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Public Health Reporter at U.S. News & World Report

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U.S. Life Expectancy Gains Ground Despite Another Overdose Record - U.S. News & World Report

New research confirms an increase in U.S. life expectancy amid a sharp fall in the country’s COVID-19 toll and a rate of fatal drug overdoses that remained relatively steady.Average life expectancy at birth in the U.S. rose 1.1 years from 76.4 years in 2021 to 77.5 years in 2022, according to the most recent figures released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. The number of deaths totaled 3,279,857 – about 184,000 fewer than in 2021…
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Health Issues Keep Millions of Kids Consistently Out of School, Stu...

Millions of U.S. children recently experienced chronic absenteeism from school due to injury, illness or disability, with data indicating white and Hispanic children and those from the lowest-income households were more likely to miss class because of such factors.The findings come from a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics.The report says that in 2022, an estimated 5.5% of boys and 6% of girls between 5 and 17 years…
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Measles Outbreaks: Major Threat or More of the Same? - U.S. News & ...

News headlines and stories this year have ticked off the list of locations where people have faced potential exposure to measles, with new ones regularly emerging: a public school in Florida. A day care in Philadelphia. An airport in Denver. A migrant shelter in Chicago.Taken together, the country’s total caseload may not appear overwhelming: 45 measles cases had been reported across 17 states as of March 7, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That put the U.S. on pace f…
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Sport Coach's Style Can Boost a Player's Mental Health - U.S. News ...

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, March 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Athletes whose coaches are open, authentic and positive are more likely to have better mental health, a new study says.Athletes feel happier and deal with problems more easily if their coaches adopt an “authentic leadership” style, researchers report in the journal Psychology of Sport and Exercise.Such a leadership style also produces better and more cohesive team spirit at higher competitive levels, results show.Pl…
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State of the Union Guests Highlight Abortion, IVF, Israel-Gaza, Imm...

What President Joe Biden says in his State of the Union address Thursday night points to his priorities for the coming year. But who is in the audience illustrates just as much about the political climate ahead of the November election.Earlier this week, voters in 15 states cast ballots in presidential primaries and cemented a rematch between Biden and former President Donald Trump. But times have changed since 2020 when Biden defeated Trump, and experts say this year voters are focused on repro…
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Free COVID Test Orders to End on March 8 - U.S. News & World Report

By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Americans will not be able to order free at-home COVID tests after Friday, U.S. health officials announced Tuesday.Households across the country have been able to order four free rapid antigen tests through COVID.gov. since November. All orders placed on or before Friday will be fulfilled, according to the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Hu…
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5 Questions: Dr. Yolanda Lawson on Health Equity, Alabama IVF - U.S...

The head of the largest organization in the U.S. representing African American physicians and their patients says empathetic leaders who are willing to embrace diverse viewpoints are critical to advancing equity at a time when momentum to do so has slowed.Dr. Yolanda Lawson, president of the National Medical Association, also says a lack of acknowledgment that disparities exist is threatening to undo progress toward greater diversity, equity and inclusion within health care. She spoke to U.S. Ne…

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5 Questions: Joneigh Khaldun of CVS on DEI, Doctor Diversity | Heal...

Efforts to increase diversity, equity and inclusion may have lost some of their “flashiness” of late, but a prominent public health leader says commitments to the process remain as organizations strive to achieve greater health equity.Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, the former chief medical executive for the state of Michigan and current vice president and chief health equity officer at CVS Health, spoke to U.S. News this week while attending a summit hosted by the Black Directors Health Equity Agenda in W…
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Health Care Diversity and the Need for Trust: 5 Questions With Dr. ...

Key Black leaders in health care converged in the nation’s capital this week to take part in a two-day summit focused on health equity, examining how approaches are evolving to meet the needs of vulnerable communities and how board leaders and executives can address hurdles and headwinds standing in the way of meaningful change.Among the summit’s participants was Dr. Hugh Mighty, senior vice president for health affairs at Howard University – one of the few historically Black colleges and univer…
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5 Questions With Richard Besser on DEI and Rebuilding Public Trust ...

Leading voices in health care convened in Washington, D.C., this week for a two-day summit focused on the future of health equity, taking aim at topics like addressing health opportunities and threats and how connection and collaboration can accelerate the pace of needed change.Among those taking part in the Black Directors Health Equity Agenda summit was Dr. Richard Besser, former ABC News journalist, ex-acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and current president and…
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Report: More Diversity Needed Among Health Care Board Members | Hea...

Black representation in the boardrooms of health care organizations remains insufficient to help meet the needs of the communities they serve despite modest progress made in recent years, according to a new analysis from the nonprofit Black Directors Health Equity Agenda.The analysis from BDHEA – a coalition of corporate leaders that aims to curb crucial disparities impacting Black people and communities – found that the proportion of U.S. hospital and health system boards with at least one nonw…