Politics
Email suggests Mitch McConnell health response is coordinated effort(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office sent an email Tuesday that included a compilation of statements from senators and acquaintances claiming they spoke to… Read More
Government
Tennessee hospitals still violating state law on parents’ access to minors’ medical recordsMultiple Tennessee health systems are still withholding teenagers’ medical records from parents despite a new state law requiring parental access. Public Chapter No. 883,… Read More
Opinion
Ohio primary victory shows voters are hungry for healthcare solutions(The Daily Signal) – Last week, the Trump administration announced that it’s ramping up enforcement of its hospital price transparency rule… Read More
Culture
AI software cuts sepsis deaths in half at Florida hospital(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Florida hospital has cut sepsis-related deaths by half by utilizing advanced technology that continuously monitors patients to detect potential early warning signs, The… Read More
Public Education
School choice key to attracting doctors, Vermont hospital CEO saysSchool choice is essential to attracting doctors to rural areas in Vermont, one hospital CEO says, as the state’s Town Tuitioning program faces more restrictions. Vermont has the nation’s oldest… Read More
Culture
Massachusetts hospital system to stop giving sex change drugs to minors, but will still ‘affirm’ gender identities via counselingA major Massachusetts hospital system has announced it will stop prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to patients under 18. Baystate Health, which has four hospitals in western… Read More
Culture
Children’s Hospital Colorado halts child sex-change proceduresChildren’s Hospital Colorado has stopped so-called gender transition procedures for those under 18, citing a new federal investigation that threatens the hospital’s access to taxpayer-funded programs. The Aurora-based hospital confirmed it… Read More
World
5 journalists dead in Gaza following ‘tragic mishap’(The Daily Signal) – At least 20 people, including five journalists, were killed in strikes on a hospital in Gaza Monday in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as… Read More
Culture
Taylor Swift surprises kids at Kansas City children’s hospitalTaylor Swift made a surprise visit to a children’s hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, one day before her birthday last week. Swift visited Children’s Mercy Hospital on Thursday in an event where… Read More
Culture
Over 200 hospitals provide irreversible transgender procedures to children, new database reveals(The Daily Signal) – More than 200 hospitals and health care facilities provide irreversible transgender procedures to children, debunking left-wing claims that the treatments… Read More
Culture
Major hospital system to let patients designate their sex as ‘X’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Northwestern Medicine (NM) hospitals in Chicago will soon allow patients to identify as “X” instead of male or female, according to a Monday announcement. Read More
Culture
Ohio hospital doubles down on ‘diversity quotas’ for its healthcare leaders(Daily Caller News Foundation) – An Ohio hospital is setting diversity quotas for its employees in leadership positions, despite failing to reach a previous diversity threshold in 2022, according… Read More
Health, Missouri
Even as rural Missouri hospitals struggle to survive, Hannibal’s is planning to expand to Kirksville – betting the city can support a second facilityIn an era of declining rural health care elsewhere around Missouri, a hospital in Hannibal is planning to expand to Kirksville and compete with an existing facility there, which… Read More
Culture, Public Education
St. Louis Hospital advises school district to hide student’s ‘chest binding’ from parentsA Missouri hospital advised a public school district to hide information about students engaged in “chest-binding” from their parents.The revelations came only after a public records request… Read More
Gender Identity
Children’s Mercy Kansas City hospital offers ‘gender-affirming’ care, apparently to children as young as 2Children’s Mercy Kansas City hospital has been offering transitioning treatments to “gender questioning” children and adolescents, perhaps even to those as young as 2. Simultaneously, its standards of… Read More
Culture
After backlash some hospitals and states hit the brakes on gender transitions while California doubles downProfitable “gender-affirming” procedures, including permanently disfiguring surgeries, have been aggressively marketed by some doctors and hospitals to gender dysphoric youth.After shocking marketing materials for such controversial "care” made… Read More
State Government
New Missouri law ends restrictions on visiting patients in long-term care, hospitals(The Center Square) – A bill allowing “compassionate care visitors” access to patients of hospitals or residents of long-term care facilities was signed into law Thursday by Missouri… Read More
Schools, Uncategorized
Faith Community Health in Branson to forgive all past debts and penalty fees for 2021BRANSON, Mo. – The year of Jubilee has come to Faith Community Health in Branson as they are forgiving all past debts and penalty fees accumulated throughout 2021. … Read More
National
CDC director: 75% of COVID deaths among vaccinated had four comorbidities(The Center Square) – Ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on vaccine mandates expected as early as this week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control is under increased… Read More