Multipronged $50 million campaign backed by labor aims to prioritize child and senior care
A new labor-backed campaign plans to spend at least $50 million ahead of the 2024 election to put child and senior care legislation back on the priority list, after it fell out of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda during his administration. The “Care Can’t Wait” campaign is focused on resurrecting المزيد
LGBTQ teens often struggle to find mental health care tailored to them
The LGBTQ community is “certainly in a state of crisis, particularly among youth,” Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., the first openly gay Afro Latino in Congress, told NBC News in an email. “Asking for help is a sign of strength, but we need to make sure that we have the proper المزيد
N.J. Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver dies after hospitalization for unspecified ‘medical care’
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver has passed away after she was hospitalized this week for an undisclosed medical issue, her family announced in a statement Tuesday. “It is with incredible sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of the Honorable Sheila Y. Oliver, Lieutenant Governor of المزيد
Barriers to transgender health care lead some to embrace a do-it-yourself approach
Max Adomat considers themself fortunate. Adomat, 26, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, has been on a steady regimen of feminizing hormones for the last six years. They also began their gender transition in New Jersey, a progressive state where clinics offering transition-related medical care are commonplace, and name المزيد
Med schools still aren’t teaching enough on LGBTQ health care
As an increasing proportion of Americans identify as LGBTQ, leaders in sexual and gender minority health care say that the nation’s medical schools are largely failing to adequately prepare the next generation of doctors to properly care for this population. The need is critical, according to experts in medical education المزيد
Doctors say HCA hospitals push patients into hospice care to improve mortality stats
As Marisol Perez fought for her life in a Texas hospital in autumn 2021, her mother, Alma Salas, sat with her every day praying. Perez, then 42, had such a virulent case of Covid and pneumonia that doctors at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, an HCA Healthcare facility, had المزيد
Immigrant health care workers can face harsh working conditions and $100,000 lawsuits for quitting
WASHINGTON — Nurses and other health care workers who have been brought to the U.S. from overseas to fill thousands of vacant jobs say in some instances they’ve been subjected to unsafe working conditions, wage theft and threats of tens of thousands of dollars in debt if they quit or المزيد
How to take care of knotless braids
While it can be easy to focus on the challenges of maintaining thick, natural hair, it’s hard to ignore its stunning versatility. From flowy silk presses to bouncy wash-and-gos, there are seemingly endless ways to keep curly hairstyles feeling new and exciting. However, despite the beautiful end results, achieving those المزيد