(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Utah’s Department of Corrections after alleging that the state violated an inmate’s rights by refusing to provide treatment for gender dysphoria.
The DOJ’s lawsuit comes three weeks after federal prosecutors threatened to sue Utah if it failed to implement a raft of reforms, including new policies to ensure inmates have access to gender-related healthcare. The DOJ didn’t even wait a month after its threat to file the lawsuit.
"According to the DOJ,...
THE BULLETIN – Every state in the country requires school children to be vaccinated against measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases.
Those policies have been in place for decades, but during the COVID pandemic, a handful of states worked to weaken them—mainly by making it easier for individuals to claim exemptions.
West Virginia lawmakers recently took the crusade against routine vaccinations a step further, passing a bill to allow private and parochial schools to set whatever rules...
President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump are the oldest people ever to seek the presidency, challenging norms about what the public should know about candidates’ health.
KFF Health News – Some consumers covered by Affordable Care Act insurance plans are being switched from one plan to another without their express permission, potentially leaving them unable to see their doctors or fill prescriptions. Some face large IRS bills for back taxes.
Unauthorized enrollment or plan-switching is emerging as a serious challenge for the ACA, also known as Obamacare.
Brokers say the ease with which rogue agents can get into policyholder accounts in the...
HEADLIINE HEALTH – Today, millions of Christians around the world observe Easter Sunday, the holy day commemorating the resurrection of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
According to two millennia of Christian tradition, Christ came to save believers from their sins.
Christian teaching is that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. A sin is defined as anything that offends God and is contrary to his laws. Wanting mankind to know and...
STAT NEWS – People in Republican-voting states were more likely to report adverse events after receiving a Covid-19 vaccination than people living in Democratic-leaning states, a new analysis finds, suggesting that how people view their post-vaccine side effects or decide whether to report them may be shaped by their political views.
The cross-sectional study, published Friday in JAMA Network Open, looked at more than 620,000 entries in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System from 2020...
I thought I would share why I am no longer a Democrat...
I was a two-time bone cancer survivor, still am. That's how I lost my arm.
Having healthcare was extremely important to me. I heard all the talking points of "if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor," "if you like your plan, you can keep your plan, "the average family is going to save $1,500 a year," "it's not a tax."
All of...
TELEGRAPH (UK) – Rishi Sunak has vowed to “stop our kids getting hooked on nicotine” – as a study has found for the first time that vaping damages mouth cells in the same way as cigarettes.
Changes in the make-up of the cells in the cheek lining, which have been linked to cancer, are the same for those using vapes as cigarettes, scientists have discovered.
The revelation comes as the Prime Minister is set to introduce...
NBC NEWS – Former President Donald Trump is suggesting he would be open to supporting a national ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is endangered.
In a radio interview Tuesday with Sid Rosenberg on WABC, Trump weighed in on what he thinks would be an appropriate limit on the procedure after he touted the Supreme Court’s overturning in 2022...
POLITICO’s investigation found that Jim Biden leveraged his brother’s name to promote Americore and that his involvement with the hospital chain began in May 2017.
In contrast to Biden’s reckless health care proposals, the House Budget Committee’s Fiscal Year 2025 “Reverse the Curse” Budget Resolution reins in mandatory health care spending and improves the quality of care for patients by strengthening Medicare for seniors and making Medicaid work for the most vulnerable.