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Laya Healthcare to increase cost of health insurance for second time this year
Laya Healthcare is to increase the price of its health insurance polices by an average of 4.5% from the start of October.It is Laya's second price increase in 2025, after hiking its policies by an average of 6.6% in April. It also plans to retire...

Point32Health reports losses driven by 'unprecedented' healthcare costs

Sault Ste. Marie still awaiting HART Hub; AMO delegates must press Health Minister It was on the eve of the call for a provincial election with then MPP Ross Romano gathered more than two dozen healthcare providers, community stakeholders and media…
Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Column Sault Ste. Marie former MPP Ross Romano announced funding for two area HART Hubs just before the writ for a provincial election was dropped - one in Sault Ste. Marie, one in Maamwesying North Shore Community...

Abortion Pills That Give You Superpowers? Women’s Healthcare Is Now the Stuff of Fantasy Films
Around the globe, access to safe and affordable women’s healthcare is becoming a thing of make-believe, but an emerging trend in indie film has sparked short bursts of spectacular pushback. At California’s Palm Springs ShortFest and Salute Your...

CWRU students help draft state legislation on use of AI in healthcare
Artificial intelligence holds great promise in medicine. AI-driven tools have the potential for more accurate diagnosis, personalized treatment options, streamlined administrative tasks, and other undiscovered possibilities. But this ever-evolving...

VOTE: Are there enough healthcare services in Kern County?
by BakersfieldNow Staff Fri, August 15th 2025 at 7:41 AMUpdated Fri, August 15th 2025 at 7:54 AM LOUISVILLE, KY - AUGUST 25: Rochelle Ransom a Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness lab technologist processes liquified mosquito...

Can reimagined public-private partnerships deliver community healthcare infrastructure?
Moving healthcare provision from hospital settings into local communities represents a fundamental pillar of the UK Government’s long-term NHS strategy. Central to the transformation set out in the 10-year health plan, which was published this...
Northwest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Announces August 2025 Distribution
Breadcrumb Trail Links Newsfile Article content Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – August 15, 2025) – Northwest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: NWH.UN) (the “REIT” or “Northwest“), a global investor and operator of...

An intersectional lens on DV policy
The lens of integrated policy design has led to a new way of supporting women with disability who are escaping violence. Dr Alicia Yon, education fellow at the University of Melbourne School of Design, undertook her PhD in urban planning and...

Flint Hills Community Accelerator celebrates opening, offers childcare, healthcare and financial guidance
By Cole Bertelsen Gov. Laura Kelly, community leaders and local residents gathered Thursday to celebrate the grand opening of the Flint Hills Community Accelerator and Childcare Business Initiative. The facility, located at 2423 Kimball Ave., was...

Antibiotic Stewardship Alone May Be Insufficient for Preventing C Diff Infections
This article was originally published on our sister-site, HCPLive.com New research is shedding light on the need for C difficile infection (CDI) strategies beyond antibiotic stewardship, highlighting antibiotic exposure’s minimal impact on...

A Holistic Approach to HIV Patient Care
AHN's Positive Health Clinic is a Ryan White Care Act-funded program, which means patients can receive many specialized HIV care services regardless of their insurance coverage or ability to pay. The PHC offers long term primary care that includes...

The Escalating Challenges of Gram-Resistant Organisms: The Role of Cefiderocol
The rapid spread of multidrug-resistant gram negative bacilli (MDR-GNB), defined as gram-negative bacteria with nonsusceptibility to at least 1 agent in 3 or more antimicrobial categories, is a significant challenge worldwide.1 Historically, these...

Fired foreign healthcare workers plan to take Finnish employer to court
The wellbeing services county of North Savo terminated the employment contracts of 10 nurses and two doctors, all of foreign backgrounds, who were hired just last year. Open image viewer Yle has not named any of the workers because doing so could...

First clinical results demonstrate efficacy of VOY-101, a novel gene therapy for GA
Clinicians and industry partners continue the race to find the most efficacious therapy for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). A new gene therapy may solve the puzzle for patients with non-neovascular AMD, and more information is coming soon...

New pediatric healthcare model expands, bringing doctors’ offices to South Florida retail centers
A new model in pediatrics is gaining ground in South Florida. Bluebird Kids Health is opening primary care locations in heavily visited retail shopping centers in communities that lack sufficient pediatric offices. By locating in centers where the...

Five healthcare workers at the Hospital Regional test positive for tuberculosis
The screening carried out in Malaga's Hospital Regional among 45 health professionals, after contact with a patient infected with tuberculosis, has resulted in five positives. This is what the nursing union SATSE reported on Thursday, adding that...

Emory Healthcare laying off financial services employees
ATLANTA - Emory Healthcare has confirmed it is reducing its workforce within the Financial Services department. What we know: The job cuts reportedly began on Tuesday and affect fewer than 1% of the organization’s total workforce across metro...

Damien Maura, PhD, on AAV Capsids That Evade Neutralizing Antibodies
“...In the field of AAV gene therapy, there is between 30% and 65% of patients that cannot receive an AAV gene therapy treatment due to the presence of neutralizing antibodies. The goal of our work was to try and find a solution for that problem.”...

U.S. Healthcare in OBBBA: A Patchwork of Big Changes
Introduction The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA or the Act) contains only 118 references to healthcare, a surprisingly small number given its numerous proposals for changes to the U.S. healthcare system. The provisions are broad in scope and...