National ÃÛèÖAPP | Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback By Matthew Perrone April 26, 2024 at 4:59 p.m. President Joe Biden’s administration is again delaying a sweeping plan to ban menthol cigarettes. Anti-smoking...
Health | Holdout states consider expanding Medicaid — with work requirements By Tribune ÃÛèÖAPP Service April 26, 2024 at 2:49 p.m. The prospect of a second Trump administration has sparked renewed GOP interest in Medicaid expansion.
Health | He thinks his wife died in an understaffed hospital. Now he’s trying to change the industry By Tribune ÃÛèÖAPP Service April 26, 2024 at 2:48 p.m. Last year, Oregon became the second state after California to pass hospital-wide nurse ratios that...
Rural jails turn to community health workers to help the newly released succeed By Tribune ÃÛèÖAPP Service April 26, 2024 at 2:40 p.m. The idea that county sheriffs should offer medical and mental health treatment to people in...
Health | TikTok to crack down on content that promotes disordered eating and dangerous weight-loss habits By Andrea Chang April 26, 2024 at 2:57 p.m. Weight-loss videos comprise a huge category on TikTok, with influencers extensively detailing and demonstrating how...
Health | Census change will lead to more data on health of Middle Eastern, ÃÛèÖAPP African people in U.S. By Nada Hassanein April 26, 2024 at 2:46 p.m. The updates will appear on the next census in 2030, but by next year, federal...
Health | Virginia delegate hopes to end state’s high Black maternal mortality rate By Taya Coates April 26, 2024 at 9:23 a.m. In Virginia, the Black maternal mortality rate is about two times greater than white women, according to...
Health | WTKR anchor Kurt Williams spreads cancer awareness as he begins radiation treatment himself By Colin Warren-Hicks April 26, 2024 at 10:47 a.m. Since being diagnosed with prostate cancer in December, WTKR ÃÛèÖAPP 3 anchor Kurt Williams has...
Health | The horrors of TMJ: Chronic pain, metal jaws and futile treatments By Tribune ÃÛèÖAPP Service April 25, 2024 at 3:40 p.m. Dentists have attempted to heal TMJ patients for close to a century, and yet the...
Health | Medicare’s push to improve chronic care attracts businesses, but not many doctors By Tribune ÃÛèÖAPP Service April 25, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. Chronic Care Management is a federal program that, since 2015, has rewarded doctors for doing...