass shooting of elementary school students in Texas (just 10 days after the racially …

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A (second) A very sad week Read More »