A federal judge has ordered federal health agencies to restore websites and datasets that were abruptly pulled down beginning in late January, prompting an outcry from medical and public health communities. The temporary restraining order was granted in response to a lawsuit filed against the federal government by Doctors for America, a progressive advocacy group representing physicians, and the nonprofit Public Citizen.
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), which are infections contracted by patients during or soon after health treatment, are a serious threat to healthcare safety. The impacts of HAIs are detrimental and include sickness, death and billions of dollars in healthcare costs each year.
A new study analyzing Long COVID healthcare utilization in Colorado reveals a significant shift from acute care to outpatient services following diagnosis, shedding light on evolving treatment patterns and the broader healthcare burden posed by the condition.
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans may no longer be pushing to wholly repeal Obamacare, but big cuts to the nation’s health system are still on the table.
ACLU senior counsel Joshua Block says Congress has passed laws prohibiting hospitals and health centers that receive federal funds from discriminating against patients on the basis of sex, and courts have found that those protections extend to transgender patients. "President Trump's executive orders attempt to direct grant recipients to do precisely what Congress has prohibited them from doing," Block says. "Congress said don't discriminate, and President Trump is saying you have to discriminate."
Understanding the role variations play in tumor evolution, and how to stop them, will aid physicians in making decisions and point to new targeted therapeutic interventions, the researchers believe.