‘Behind the Times’: Washington Tries to Catch Up With AI’s Use in Health Care Darius Tahir Lawmakers and regulators in Washington are starting to puzzle over how to regulate artificial intelligence in health care — and the AI industry thinks there’s a good chance they’ll mess it up. “It’s an incredibly daunting problem,” said […]

      States Target Health Insurers’ ‘Prior Authorization’ Red Tape Bram Sable-Smith Christopher Marks noticed an immediate improvement when his doctor prescribed him the Type 2 diabetes medication Mounjaro last year. The 40-year-old truck driver from Kansas City, Missouri, said his average blood sugar reading decreased significantly and that keeping it within target range […]

  Halfway Through ‘Unwinding,’ Medicaid Enrollment Is Down About 10 Million Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Halfway through what will be the biggest purge of Medicaid beneficiaries in a one-year span, enrollment in the government-run health insurance program is on track to return to roughly pre-pandemic levels. Medicaid, which covers low-income and disabled people, and […]

  FDA’s Plan to Ban Hair Relaxer Chemical Called Too Little, Too Late Ronnie Cohen In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to unveil a proposal to consider banning the chemical in hair-straightening products. The move comes at a time […]

  Cities Know That the Way Police Respond to Mental Crisis Calls Must Change. But How? Nicole Leonard, WHYY and Kate Wolffe, CapRadio and Simone Popperl If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” or the Crisis Text Line by […]

  Colorado Moves to Connect Agricultural Workers With Mental Health Resources Vignesh Ramachandran If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Spanish-language services are also available. Colorado lawmakers have proposed a pair of measures they say will improve […]

  Is Housing Health Care? State Medicaid Programs Increasingly Say ‘Yes’ Angela Hart States are plowing billions of dollars into a high-stakes health care experiment that’s exploding around the country: using scarce public health insurance money to provide housing for the poorest and sickest Americans. California is going the biggest, pumping $12 billion into an […]

  Colorado Legal Settlement Would Up Care and Housing Standards for Trans Women Inmates Moe K. Clark DENVER — Taliyah Murphy received a letter in early 2018 about a soon-to-be-filed class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of transgender women like her who were housed in men’s prisons in Colorado. It gave her hope. Murphy and other […]

  Possibility of Wildlife-to-Human Crossover Heightens Concern About Chronic Wasting Disease Jim Robbins Each fall, millions of hunters across North America make their way into forests and grasslands to kill deer. Over the winter, people chow down on the venison steaks, sausage, and burgers made from the animals. These hunters, however, are not just on […]

Link: FindTreatment.gov is an online source of information for persons seeking substance use and/or mental health treatment facilities in the United States or U.S. Territories.     Possibility of Wildlife-to-Human Crossover Heightens Concern About Chronic Wasting Disease Jim Robbins Each fall, millions of hunters across North America make their way into forests and grasslands to […]