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			<title><![CDATA[ Telehealth companies keep exposing their customers' medical data. What should they do?]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:26:43 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[It's not hard to explain why business is booming for telehealth companies]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Florida confirms death from dengue as state struggles with recent outbreak]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:17:57 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Florida is experiencing one of its worst surges of dengue in decades, and the toll now includes a death]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump's White House]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:59:40 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells anti-vaccine activists from an organization he once chaired that they have a friend in the White House]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Scientists warn of weakening health systems and urge stronger outbreak detection]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:14:54 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[West African laboratory scientists are urging governments to strengthen their capacity to detect disease outbreaks to prevent another major crisis]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Massachusetts governor proposes improved postpartum healthcare after Clancy trial]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:49:25 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is proposing free home visits from nurses for every new parent in the state and expanded mental health screenings for new mothers]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Inquiry blasts hospital for failure to protect babies after nurse Lucy Letby convicted of 7 murders]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:59:43 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[An English judge has issued a scathing report blaming dysfunctional management for failing to protect babies at the hospital where nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven infants]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Chile validated as first South American country to eliminate dog-transmitted rabies]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:49:35 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Chile has become the first South American country to eliminate dog-transmitted rabies to humans, according to the World Health Organization]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A childhood rite moves indoors as kindergartners learn to ride bikes in school gyms]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 01:10:27 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Learning to ride a bike, a classic childhood milestone, is now happening in school gyms and playgrounds]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ WHO sees 'encouraging signs' in Congo Ebola fight, but warns cases in one eastern region are surging]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:34:25 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The World Health Organization reports encouraging signs in the fight against an Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump's 3rd surgeon general pick, faces Senate grilling]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:42:38 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A radiologist who's a former Fox News contributor will be facing lawmakers as President Donald Trump&rsquo;s third nominee for surgeon general]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Coroner releases details of infants who died amid growing measles outbreak]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:48:16 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A Pennsylvania coroner confirms that the two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Congo’s Ebola outbreak rapidly spreading beyond epicenter, health body warns ]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:16:34 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading rapidly beyond its epicenter, according to Africa's top health body]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>13</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Carbon credit financing emerges as Africa’s biggest bet for expanding clean cooking]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/carbon-credit-financing-emerges-africas-biggest-bet-expanding-136247662]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/carbon-credit-financing-emerges-africas-biggest-bet-expanding-136247662]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:13:05 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Carbon credit financing is helping to drive Africa&rsquo;s clean cooking transition by making cleaner stoves affordable for millions of low-income households]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>14</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Kenya's doctors threaten to join strike by nurses, citing increased workload in hospitals]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/kenyas-doctors-threaten-join-strike-nurses-citing-increased-136277650]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/kenyas-doctors-threaten-join-strike-nurses-citing-increased-136277650]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:04:48 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Doctors in Kenya have threatened to join a strike by nurses that has entered a sixth week, citing an increased workload in hospitals as they cover for the impact of the industrial action]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>15</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Congo’s Ebola burial teams battle community anger, fatigue and fear of infection]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/congos-ebola-burial-teams-battle-community-anger-fatigue-136247959]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/congos-ebola-burial-teams-battle-community-anger-fatigue-136247959]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:02:16 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The burial of a young chorister in Bunia highlights the ongoing Ebola crisis in Congo]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>16</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Trump promises $500 Obamacare rebate checks for 1M enrollees in 30 states]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/trump-promises-500-obamacare-rebate-checks-1m-enrollees-136338450]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/trump-promises-500-obamacare-rebate-checks-1m-enrollees-136338450]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:41:58 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Trump administration is promising $500 rebate checks to about 1 million ACA enrollees across 30 states]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>17</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Surrogate asks the Supreme Court to intervene over care for a sick baby]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/surrogate-asks-supreme-court-intervene-care-sick-baby-136345604]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/surrogate-asks-supreme-court-intervene-care-sick-baby-136345604]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:15:35 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A California couple&rsquo;s surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child who was born with a serious heart defect]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>18</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asks the judge to spare her a second trial for killing her children]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/lindsay-clancys-lawyer-asks-judge-spare-trial-killing-136346267]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/lindsay-clancys-lawyer-asks-judge-spare-trial-killing-136346267]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:38:20 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Lindsay Clancy&rsquo;s attorney is asking a Massachusetts judge to acquit her of charges that she killed her three young children]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>19</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Husband of Tanzania's president dies while undergoing hospital treatment]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/husband-tanzanias-president-dies-undergoing-hospital-treatment-136252298]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/husband-tanzanias-president-dies-undergoing-hospital-treatment-136252298]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:50:20 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan's husband has died while undergoing treatment in Zanzibar]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>20</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Want to lower your risk of dementia? It doesn't involve a blood test]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/lower-risk-dementia-involve-blood-test-136386649]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/lower-risk-dementia-involve-blood-test-136386649]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:50:31 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[New blood tests are helping doctors diagnose whether Alzheimer&rsquo;s or something else is causing a patient&rsquo;s memory problems]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>21</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Report says Australian study finds 31 rugby league players with brain disease CTE]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/report-australian-study-finds-31-rugby-league-players-136290521]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/report-australian-study-finds-31-rugby-league-players-136290521]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:22:51 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Australian Broadcasting Corp. says a study has found that 31 rugby league players have been diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>22</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Kenya's nurses end six-week strike after signing deal with government]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/kenyas-nurses-end-week-strike-after-signing-deal-136304537]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/kenyas-nurses-end-week-strike-after-signing-deal-136304537]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:07:18 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A 43-day nurses&rsquo; strike in Kenya that paralyzed public hospitals has ended after the government and the nurses&rsquo; union signed a return-to-work agreement]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>23</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Doctor wanted: Small town offers big perks to attract a physician]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/doctor-wanted-small-town-offers-big-perks-attract-118880326]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/doctor-wanted-small-town-offers-big-perks-attract-118880326]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 03:29:58 -0500</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[
This is a MedPage Today story.

