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Who is eligible for spring COVID booster and how to book
Find out if you are eligible for a COVID booster jab this spring by reading our guide below.
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Asia-Pacific gets new weapon in fight against drug-resistant TB
A faster and vastly more effective treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis is being rolled out in the Asia-Pacific region, raising hopes of a "new era" in tackling one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases.Now, a new drug regimen involving fewer pills and side effects is being rolled out in the Asia-Pacific, including the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia, where trials have shown a more than 90 percent cure rate after six months.
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One-fourth of people dropped from Medicaid still aren't insured, survey shows
Almost a quarter of people who were dropped from Medicaid during the post-pandemic eligibility reviews are still uninsured and high costs are preventing them from getting on another plan, a new survey from KFF showed Friday. At least 20 million lower-income Americans have lost their federal health insurance since the provision that kept states from disenrolling people during COVID-19 ended in March 2023, according to KFF’s unwinding tracker. Medicaid enrollment nationally rose by nearly one-th
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Poland has a strict abortion law — and many abortions. Lawmakers are now tackling the legislation
Poland’s parliament held a long-awaited debate Thursday on liberalizing the country's strict abortion law. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe, but many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. Abortion is regulated by a 1993 law that was heavily influenced by the Catholic church, and was further restricted following a 2020 constitutional court ruling preventing abortion in case of fetal abnormalities.
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Senior doctors in England agree on a pay deal with the government to end a yearlong dispute
Senior doctors in England have accepted a pay offer from the British government that ends a yearlong dispute with unprecedented strike action. The British Medical Association and the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association, which represent the senior doctors, who are known as consultants, said Friday that 83% of those casting a vote backed the offer. The pay increases will see those who have been consultants between four and seven years getting a 2.85% raise.
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Cancer charity shop forced to close after heartless shoplifters steal items
Graeme Sergeant, head of the Chemotherapy Cancer Project, says donations have been too low to keep the shop open.
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Mississippi Senate passes trimmed Medicaid expansion and sends bill back to the House
Mississippi lawmakers will try to negotiate on expanding Medicaid in one of the poorest states in the U.S. after the Senate voted Thursday for a vastly different plan than one proposed by the House. The upper chamber's proposal would insure fewer people and bring less federal money to the state than the version approved by the House last month. Senators debated the bill for nearly two hours before approving it in a 36-16 vote.
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