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November, 2022

Bats use same techniques as death metal singers to vocalize, study finds | CNN
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The Tennessee Department of Children's Services is stashing kids in state custody, many with disabilities, in hospitals for up to eight months.
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Medicaid Can Play A Role In Preventing Intimate Partner Violence
Half of all Americans now die in hospice care. Easy money and a lack of regulation transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into a $22 billion industry rife with fraud and exploitation.
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Pastor Greg Locke spreads false stolen election myth and covid misinformation - The Washington Post
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Greg Locke goes to rallies and tent revivals preaching fraudulent claims about the election.

Oregon Governor Pardons 45,000 People Convicted on Marijuana Charges - Governor Kate Brown’s pardon applies to people convicted for possession of an ounce or less of marijuana before 2016.
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Former Anti-Abortion Leader Alleges Another Supreme Court Breach
Conservative group sues FDA to revoke approval of abortion pill - The Washington Post
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The suit claims that the Food and Drug Administration lacked the authority to approve mifepristone, did not adequately study it and that the drug is unsafe.

Obamacare discrimination protections don’t apply to LGBT patients, Texas judge rules
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AUSTIN — A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the Biden administration cannot prohibit doctors from denying certain medical care based on a patient’s...

Billionaire investments in polluting industries such as fossil fuels and cement double the average for the Standard and Poor group of 500 companies – Oxfam
Typical Person Must Now Work 64 Hours to Afford Rent: Chart
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Clarence Thomas may destroy native children’s rights based on an originalism lie. It’s important to understand that history to see how wrong the plaintiffs’ originalist argument is.
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Abortion misinformation targeting the Latino community in both English and Spanish has been ramping up ahead of the midterm elections, experts say.
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Private Medicare Plans Misled Customers Into Signing Up, Senate Report Says
Health data startup Truveta has released a real-time searchable dashboard featuring deidentified medical records from more than 70 million patients from its 25 health system partners.
Russians Used a US Firm to Funnel Funds to GOP in 2018. Dems Say the FEC Let Them Get Away With It. – Mother Jones
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A new survey has determined that nearly half of all young people in the workforce are in search of a better job opportunity.
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Study: Most teens who start puberty suppression continue gender-affirming care : NPR
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HHS Seeks to Prevent Discrimination by Clinical Algorithms
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The Biden administration drew broad support for its intention to fight discrimination resulting from faulty algorithms, but medical groups are concerned about its approach.

In Health Care, We Need Data Orchestration, Not Necessarily Unification - Each part of the healthcare ecosystem adds value and meaningful information to understand a person’s whole health.
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Study Suggests That Flu Vaccinations May Cut Usage Of Antibiotics, Helping Mitigate Antimicrobial Resistance.
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Health care giant confirms $15M settlement — two days after denying it - Ohio Capital Journal
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A prescription middleman on Friday confirmed that it has promised to pay Ohio $15 million to settle fraud claims against it. When the state announced the deal two days earlier, the company denied it had been finalized.

Civil rights groups urge feds to investigate anti-trans policies in Texas schools - The policies ban books that reference transgender people, as well as the use of gender-congruent restrooms.
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Organ Donations Rise Around Motorcycle Rallies - A new study suggests a link between the large gatherings and a slightly higher number of transplants after traffic crashes.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois won't cover gender-affirming care for a teenager covered by a Catholic health system's self-funded employee health plan. The insurer  now faces a class-action lawsuit alleging it violated federal anti-discrimination law.
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California law will provide health insurance subsidies for workers during labor disputes – Orange County Register
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Healthcare staffing crisis isn’t pandemic-related phenomenon, union says
Doctors Should Break the Law to Offer Abortions Sometimes, Says New Guidance From Medical Leaders "Attempting to comply with reckless government interference...is dangerous to the health of our patients," argues the American Medical Association.
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Joshua Gage reviews That Which Cannot Be Undone, a collection of Ohio horror stories edited by Jess Landry, exclusively for Cemetery Dance. (I have a story in this book)
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Thousands of smartphone applications in Apple and Google's online stores contain computer code developed by a technology company, Pushwoosh, that presents itself as based in the United States, but is actually Russian
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Tennessee bill could criminalize drag show performances
These 20 Churches Supported Political Candidates. Experts Say They Violated Federal Law.
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Ireland is making transgender people a protected class in hate crimes law - LGBTQ Nation
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Abortion clinic that opened days after Roe fell is inundated
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — When Planned Parenthood decided four years ago to open a new clinic in a medically underserved working-class neighborhood here, it envisioned a place that would save women living nearby from having to take hourslong bus rides to obtain birth control, testing or an abortion .

