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A new Reuters/Ipsos survey found that President Trump’s approval rating among rural Americans has sunk to a new low. The poll, conducted June 3-8, found that 50 percent of respondents from rural areas approved of Trump. In February 2025, 60 percent of respondents to a similar survey approved of the president. Trump’s disapproval rating among...
Read full article →The British government is banning access to social media for children under 16, joining just a few countries across the globe trying to protect kids online through a strict age-based restriction on certain applications and platforms. The move, announced Monday by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, makes the United Kingdom the fifth nation to pursue an...
Read full article →The Trump administration finalized a rule that embraces new types of Obamacare coverage, including 30% higher out-of-pocket costs for some plans, and a more novel approach that allows insurers to offer coverage without set networks of doctors and hospitals.
Read full article →After congressional Republicans let expanded subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans expire at the end of last year, some families have decided the price is too great of a financial burden and canceled their coverage.
Read full article →The healthcare affordability crisis in the U.S. has quietly become a trust crisis, with a growing share of Americans walking away from care altogether. Industry leaders say the fix requires something the system has never really done: starting with the patient. The post Why One in Four Americans Is Walking Away from Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →State Medicaid crackdowns strain home care, WHO leader on Ebola outbreak, and more health news
Read full article →Medicaid cuts and fraud crackdown trickle down to states, threatening people with disabilities.
Read full article →Congenital syphilis should be preventable. An Arizona case shows how drug shortages and procedural hurdles are fueling a growing public health crisis.
Read full article →Jesse Gabriel "has passed more food policy in three years than most legislators enact in their entire careers," says one supporter.
Read full article →AI for children requires “randomized controlled trials measuring real developmental outcomes, not engagement metrics,” writes Dua Hassan.
Read full article →“In South Asian households, a child's disability triggers a specific kind of family crisis,” writes child and adolescent psychiatrist Ritu Goel.
Read full article →A new survey from the University of Michigan asks parents about their use of technology to track their adult children, ages 18-25, including using "always on" location tracking on their smartphones.
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