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Healthcare Showdown: Planned Parenthood Vows Legal Battle Over Funding Cut
“See You in Court!” declares CEO A monumental clash is brewing between Planned Parenthood and the Trump administration, as the reproductive healthcare giant announced Thursday its intent to sue over a newly passed “megabill” provision that could...
America's "Healthcare" System Is Now A Structured Financial Skim/Scam
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, "Healthcare" grift, graft, fraud and financialized skims / scams will bankrupt the nation. I've been writing about America's healthcare system for 18 years, emphasizing two enduring themes: 1)...

HHS.gov: 'Slashing Stifling Regulations Can Improve Healthcare in America'
"Slashing stifling regulations can improve healthcare in America, giving providers more time to focus on patients instead of paperwork," tweets HHS.gov. Slashing stifling regulations can improve healthcare in America, giving providers more time to...

Another nurse to join healthcare team on Japan's quake-hit southwestern island
Another nurse is scheduled to join a healthcare team on a remote southwestern Japanese island that has been rattled by a series of earthquakes. The nurse is to be dispatched to Akusekijima in Toshima Village in Kagoshima Prefecture on Monday. The...

Live: Indigenous Australians minister says 'now is time' to take steps on truth-telling
9m agoSun 6 Jul 2025 at 10:22pm Coroner to hand down finding into Kumanjayi Walker's death Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this blog post contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died, used with the...

Reform unlikely to introduce insurance-based healthcare
Gareth LewisPolitical editor, BBC Wales News ShareSave Reform UK's party leader Nigel Farage called for a "fundamental rethink" to fix the Welsh NHS Reform UK would be highly unlikely to introduce an insurance-based health system if they run the...

While Americans worry about losing healthcare, Donald Trump and his allies defend a bill that helps the Rich
Donald Trump, standing on a White House balcony like some old-time king, tells the country that his new bill is actually very popular, no matter what the polls say, no matter what you’ve read or even personally believe. Meanwhile, behind the...

SAMS Conference Call for Building a Modern Healthcare System in Syria
Damascus, SANA– The 23rd International Medical Conference, organized by the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), concluded on Sunday. The conference was held in cooperation with the Ministries of Health and Higher Education and Scientific...

Israel’s bold move: Exploring AI regulation in healthcare - opinion

Healthcare in Crisis: Long waits, overworked doctors as medical professionals flee
Josephine Awode’s 15-year-old son began panting and wheezing. With each breath, his chest expanded and contracted visibly underneath his t-shirt. It was an asthma crisis. Awode reached for her son’s ferinol tablets. He used the medication, but the...

Short-staffed primary health centres hit tribal healthcare in ITDA-Utnoor
The agency, which covers parts of Adilabad, Nirmal, Mancherial and Kumram Bheem Asifabad districts, has 32 health centres. These are currently functioning with only 837 employees against a sanctioned strength of 1,135. severely hampering essential...

Webinar held on ‘Tomorrow’s doctors and dentists: Skills that shape the future of healthcare’
At a webinar on ‘Tomorrow’s doctors and dentists: Skills that shape the future of healthcare’, in collaboration with The Hindu and the SRM Institute of Science and Technology, panellists spoke about how young doctors should develop empathy, and a...

Niger Govt, GGHN Partner To Deliver Healthcare Services To Remote Communities
News Investigators/ Niger government says it had partnered with Georgetown Global Health Nigeria (GGHN) to deliver health and nutrition services to women and children in hard-to-reach communities in the state. Ibrahim Dangana, Commissioner for...

Jake Auchincloss criticizes GOP's stance on healthcare and fiscal policies
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, currently serving in the U.S. Congress representing Massachusetts' 4th district, has recently shared his views on healthcare and economic issues through a series of tweets. Auchincloss, who succeeded Joe Kennedy III in 2021,...

Radio station and hospital team up to provide healthcare advice
Lymm-based Cheshire radio station MIX 56 has teamed up with Spire Cheshire Hospital to promote health and wellbeing through health education, community initiatives, and expert medical advice. Paul Smith, director of MIX 56, said: "This is an...

Sharice Davids highlights new healthcare facility and upcoming World Cup plans
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids representing Kansas' 3rd Congressional District | Official U.S. House headshotU.S. Rep. Sharice Davids representing Kansas' 3rd Congressional District | Official U.S. House headshot Rep. Sharice Davids, who has been...

Congressman Sorensen Condemns Tax Breaks for the Wealthy at the Expense of Healthcare and Food Assistance
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) issued the following statement in response to Republicans’ passing their ‘Big Billionaire Bailout,’ which gives massive tax breaks to the rich by cutting health care and food assistance for...

How Healthcare Cuts in the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Affect Americans

Ruto: Primary Healthcare Is Free, Report Hospitals Charging Patients
NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 6 – President William Ruto has warned public and private hospitals that continue to charge patients for Primary Health Care (PHC) services, declaring that such services are now free under the government’s new health reforms. The...

Greg Casar criticizes recent Republican-led legislation affecting healthcare and energy costs
U.S. Rep. Greg Casar Representing the 3rd District of Texas | Official U.S. House headshotU.S. Rep. Greg Casar Representing the 3rd District of Texas | Official U.S. House headshot Congressman Greg Casar, representing Texas' 35th district since...