HAVANA, Fla.  --  For a rural community, this town of 1,750 people has been more fortunate than most. A family doctor has practiced here for the last 30 years.

But that ended in December when Mark Newberry, MD, retired. To attract a new doctor, Havana leaders took out want ads in local newspapers, posted notices on social media, and sweetened the pot with a rent-free medical office equipped with an x-ray, an ultrasound machine, and a bone density scanner  --  all owned by the town.

Local leaders hope the recruitment campaign will help attract candidates amid a nationwide shortage of doctors.

&quot;This is important for our community,&quot; said Kendrah Wilkerson, Havana's town manager, &quot;in the same way that parks are important and good future planning is important.&quot;

According to a Florida Department of Health report, doctor shortages affect all or part of nearly every county, but less populous counties, such as Gadsden, where Havana is located, have the...]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>24</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ RFK Jr. Wrong on Medicare, Medicaid During Senate Confirmation Hearing]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/rfk-jr-wrong-medicare-medicaid-senate-confirmation-hearing-118283858]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2025 15:05:53 -0500</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[
This is a MedPage Today story.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s statements before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday revealed a concerning lack of knowledge about the major health programs he'd oversee, should he be confirmed as HHS secretary.

On several occasions during the 3.5-hour hearing, Kennedy seemed to conflate Medicare, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage, and appeared to mistakenly refer to the Affordable Care Act health exchanges.

&quot;Medicaid is not working for Americans, and it's specifically not working for the target population,&quot; he said in response to questions from Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), a physician, who asked him in what ways he would improve the healthcare delivery system.

&quot;I'm on Medicare Advantage and I'm very happy with it,&quot; Kennedy replied. &quot;Most people who are on Medicaid are not happy. The premiums are too high, the deductibles are too high, the networks are narrow.&quot;

In fact, Medicaid plans generally do not have premiums, or if they do, under federal law...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In Settling Fraud Case, N.Y. Medicare Advantage Insurer, CEO Will Pay Up to $100M]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:05:43 -0500</pubDate>
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This is a MedPage Today story.

A western New York health insurance provider for seniors and the CEO of its medical analytics arm have agreed to pay a total of up to $100 million to settle Justice Department allegations of fraudulent billing for health conditions that were exaggerated or didn't exist.

Independent Health Association of Buffalo, which operates two Medicare Advantage plans, will pay up to $98 million. Betsy Gaffney, CEO of medical records review company DxID, will pay $2 million, according to the settlement agreement. Neither admitted wrongdoing.

&quot;Today's result sends a clear message to the Medicare Advantage community that the United States will take appropriate action against those who knowingly submit inflated claims for reimbursement,&quot; Michael Granston, a Department of Justice (DOJ) deputy assistant attorney general, said in announcing the settlement on December 20.

Frank Sava, a spokesperson for Independent Health, said in a statement: &quot;The assertions by the DOJ...]]></description>
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