More than half of Americans aged 50 and up are helping an older adult manage tasks.
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THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- ranging from household chores to care for

Psychedelic 'magic mushroom' drug may ease some depression
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The psychedelic chemical in “magic mushrooms” may ease depression in some hard-to-treat patients, a preliminary study found. The effects were modest and waned over time but they occurred with a single experimental dose in people who previously had gotten little relief from standard antidepressants.

Mysterious Object May Be a 'Strange Star' Made Out of Quarks, Scientists Say : ScienceAlert
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Ultra-MAGA 'Hot Babe' who claimed Obama is an Illuminati lizard turns out to be a Chinese spy - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism
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Health insurance companies have disclosed trillions of negotiated rates for medical care. Researchers and software developers say the data are nearly impossible to analyze.
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This Open Enrollment Season, Look Out for Health Insurance That Seems Too Good to Be True | Kaiser Health News
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Complaints about misleading health insurance marketing are soaring. State insurance commissioners are taking notice. They’ve created a shared internal database to monitor questionable business practices, and, in the future, they hope to provide a public-facing resource for consumers. In the meantime, consumers should shop wisely as open enrollment season begins.

Marriage date removed from gay couple's tombstone at Christian cemetery in Dayton, Ohio: "Somebody just decided that doesn't count," the surviving husband said.
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Methodist Hospital (TN) cancelling surgery for transgender adults; ACLU to take up the issue
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ABC24 has new information on Methodist's cancellation of transgender surgeries.

A Kansas judge has blocked the state's ban on prescribing abortion pills via telemedicine, a move that could expand access to abortion.
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Georgia high court reinstates ban on abortions after 6 weeks - The Georgia Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated the state’s ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy, abruptly ending access to later abortions that had resumed days earlier.
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ATLANTA (AP) —

Study shows that as states legalized marijuana, alcohol use increased between 2010 and 2019 by 0.9 percentage point among the entire U.S. population.
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Story at a glance Over 20 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational adult cannabis use. Results of a new study show legalization was linked with increased alcohol use, but not increased rates of binge drinking or heavy drinking. Findings also varied based on demographic factors. Rates of alcohol use have increased alongside policies legalizing…

Many Hospitals Refuse To Provide Reproductive Care, Even In States Where Abortion Remains Legal | Health Affairs Forefront

Even in states where abortion remains legal, and voters have supported abortion rights ballot initiatives or rejected ballot proposals to ban abortion, reproductive care is being restricted in geographic regions dominated by hospitals with refusal policies.

A county judge blocked Georgia’s ban on abortion early in pregnancy, meaning that abortions after six weeks are once again legal in the state.
Women who contact abortion clinics online may have their personal info shared - Most clinics use third-party trackers that pass women's private information on to others.
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Post-‘Roe,’ Contraceptive Failures Carry Bigger Stakes - Depending on the contraception method, typical-use error rates can add up to hundreds of thousands of unplanned pregnancies each year.
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Science Friday and KHN ran the numbers on birth control failure.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo latest comments on an anti-vaxx podcast are part of a litany of dubious claims that have alarmed public health officials.
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An Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio is suing Indiana's attorney general, seeking to block him from using allegedly “frivolous" consumer complaints to issue subpoenas seeking patients' confidential medical records.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio is suing Indiana's attorney general, seeking to block him from using allegedly “frivolous" consumer complaints to issue subpoenas seeking patients' confidential medical records.

We Thought These Animals Were Silent. Scientists Just Found Their Voices : ScienceAlert
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Study Suggests Spins of 'Brain Water' Could Mean Our Minds Use Quantum Computation : ScienceAlert
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For women in Texas and Louisiana, travel times to the nearest abortion facility increased to over seven hours following the Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization decision.
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Story at a glance For women in Texas and Louisiana, travel times to the nearest abortion facility increased to over seven hours following the Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization decision. Residents living in areas where the nearest facility is over an hour away were more likely to be uninsured and lack internet access. Long…

The government’s case blocked the merger of two of the United States’ largest publishers and reflected a more aggressive approach to curbing consolidation. It was closely watched by the publishing industry.
Colorado among states opting out of CDC's Youth Risk Behavior surveys - Colorado, Florida, and Idaho will not participate in a key part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior surveys that reaches more than 80,000 students.
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