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Population health, policy and the data behind prevention.

Medicaid frailty ruling upends work-rule exemptions for physicians

A federal ruling blocks CMS’s narrow Medicaid frailty definition, leaving physicians in Indiana and Michigan facing new exemption uncertainty.

Higher out-of-pocket costs lowered willingness to schedule recommended procedures and increased financial anxiety tied to expected pain, study…

Expanded independent analysis found no clear evidence of higher cancer rates among children and young adults living within…

Richmond urges adults 40 and over to get blood pressure checked to prevent heart attacks and strokes and…

Westmorland and Furness Council marks Occupational Therapy Week 2026 with community events focused on independence, participation and daily…

Warwickshire County Council is directing residents to online mental health, wellbeing and carer resources, including Living Well and…

WHO country leaders met in Lyon for leadership training aimed at advancing tobacco taxation, enforcement, and response to…

WHO SAGE revised HPV, diphtheria, yellow fever, mpox and polio vaccine guidance while urging research on Bundibugyo virus…

At an Iowa rally, RFK Jr. and allies tied MAHA themes to vaccines, chronic disease, and liability battles…

A federal judge blocked the new Medicaid medical frailty definition, citing risk of wrongful disenrollment and inadequate time…

Public Health

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