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How This New Football Helmet is Designed to Protect the Brain
Monday, September 3
Forbes
Trying to design a football helmet that is form fitting, protective, and stylish has been a difficult task, but the engineers at VICIS are working to make that a reality.
These lawsuits could change healthcare nationwide if they make it to the Supreme Court
Thursday, August 30
LA Times
Perhaps no recent major legislation has been shadowed as dramatically by legal battles as the Affordable Care Act that President Obama signed into law eight years ago… Here are some of the potentially consequential healthcare cases currently making their way through the federal courts.
Thursday, August 30
Forbes
Based on new CDC data presented at the National STD Prevention Conference in Washington, D.C. earlier this week, rates of three sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)–gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis broke a new record in 2017, attaining their highest rates ever.
Brexit poses risk to care, says Royal College of Nursing
Wednesday, August 29
BBC
The UK will leave the European Union on 29 March 2019. According to the Royal College of Nursing this could pose an immediate risk to the provision of safe and effective care for patients in the UK.
Tuesday, August 28
Washington Post
The Trump administration will pay New York and Minnesota close to half a billion dollars this year after the two states sued over lost federal funding for programs that provide health care to tens of thousands of low-income residents.
