Daily Edition for Thursday, April 10, 2025
Modesto Shelter Doubles Size Of Its Recuperative Care Program: Thanks to a $313,000 grant from Health Net, a managed care organization, and CalAIM, the state’s initiative to improve Medi-Cal, Modesto Gospel Mission completed an expansion of its recuperative care facility for men at the end of March. Recuperative care is designed to transition homeless people in need of a place to heal after hospitalizations. Read more from The Intersection.
Tácticas migratorias de Trump obstaculizan esfuerzos para evitar una pandemia de gripe aviar, dicen investigadores
By Amy Maxmen
Las agresivas tácticas de deportación han aterrorizado a los trabajadores agrícolas, que son el centro de la estrategia nacional contra la gripe aviar, según afirman trabajadores de salud pública. Los trabajadores de las industrias láctea y avícola han representado la mayoría de los casos de gripe aviar en el país, y prevenir y detectar los […]
Misinformation About Fentanyl Exposure Threatens To Undermine Overdose Response
By Henry Larweh
Fentanyl overdoses occur from ingesting the synthetic opioid. But popular culture has misrepresented the risks to first responders.
Trump’s Immigration Tactics Obstruct Efforts To Avert Bird Flu Pandemic, Researchers Say
By Amy Maxmen
Preventing and detecting bird flu infections among farmworkers is a key defense against a potential pandemic. Immigration raids and threats have undermined these efforts, researchers say.
Tax Time Triggers Fraud Alarms for Some Obamacare Enrollees
By Julie Appleby
Consumers who were enrolled fraudulently in Affordable Care Act coverage could receive unexpected tax bills — the first and possibly only clue they were a victim of fraud. Getting help may become difficult as federal workers are laid off and funding for assistance programs is cut.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Batten Tapped As Chief Medical Officer For LA28: Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has appointed Casey Batten, MD, as chief medical officer for the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Dr. Batten, a sports medicine specialist at the health system, will oversee all aspects of medical planning and care delivery for the Los Angeles Games. He will also sit on the International Olympic Committee’s Medical and Scientific Commission. Read more from Becker’s Hospital Review.
Se cancelan clínicas de vacunación por recortes federales, mientras aumentan los casos de sarampión
By Bram Sable-Smith and Arielle Zionts and Jackie Fortiér
Los esfuerzos de inmunización en todo el país se vieron afectados después que los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades cancelaran abruptamente $11.400 millones en fondos relacionados con covid-19 que se usaban para muchas vacunas.
Rural Hospitals and Patients Are Disconnected From Modern Care
By Sarah Jane Tribble and Holly K. Hacker and Caresse Jackman, InvestigateTV
Technological gaps handicap rural hospitals as billions in federal funding to modernize infrastructure lags. The reliance on outdated technology and piecemeal systems challenge staffs and erode patient care.
Slashed Federal Funding Cancels Vaccine Clinics Amid Measles Surge
By Bram Sable-Smith and Arielle Zionts and Jackie Fortiér
Federal funding cuts, though temporarily blocked by a judge, have upended vaccination clinics across the country, including in Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Texas, and Washington state, amid a rise in vaccine hesitancy and a resurgence of measles.
Federal Judge Blocks Mandate on Nursing Home Staffing
By Tarena Lofton
A federal judge in Texas blocked a Biden administration rule to boost staffing at nursing homes. The decision comes even though many homes lack enough workers to maintain residents’ care.
