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HealthPartners Breaks Ground on 400,000 SF Hospital in Stillwater, Minnesota
REBusinessOnline
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July 17, 2025
45STILLWATER, MINN. — HealthPartners has broken ground on its new HealthPartners Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater, an eastern suburb of the Twin Cities. Kraus-Anderson is the construction manager for the six-story, 400,000-square-foot hospital and...
Health adviser stresses research based medical education
Bangladesh Post
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Health and Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum has laid emphasis on research based medical education for the welfare of the people. “The country should maintain the quality of the medical education and building doctors with human values for the...
Medicine or meal?
Pakistan Today
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July 17, 2025
The skyrocketing prices of essential medicines in Pakistan have made healthcare a luxury for the poor. While inflation affects all sectors, the unaffordability of life-saving drugs is particularly alarming, pushing millions toward suffering and...
Medicaid cuts likely to hit rural South Dakota clinics harshly
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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By Bart PfankuchSouth Dakota News Watch Wade Erickson doesn’t want to seem like an alarmist. But Erickson, CEO of Horizon Health Care in South Dakota, has serious concerns about how the Medicaid cuts embedded in the giant taxation and budget law...
Healthcare: American researcher urges African leaders to prioritise tech
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 17, 2025
A renowned American physician and researcher, Dr. Matthew Heckman, has urged African leaders to leverage technology in research for qualitative healthcare delivery. Heckman disclosed this while speaking at a Public Lecture organised by Chrisland...
Medicaid recipient data to be shared with ICE for immigration tracking: AP
Fox 4 Beaumont - Texas
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WASHINGTON (TNND) — The personal data of 79 million Medicaid recipients will be handed over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States. Home addresses, ethnicities and...
Medicare moves to allow more outpatient procedures
HealthLeaders - Tennessee
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The Trump administration is opening the floodgates for more surgeries to be done in outpatient facilities like ambulatory surgery centers, proposing a Medicare policy that could accelerate the shift away from hospital-based care. The...
Medicare to speed up clawback of $7.8B from hospitals
HealthLeaders - Tennessee
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The Trump administration plans to claw back $7.8 billion in Medicare payments to hospitals a decade sooner than originally proposed, potentially sparking another legal challenge from the hospital industry. CMS also intends to send surveys to...
Hospital was advised trans doctor could use female facilities, tribunal told
Express & Star
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July 17, 2025
The head of nursing at NHS Fife says the department “took guidance” when it decided to continue allowing a transgender medic to use a female changing room, despite a complaint from a nurse’s solicitor. Gillian Malone told an employment tribunal...
Health group turns to AI breast cancer detection
The Acorn - California
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July 17, 2025
One of the largest health networks in Southern California managing nearly 600,000 members announced that its Enhanced Breast Cancer Detection program will now be included as a benefit in their members’ health plans. Regal Medical Group, Lakeside...
Hospitality hit with 84,000 job losses since October
The Spirit Business
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July 17, 2025
The UK hospitality sector has suffered 84,000 job losses since the October 2024 budget, new data has shown. The October 2024 budget has cost the UK hospitality industry 84,000 jobs According to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS),...
Hospital reaches agreement with union, averting strike
WGAL 8 - Pennsylvania
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July 17, 2025
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital and the union representing 1,400 hospital employees have reached an agreement, averting a strike.The hospital released a statement Thursday morning, announcing the new three-year contract with union workers. The deal...
Medical waste found on P.E.I. property not believed to have any criminal aspect, RCMP say
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 17, 2025
PEI RCMP on P.E.I. say there’s no indication that a small pile of unsecured medical waste found on a rural property in eastern P.E.I. is criminal in nature. Waste on property owned by Moonlight International Foundation has been cleaned up CBC News...
Hospital construction in Mbizana halted over sourcing of labour
SABC News
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July 17, 2025
The long-awaited construction of the Greenville hospital in Mbizana in the Easterrn Cape has been halted before work on the foundations even started. Locals are in disagreement about the sharing of job opportunities linked to the project....
Health care advocates afraid of major cuts and privatization hold shadow summit and rally at Council of the Federation next week
Financial Post
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July 17, 2025
HUNTSVILLE, Ontario, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Outside the Council of the Federation and the gathering of First Ministers, public health care advocates from across Canada will be joining a shadow summit, rally, and car cavalcade. Attendees...
Healthcare Execs Driving Growth Through New Services And M&A
MENAFN
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July 17, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) New Guidehouse survey report shows leaders are optimistic about future growth but acknowledge a need for operational alignment, transparency, and rigor to achieve strategic goals MCLEAN, Va., July 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --...
Hospitality and retail jobs plummet since Reeves’s budget
The Times
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Jobs at pubs, bars, hotels and supermarkets have contracted at the sharpest pace in recent history since Rachel Reeves’s budget in October, at which she announced that employer national insurance contributions (NICs) would rise by £25 billion from...
Health expert Dr. Alex George reveals why Pho’s “Liquid Gold” Bone Broth is essential to try this summer
Retail Times
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July 17, 2025
As part of this new partnership for the summer, Pho will spotlight Dr. Alex’s go-to Pho order – the ‘ultimate summer fuel’ – which will launch as a limited-time bundle on Deliveroo and across all Pho restaurants in the UK for the season. The order...
Health officials issue alert for blue-green algae present in St. Johns River near Shands Bridge
WJXX First Coast News - Florida
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July 17, 2025
The alert issued by the Florida Department of Health in St. Johns County will be in effect until Aug. 11. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in St. Johns County has issued an alert for the presence of "harmful blue-green algae...
Health officials conduct inquiry into kidney sale in Namakkal
The Hindu
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July 17, 2025
Based on allegations that a person acted as a mediator for a kidney sale, health officials conducted an inquiry at Pallipalayam in the district on Thursday (July 17, 2025). Acting on an allegation that some persons are acting as mediators and...