A news release says the case in Sussex, N.B., involves a person who travelled to the area from another province between June 22 and June 23.
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Measles cases in B.C. rise to 102, with majority in Northern Health region
The largest age group infected is among those aged five to 17, at 49 per cent, with those between ages 18 to 54 in second at 30 per cent.
Doulas, Once a Luxury, Are Increasingly Covered by Medicaid — Even in GOP States
As a postpartum doula, Dawn Oliver does her best work in the middle of the night. During a typical shift, she shows up at her clients’ home at 10 p.m. She answers questions they may have about basic infant care and keeps an eye out for signs of postpartum depression. After bedtime, she may feed…
As summer travel gets underway, Alberta has highest measles cases per capita in North America
Alberta reported yesterday that 1,230 people have been infected with the highly contagious disease since March.
Insurers Fight State Laws Restricting Surprise Ambulance Bills
Nicole Silva’s 4-year-old daughter was headed to a relative’s house near the southern Colorado town of La Jara when a vehicle T-boned the car she was riding in. A cascade of ambulance rides ensued — a ground ambulance to a local hospital, an air ambulance to Denver, and another ground ambulance to Children’s Hospital Colorado….
Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans
The tax and spending legislation the House voted to send to President Donald Trump’s desk on Thursday, enacting much of his domestic agenda, cuts federal health spending by about $1 trillion over a decade in ways that will jeopardize the physical and financial health of tens of millions of Americans. The bill, passed in both…
In a First, Trump and GOP-Led Congress Prepare To Swell Ranks of US Uninsured
CLARKESVILLE, Ga. — Last September, Alton Fry went to the doctor concerned he had high blood pressure. The trip would result in a prostate cancer diagnosis. So began the stress of trying to pay for tens of thousands of dollars in treatment — without health insurance. “I’ve never been sick in my life, so I’ve…
‘We Need To Keep Fighting’: HIV Activists Organize To Save Lives as Trump Guts Funding
GREENVILLE, Miss. — Cedric Sturdevant woke up with “a bit of depression” but made it to church, as he does every Sunday. In a few days, he would drive from Mississippi to Washington, D.C., to join HIV advocates at an April rally against the Trump administration’s actions. It had clawed back more than $11 billion…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Supreme Court Upholds Bans on Gender-Affirming Care
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A…
With Property Seized and Federal Funding Uncertain, Montana Asbestos Clinic Fights for Its Life
LIBBY, Mont. — Dozens of feet of tubing connect Gayla Benefield to her oxygen machine so she can walk from room to room inside her home on the picturesque Kootenai River, surrounded by the Cabinet Mountains. Like many people who live in this remote town about 80 miles from the U.S.-Canada border, the 81-year-old Benefield…