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Supreme Court Rules Colorado Ban On Conversion Therapy For Minors Violates Free Speech In Chiles v. Salazar
April 1, 2026The Supreme Court of the United States ruled on March 31, 2026, that Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy for minors violates the First Amendment when applied to talk therapy. In Chiles v. Salazar, the Court found that the law regulates… -
Nevada Medicaid Issues Notices Of Intent To Award CO D-SNP Contracts To Five Health Plans
April 1, 2026Nevada Medicaid has issued notices of intent to award contracts to five health plans for its Coordination Only (CO) Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNP) program. The selected organizations are United/Sierra Health, Centene/WellCare, Elevance/HMO Colorado-HMO Nevada, CVS/Aetna, and Prominence Health… -
DOJ Finds St. Louis Special School District’s Restraint & Seclusion Practices Violate ADA, Proposes Required Reforms
April 1, 2026The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has found that the Special School District (SSD) of St. Louis County, Missouri violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) through its use of restraint and seclusion practices. In a letter… -
New Mexico Enacts First-In-Nation Universal Child Care Program With Dedicated Funding
April 1, 2026New Mexico has enacted what state officials describe as the first universal child care program in the nation, establishing a long-term funding framework to provide free child care regardless of family income. The program initially launched on November 1, 2025,… -
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Communities Have Significantly Less Access To Dialysis Care
April 1, 2026Residents of the most socioeconomically disadvantaged communities are significantly less likely to have access to dialysis care, according to a recent study. Individuals in these communities were 5.6 times more likely to have no dialysis facility within a 30-minute drive… -
About 10% Of U.S. Counties Have Had Poverty Rates Of 20% Or Higher For Two Decades
April 1, 2026More than 300 U.S. counties have experienced sustained high poverty for the past two decades, according to newly released Census Bureau data. In 309 counties—about 10% of all U.S. counties—poverty rates remained at 20% or higher across every five-year period… -
GuardDog Telehealth Settlement Bars Access To TEFCA, Carequality After Alleged Sale Of Patient Records
April 1, 2026GuardDog Telehealth will no longer be permitted to access patient data through the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) or Carequality interoperability frameworks following a settlement announced March 13, 2026. The settlement also requires GuardDog to delete all consumer… -
Emergency Department Acetaminophen Use Among Pregnant Individuals Declined Following September 2025 White House Briefing On Autism
March 31, 2026Use of acetaminophen among pregnant individuals in U.S. emergency departments declined following a White House briefing in September 2025 that discussed a potential link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism, according to a recent study. The analysis was based… -
Unmet Health Care Needs Among U.S. Children With Autism Increased From 7.1% To 15.2% Between 2017 & 2023
March 31, 2026The prevalence of unmet general health care needs among U.S. children with autism increased between 2017 and 2023, rising from 7.1% to 15.2%. Reported unmet mental health care needs increased from 4.6% in 2019 to 7.5% in 2021 and remained… -
CMS Accepting Applications For The $100 Million MAHA Elevate Lifestyle Medicine Pilots To Address Chronic Disease Through Whole Person Care, Nutrition & Physical Activity
March 30, 2026The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting applications for a $100 million pilot program to test evidence-based lifestyle and functional medicine approaches for chronic disease. The funding is available through the Make America Healthy Again: Enhancing Lifestyle…
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