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		<title><![CDATA[Long-awaited rule aims to boost ACA choices while embracing higher deductibles]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Affordable Care Act seems to always be in a policy tug-of-war as
its backers and critics spar over how it should work and who can qualify
for coverage. This year is no different, with the Trump administration
embracing standards it says will ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Final rules for Medicaid work requirements are out. Here's what you need to know]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has issued final rules on how states should
ensure that millions of Medicaid enrollees prove they’re working or
completing other activities, such as job training, volunteering, or
being enrolled in an educational program...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4229329</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Anguished parents. Doctors in tears. Utah's long measles outbreak takes a toll]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — Ben Dowse hadn't expected to treat measles when he
became a doctor, but there he was, examining a newborn exposed to the
virus in the womb. The infected mother had given birth just hours
earlier. The hospital had alerted Dowse ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vitamin D shows promise for hard-to-treat pancreatic cancers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Patients receiving a type of vitamin D lived longer after
chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer in a small study run by researchers
with the Salk Institute.

Among 36 patients with previously untreated pancreatic cancer that
had metastasized or ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[11 Massachusetts nurses were diagnosed with brain tumors: Is it a cancer cluster?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — As the state investigates a
possible cancer cluster at a high school, many Herald readers have
asked whatever happened with the potential tumor cluster at a local
hospital.

Seven current and former nurses
in Newton-Wellesley Hospital�...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Connecticut health department confirms first case of measles in state in 2026]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — The first case of the measles this year has been
reported in Connecticut.

The case involves an unvaccinated adult in Hartford County who tested
positive over the weekend, according to Brittany Schaefer, spokesperson
for the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[As Affordable Care Act premiums skyrocket, catastrophic coverage is having a moment]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jason Miller watched his monthly health insurance premiums quadruple
to $374 from $80 for a silver-level plan when the Affordable Care
Act’s enhanced tax credits ran out in December.

“That’s just not functionally doable,” the married ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US immigration policies interfere with prenatal care and parenting choices, hurting people and communities]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Late in her pregnancy in the fall of 2025, Jacqueline, a Guatemalan
immigrant living in North Florida, began planning for labor alone.

After her husband was detained and deported by Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, she stopped leaving her ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[For strong bones, drink milk, filtered water and toss PFAs-loaded teflon cookware]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Children with more exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,
or PFAs, had lower forearm density by age 12 and could face greater
fracture risk, researchers found, with girls apparently more vulnerable
than boys.

“Adolescence is a key ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[In Pennsylvania, measles cases are rising as providers try to combat low vaccination rates]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA -- In late April, Joshua Good got a call from a parent
at Ephrata Mennonite School: Two of their children had been diagnosed
with measles.

Good, who heads the private religious school in Lancaster County,
knew he had to act quickly ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Looming Medicaid cuts supercharge California's latest labor-industry fight]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The looming impact of federal Medicaid cuts has reignited a
long-simmering, costly battle between California’s medical industry
and one of its largest health worker unions.

SEIU-United Healthcare Workers
West, with approximately 120,000 members...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask the Pediatrician: Healthy meals for children]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having healthy meals at school, during breaks and at
childcare/after-school programs sets kids up for success so they can
learn, grow and stay active. Healthy meals are an important tool to help
children learn, just as much as textbooks and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Upcoming billing change could make pregnancy pricier]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having a baby in the United States is about to get more
complicated.

Under new billing codes that take effect in January, doctors who
manage maternity care will start charging à la carte for visits and
services related to pregnancy, childbirth, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[High-potency cannabis fuels state debates over psychosis and addiction risks]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[When her son was a teenager, Connecticut mom Amy Wadsworth said, he
was the type of kid parents rarely worry about.

He played sports, cared about his health and stayed away from drugs.
In 2018, when he left West Hartford to start his freshman ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[By September, nearly a third of Americans will live in states with legal aid in dying]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jules Netherland traveled from her home in the Bronx to the New York
state Capitol in Albany several times in the past few years, hoping to
persuade the legislature to pass a medical aid in dying bill, allowing
terminally ill patients to end their...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4226693</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Officials say possible hantavirus case in San Quentin prison was false positive]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A reported possible case of hantavirus in an inmate at the San
Quentin Rehabilitation Center in California was determined to be a false
positive after further laboratory testing, officials said Friday.

Authorities investigating a potential case ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jun/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Officials investigating possible hantavirus case in San Quentin prison with inmates, staff monitored for symptoms]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Officials are investigating a potential case of hantavirus, a rare
but deadly disease that attacks the lungs, in an inmate at the San
Quentin Rehabilitation Center in Marin County, California.

The California Department of Corrections and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4225821</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Warning of cuts to medical services, LA health officials ask state for emergency funds]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
has joined a chorus of California hospitals and health systems lobbying
the state for a $500-million emergency payment to public hospitals
bracing for massive financial losses.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4225674</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Missing contacts obscure Congo Ebola outbreak's true extent]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Authorities are unable to determine the true extent of the Ebola
outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo because emergency workers
can’t find all the missing contacts of patients infected by the virus,
Africa’s top health official said.

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    <pubDate>Jun/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trump bought tobacco stocks and raked in industry donations as FDA eased standards]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump, who once declared he had “saved” flavored
vapes, grew his stock holdings this year to as much as $1.64 million in
tobacco giant Philip Morris.

He also had holdings in Altria and a third leading tobacco company,
though ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4225579</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/12/2026</pubDate>
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