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Medicaid payments barely keep hospital mental health units afloat. Federal cuts could sink them
By Tony Leys May 8, 2025 7:00 AM ET SPENCER, Iowa — This town’s hospital is a holdout on behalf of people going through mental health crises. The facility’s leaders have pledged not to shutter their inpatient psychiatric unit, as dozens of other U.S. hospitals have. Keeping that promise could soon get tougher if Congress slashes…
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Senators send letter to RFK Jr. warning that HHS cuts could hurt Indian Health Service
The senators expressed concerns that cuts could diminish quality of health care. By Mary Kekatos May 7, 2025, 3:17 PM A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warning him that cuts to the agency could severely impact the Indian Health Service (IHS). The letter —…
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Blue Cross VT CEO: Progress has been made, but health care costs ‘simply unsustainable’
Dan D’Ambrosio May 8, 2025 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont CEO Don George has been ringing the alarm on the finances of the largest health insurance provider since last July, when he sent an open letter via email describing Blue Cross VT’s “fragile financial situation.” George said the insurer was being battered by escalating prices for…
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Doctors often gaslight women with pelvic disorders and pain, study finds
In a survey, patients reported dismissive comments and being told to lose weight, go to therapy or drink more alcohol to cope with sexual dysfunction. By Linda Carroll May 8, 2025, 12:21 PM CDT Women seeking help for certain gynecological disorders may have their symptoms gaslighted by their doctors or nurses, a new study suggests. The flood of…
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‘I cannot guarantee complete confidentiality,’ VA therapists ordered to tell veterans
By Katia Riddle April 11, 2025 4:58 PM ET Panic, fear, uncertainty, and anger. Those are the emotions mental health clinicians who work for the US Department of Veterans Affairs describe as they prepare for the VA’s mandatory return-to-office directive. Some are being summoned to offices as soon as Monday, April 14. Representatives from the VA say they…
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G7 nations paper over differences on tariffs and Ukraine, agree to address ‘imbalances’
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Updated 4:43 PM CDT, May 22, 2025 BANFF, Alberta (AP) — Top finance officials from the world’s seven wealthiest democracies set aside stark differences on U.S. tariffs after two days of talks and agreed to counter global “economic imbalances,” a swipe at China’s trade practices. In a communiqué issued Thursday, the Group of…
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Cameroon: Deplorable life sentence handed to peace activist an “affront to justice”
The life sentence handed down to Anglophone peace activist Abdu Karim Ali is an affront to justice, and he should be released immediately, Amnesty International said today, after obtaining the judgment convicting him. 15 May 2025 Abdu Karim Ali, who was charged with “hostility against the homeland” and “secession”, was sentenced by the military Court…
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Kenya, Dominican Republic sign agreement to support security mission in Haiti
By Rédaction Africanews Last updated: 13/05 – 15:44 Kenya and the Dominican Republic signed an agreement on Monday that would bolster support for the Kenyan police deployed in Haiti. The deal was signed by the Dominican Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez and Kenya’s First Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Secretary, Musalia Mudavadi would see Kenyan police receive both…
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At least 22 killed in weekend attacks in Nigeria’s northeast
By Ahmed Kingimi April 28, 2025 5:23 AM CDT MAIDUGURI, April 28 (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist miltants killed at least 22 people and wounded several others in two separate attacks over the weekend in northeastern Nigeria, residents and police said, the latest incidents in a region plagued by armed violence. Nigeria has been grappling with a…
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