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		<title>Medicaid&#8217;s New Approach to Sickle Cell Coverage May Expand Access to New Treatments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Phil Galewitz Serenity Cole enjoyed Christmas last month relaxing with her family near her St. Louis home, making crafts and visiting friends. It was a contrast to how Cole, 18, spent part of the 2024 holiday season. She was in the hospital — a frequent occurrence with sickle cell disease, a genetic condition that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Workers at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants say the Abbott Laboratories facility is engaging in unsanitary practices similar to those that led it to temporarily shut down just three years ago, sparking a nationwide formula shortage.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Health News: Baby Eye Development, Diabetes &#038; Alzheimer&#8217;s, COVID&#8217;s Autoimmune Link</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catch up on the latest health news on protecting your baby’s eyesight from pregnancy to preschool; a possible  connection between diabetes and early Alzheimer’s disease; and why COVID-19 may be linked to higher risk of autoimmune disorders, like rheumatoid arthritis.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 17:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The number of confirmed cases of measles rose to 483 this year over 2024. An unvaccinated child died of measles in Texas, the first such death in the U.S. since 2015. About 20% of unvaccinated people who get measles wind up in the hospital. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cuts to Science Research Funding Cut American Lives Short</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 04:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has proposed a dramatic reduction in federal funding and support of the critical infrastructure that keeps labs open and running. Numerous scientists and health professionals have noted that changes will have far-reaching, harmful outcomes for the health and well-being of the American people.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Spring Cleaning for Your Mental Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Now that spring is upon us, it’s time to spring clean. And I’m not just talking about your living room or your kitchen. It’s also time for a mental health check-up. Studies show that warm weather is just the thing to give you a well-deserved mental boost. However, warm weather alone isn’t going to relieve [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Synthetic Hair Products Used by Black Women Contain Carcinogens</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yet another study has revealed the danger of hair products used primarily by Black women. New research, conducted and published by Consumer Reports, reveals that several popular brands of synthetic hair used for weaves, braids, and other styles, contain carcinogens, such as benzene, and other toxic substances. The study analyzed samples from 10 brands and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Studies of Migraine’s Many Triggers Offer Paths to New Therapies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One class of drugs has already found success in treating migraines, painful, disorienting and common attacks. Excitement is building about a slew of additional drug targets.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>FDA’s Promised Guidance on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely to End Decades of Racial Bias</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce Contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Doctors are concerned about pulse oximetry's racial bias, which has caused delays in treatment, worse health outcomes and inaccurate data for AI tools.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Closer Look at ER Wait Times</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2024/07/08/a-closer-look-at-er-wait-times/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Long ER wait times are problems for patients and hospitals overburdened by serving as alternatives to doctor's offices and urgent care facilities. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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