A COVID-19 wave is sweeping the country, causing the virus to surge to its highest infection levels since summer of 2022, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s wastewater dashboard. Deaths and hospitalizations are also up, but not as much as infections. The CDC says currently about four out of 100,000 people are hospitalized, up from the pandemic low of one in 100,000 in May. Read more from CNN.
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Why It’s So Hard to Find a Therapist Who Takes #Insurance
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Those who need #therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have #health insurance.
Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made their jobs impossible and their lives miserable.
#News #HealthCare #MentalHealth #Government #Business #Law #Doctors #Hospital #Patients
Wow!
‘Average life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa jumped from 56 years in 2010 to 61 years in 2023 thanks to progress made in the fight against HIV/AIDS, according to a global UN report.’
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/hiv-progress-raises-life-expectancy-africa-un
New #Biden Administration Rules Aim to Hold Insurers Accountable for #MentalHealth Care Coverage
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The regulations will force health insurance plans to collect and report more data on how they limit and deny mental health claims. ProPublica’s reporting has found that insurers regularly shortchange patients seeking treatment.
#News #Health #Insurance #Regulation #Government #Therapy
https://www.propublica.org/article/biden-administration-strengthens-mental-health-care-protections
Last year, AI boosters couldn’t shut up about how chatbots would improve healthcare, education, and become an assistant for any task imaginable.
But as more research is done on AI tools, the benefits seem illusive and the drawbacks are impossible to deny.
https://disconnect.blog/roundup-will-generative-ai-have-many-long-term-benefits/
Your blood sugar affects your mental health.
The latest research suggests that blood sugar fluctuations are partly responsible for the connection between what we eat and how we feel, and that blood sugar levels can be fuel for anxiety and depression.
This doctor and nutritionist has tips and a guide to help stabilize blood sugar levels to decrease sugar and carbohydrate intake:
https://theconversation.com/blood-sugar-fluctuations-after-eating-play-an-important-role-in-anxiety-and-depression-235008
#health #mentalhealth #nutrition
Afraid to Seek Care Amid Georgia’s #Abortion Ban, She Stayed at Home and Died
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Candi Miller’s family said she didn't visit a doctor “due to the current legislation on pregnancies and abortions.”
Maternal health experts deemed her death preventable and blamed Georgia’s abortion ban.
#news #georgia #pregnancy #health #healthcare #government #politics #law
https://www.propublica.org/article/candi-miller-abortion-ban-death-georgia