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"...HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last month announced that medical practitioners who provide gender-affirming care to minors are out of compliance with federal health care standards. Now, the agency is enforcing that declaration, though its options are temporarily limited because of an ongoing lawsuit."
https://19thnews.org/2026/01/gender-affirming-care-youth-hospitals/
#healthcare #hospitals #ChildrensHealth #lgbtq #transgender #autonomy
"Some Black and Indigenous midwives and doulas say birth centers can be helpful alternatives to their community members, many of whom have had experiences in more medicalized settings that left them feeling marginalized, dismissed or unsafe."
https://19thnews.org/2026/01/freestanding-birth-centers-closing-maternity-care-gaps/
#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #birth #BirthCenters #midwives #doulas #hospitals
I would think this is considered an entity handling protected health information. I wonder if people have to opt into it or can decline. But regular people may want faster refill responses.
People are really jumping into AI in healthcare and it makes me nervous when we haven't thought through how to ensure they're adequately trained and reduce biases! One medical education organization's entire webinar series for the next 5-6 weeks is all about AI in medical education. 
@Barbramon1 @yoasif @jeridansky @augieray
I don't live in an area with Wegmans. Are there more grocery shopping options in that region?
"Trump measles." "Trump whooping cough." "Trump rsv."
"Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican and one of Congress’ few medical professionals, on Monday criticized the Department of Health and Human Services’ newly revised vaccination schedule for children — saying it will 'make America sicker.'”
https://veritenews.org/2026/01/06/cassidy-kennedy-vaccines/
#PublicHealth #CDC #HHS #vaccines #immunizations #ChildrensHealth #pediatrics #FamilyMedicine #rotavirus #covid #influenza #flu #meningitis #hepatitisA #hepA #hepatitisB #hepB
"In a first for the U.S., Utah is letting artificial intelligence — not a doctor — renew certain medical prescriptions. No human involved.
The state has launched a pilot program with health-tech startup Doctronic that allows an AI system to handle routine prescription renewals for patients with chronic conditions."
"Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that two laws barring the procedure, including the country’s first explicit ban on abortion pills, violate the state constitution."
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-wyoming-ruling-legal-a8396f0ed4a3229eed5e9fea575be63e
#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #courts #wyoming
It's good to be back!
“Flu continues to bring misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.
By another measure – visits to the doctor for fever plus a cough or sore throat, which are common flu symptoms – the US is at its highest level of respiratory illness since at least the 1997-98 flu season..."
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/health/flu-highest-level-25-years
#PublicHealth #flu #influenza #vaccines #immunizations #MaskUp #prevention
“This is really simple to me. Do we care about Black women getting cancer or do we not? Every action, or inaction, on this issue flows from that question - and we can see how people are answering,” [US Rep. Shontel] Brown said in an email.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/health/hair-straightening-formaldehyde-fda-deadline
#PublicHealth #hair #relaxer #chemical #formaldehyde #prevention #FDA #BlackMastodon
@jeridansky @gregggonsalves @cbarbermd
Thank you for the summary! Glad to be back on Mastodon. I was trying to start from scratch on another instance and waiting for approval. At least now I can download my information and figure out all the accounts I was following!