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More restrictive abortion laws in some states have led some doctors and medical students to leave those states. The vacancies are contributing to a maternity care access crisis. By @thebritfarmer via @CBSNews cbsnews.com/news/how-stric…

Vermont ranks among the healthiest states, and its unemployment and uninsured rates are among the lowest. However, Vermonters also pay the highest prices nationwide for health care coverage. By @philgalewitz via @KFFHealthNews kffhealthnews.org/MTkzMDYxNg

🧵In this week’s #HealthNewsRoundup: How some researchers are tackling medical skepticism, community health worker services growing across the country, progress in pulse oximeter racial bias, Vermont’s problems with cost of care, and strict abortion bans impact women’s health.

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Should race be used in clinical algorithms? How one doctor’s research is helping shape policy. By @KatieMPalmer via @statnews statnews.com/2024/10/31/jam…

🧵In this week’s #HealthNewsRoundup: Black Americans suffer worse health outcomes, health coverage expanded to DACA recipients in CT, Medicaid unwinding puts people with opioid addiction at risk, infant mortality worse, and research into using race in clinical algorithms.

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A group of 13 Philadelphia-area health systems will no longer be using race-based algorithms to help make clinical decisions for lung, kidney, and OBGYN care. By @abettel via @axios axios.com/2024/10/23/phi…

🧵In this week’s #HealthNewsRoundup: Black patients less likely to receive some pain meds, advocating for Black maternal health, payments for abortion care in CT fall short, adult day centers offer a multicultural environment, and Philly hospitals dropping race-based algorithms.