A new study by the New York State Health Foundation shows that about one-third of enrollees in the state’s public health insurance programs, including Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus, and Medicaid lose their coverage because they fail to complete the annual re certification process.
Joining with Lake Research Partners, NYSHealth worked to identify the barriers and possible solutions to simplify the process. Senior VP David Sandman says efforts Read the rest of this entry »
A 12-year-old Boston Latin Academy student died over the weekend from complications of the flu, Boston school and public health officials confirmed yesterday, one of only a handful of deaths nationwide so far this flu season.
Hunter Pope was a seventh-grader at the school, according to a statement from the city’s school system. He is the first Massachusetts child known to have died of the flu this winter.
Dr. Anita Barry, director of the infectious Read the rest of this entry »
The state still has lots of flu vaccine for kids and teens.
For help finding an immunization clinic in your area, call the Family Health Hotline at 1-800-322-2588.
Flu season unusually peaks between January and March, state health officials say, so it’s not too late to get a shot.
Annual flu shots are recommended for all children between 6 months and 18 years. Last year, two children died from the flu in the state.
It’s especially important Read the rest of this entry »
BUTNER – Five workers at a state mental hospital who violated rules by strapping a patient face-down to a bed charged this morning that they were being treated as scapegoats for the hospital’s management problems.
The five — a nurse and four health care technicians — are on paid leave of up to 30 days from their jobs at Central Regional Hospital while state officials conduct an internal investigation.
The incident occurred early Wednesday morning Read the rest of this entry »
RALEIGH, N.C. —
State employees would have to stop smoking or lose weight if they want to receive more generous health benefits under a proposal presented to legislators Thursday.
The financial motivation for workers, retirees and their dependents to improve their health are contained in recommendations from North Carolina State Health Plan administrator Jack Walker to shore up the plan’s finances. The plan last year discontinued its wellness Read the rest of this entry »
POTTSVILLE – Two students at the Penn State Schuylkill campus ran a drug sale operation from their campus housing that involved thousands of dollars in marijuana and other drugs and was protected by stolen guns they kept in their room, police say.
Days after a raid on their apartment, the men and another student also were charged with aggravated assault on a victim beaten so badly that he was hospitalized with a concussion, police said.
James Read the rest of this entry »
RENO, Nev.—A spokesman for the Nevada secretary of state says Ross Miller is in a Reno hospital, resting and recovering after undergoing a follow-up procedure to stop bleeding from nasal surgery.
Spokesman Bob Walsh says Miller had the cauterization procedure Monday after having surgery to repair a deviated septum last week.
Walsh says Miller expects to be released from the hospital by Tuesday and could be discharged as early as Monday night. Read the rest of this entry »
Diet soda is on its way out of public school vending machines in Colorado, but it may be a while before the last cans and bottles disappear.
The state Board of Education just released rules to implement a new law that tightens regulations on what kind of beverages can be dispensed in schools. The law, which goes into effect July 1, essentially says that drinks must have some nutritional value. But districts that have contracts with vendors can continue Read the rest of this entry »
Nixon calls for expanding health care, offering more scholarships
JEFFERSON CITY | Gov. Jay Nixon proposed Tuesday to expand health coverage to about 62,000 Missourians and college scholarships to thousands more by relying on an expected surge of money from a federal economic stimulus plan.
Nixon’s first State of the State address also was tempered by financial realities.
He proposed the elimination of 1,329 state positions in the next several Read the rest of this entry »
10:00 PM PST on Tuesday, November 25, 2008
By MICHELLE L. KLAMPE
Students in several southwestern Riverside County school districts scored better than the state average in the Healthy Fitness Zone, a state measurement of the physical fitness of the state's students.
Statewide, students made small gains, but two in three are still not meeting state standards, according to results of the 2008 California Physical Fitness test released Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »