Covid-19 boosters could keep thousands of kids out of hospitals, but uptake remains low

Conservatives rage over re-funding of Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood's beleaguered network of clinics will regain access to hundreds of millions in Medicaid funding this weekend — the fallout of Republicans' failure to pass an extension of the one-year defunding provision they approved last year. Starting July 5, clinics around the country can once again bill the federal program for reimbursement after providing non-abortion services, like birth control and screenings for sexually-transmitted infections, to low-income patients. Though other funding threats loom, it's a lifeline for the struggling organization, which has closed nearly 30 health centers nationwide that collectively served more than 40,000 patients since the defunding provision in the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act took effect in July 2025.

बागलुङमा एचआइभी सङ्क्रमित २२० पुगे, चालु आवमा थपिए आठ जना

बागलुङ। बागलुङमा एचआइभी सङ्क्रमितको संख्या २२० पुगेको छ। चालु आर्थिक वर्षमा आठ नयाँ सङ्क्रमित थपिएको प्रदेश जनस्वास्थ्य कार्यालय बागलुङले जनाएको छ। कार्यालयका सूचना अधिकारी देवप्रकाश घिमिरेका अनुसार सङ्क्रमितमध्ये १५ वर्षमुनिका ६ जना र १५ वर्षमाथिका २१४ जना छन्। त्यस्तै, ११४ जना महिला र १०६ जना पुरुष रहेका छन्। सङ्क्रमितहरूले धवलागिरि प्रादेशिक अस्पताल बागलुङ, बुर्तिबाङ अस्पताल []

Gaza hospitals receive 9 martyrs, 41 wounded over past 24 hours

GAZA, June 21 (YPA) – At least 73,032 people have been killed and 173,357 others wounded as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023. Palestine’s Ministry of Health in the Strip said in its daily statistical report that Gaza hospitals received nine new martyrs and 41 wounded []

The Headache of Hospital Pricing

Cross-subsidization inside hospitals doesn’t just distort prices, it makes healthcare harder to fix.

EDITORIAL: Fixing high cost of lavish health plan

Some steps taken to deal with a massive taxpayer-funded expense.