For community health, it's time to move from assessment to improvementFor community health, it's time to move from assessment to improvementFor community health, it's time to move from assessment to improvement

For community health, it's time to move from assessment to improvement

Tremendous efforts are being made in community health improvement throughout the country, but those efforts are often small in scale and impact. It's time to "go big."

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Hospitals run low on nurses as they get swamped with COVIDHospitals run low on nurses as they get swamped with COVIDHospitals run low on nurses as they get swamped with COVID

Hospitals run low on nurses as they get swamped with COVID

Florida, Arkansas and Louisiana all have more people hospitalized with COVID-19 than any other point in the pandemic, and nursing staff is being stretched thin.

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2.5M sign up during exchange special enrollment period 2.5M sign up during exchange special enrollment period 2.5M sign up during exchange special enrollment period

2.5M sign up during exchange special enrollment period

Over 2.5 million people have enrolled for coverage through HealthCare.gov and state marketplaces since the start of a special enrollment period that began in February, according to federal data.

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Breakthrough deaths, infections low in MassachusettsBreakthrough deaths, infections low in MassachusettsBreakthrough deaths, infections low in Massachusetts

Breakthrough deaths, infections low in Massachusetts

One hundred people who had been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus died from the disease in Massachusetts by the end of July, according to the state Department of Public Health.

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High trust in doctors, nurses in US, AP-NORC poll findsHigh trust in doctors, nurses in US, AP-NORC poll findsHigh trust in doctors, nurses in US, AP-NORC poll finds

High trust in doctors, nurses in US, AP-NORC poll finds

At least 7 in 10 Americans trust doctors, nurses and pharmacists to do what’s right for them and their families either most or all of the time, according to the poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

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Laws for prescription drug brokers could soon have teethLaws for prescription drug brokers could soon have teethLaws for prescription drug brokers could soon have teeth

Laws for prescription drug brokers could soon have teeth

Policymakers say pharmacy benefit managers now play an outsize role in determining not only what medications patients can access but also how much patients, pharmacies and health plans pay for those drugs.

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Surgeons cash in on stakes in private medical device companiesSurgeons cash in on stakes in private medical device companiesSurgeons cash in on stakes in private medical device companies

Surgeons cash in on stakes in private medical device companies

Hundreds of orthopedists and neurosurgeons have cashed in on stakes in companies that design, manufacture or distribute orthopedic implants — sometimes after investing little or no money — and despite ongoing ethical and legal concerns, a KHN investigation has found.

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VCU Health System raises minimum wage for front-line workersVCU Health System raises minimum wage for front-line workersVCU Health System raises minimum wage for front-line workers

VCU Health System raises minimum wage for front-line workers

About 10% of workers at the Virginia-based health system will get pay raises.

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A quarter of US hospitals, and counting, demand workers get vaccinated. But not hereA quarter of US hospitals, and counting, demand workers get vaccinated. But not hereA quarter of US hospitals, and counting, demand workers get vaccinated. But not here

A quarter of US hospitals, and counting, demand workers get vaccinated. But not here

At least seven states have enacted laws to prevent covid vaccine mandates or so-called vaccine passports that would provide proof of vaccination, according to the National Academy for State Health Policy. 

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இந்த ஒரேயொரு உடற்பயிற்சி உங்கள் ஆயுளில் பல ஆண்டுகளை அதிகரிக்குமாம்? அது என்ன தெரியுமா?இந்த ஒரேயொரு உடற்பயிற்சி உங்கள் ஆயுளில் பல ஆண்டுகளை அதிகரிக்குமாம்? அது என்ன தெரியுமா?

உலகில் ஏராளமான ஆடம்பரமான உடற்பயிற்சி நடைமுறைகள் உள்ளன. அதில் ஒன்றைத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்து அதைக் கடைப்பிடிப்பது மிகவும் கடினமாகும். இப்போதெல்லாம் ஒரு வொர்க்அவுட்டின் வழக்கமான ஆரோக்கிய நன்மைகளை நாம் எளிதில் காண்கிறோம், இது முயற்சி செய்ய நம்மைத் தூண்டுகிறது. இதன் விளைவாக நாம் ஒரு உடற்பயிற்சி வழக்கத்திலிருந்து மற்றொன்றுக்கு மாறிக் கொண்டே இருக்கிறோம் அல்லது முழு செயல்முறையின்

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