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Arizona Two Spirit Powwow empowers community amid growing anti-trans legislation
Brandelyn Clark Feb. 24, 2025 PHOENIX – The Arizona Two Spirit Powwow returned to Phoenix on Saturday to spotlight Indigenous LGBTQ+ and two-spirit people for a day of cultural celebration…
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Disability amid disaster: People with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by natural disasters
After disasters, people with disabilities are more likely to be displaced, more likely to never return home and more likely to receive scam offers, Census Bureau data shows. Feb. 23,…
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Genetic info would be shielded from life, disability, long-term care insurance under Nebraska bill
Feb 20, 2025 | 12:45 pm ET By Zach Wendling LINCOLN — Brandi Muhle was 9 years old when her 35-year-old mother, an Omaha police officer and a marathon runner, was first…
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Indiana is one of 17 states suing over a federal law that protects students with disabilities
Dylan Peers McCoy Feb 17, 2025 Indiana is one of several conservative states asking a Texas court to declare unconstitutional a 52-year-old federal law that offers crucial protection for people…
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RFK Jr.’s history of medical misinformation raises concerns over HHS nomination
Keesha Middlemass February 6, 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been nominated by President Trump to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). On…
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Florida Removes 1.3m People From Health Care Plan
Published Feb 09, 2025 at 5:00 AM EST By Hugh Cameron To watch video report, Click Here. Over one million Floridians have had their health insurance revoked as a result of a…
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Republican states claim zero abortions. A red state doctor calls that ‘ludicrous’
States reported a sharp decline in abortions after Roe v. Wade was overruled. By Sarah Varney February 13, 2025, 2:51 PM In Arkansas, state health officials announced a stunning statistic…
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Missouri prison nursery opens to bipartisan fanfare with goal of keeping mothers with babies
‘This program is going to give women the building blocks to live a better life, and then that is going to overflow into their children, and then their children’s children,’…
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Mental health disparities seen among sexual, gender minority populations
by Lori Solomon Feb 4, 2025 There are significant mental health disparities between sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations and cisgender heterosexual populations (non-SGM), according to a study published online…
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