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An optimistic outlook may be a healthier one

In its Three Questions, Three Answers series, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Laura Kubzansky  discusses the  link between optimism and hypertension. Kubzansky, who is co-author of the  study, is the Lee Kum Kee Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences and co-director of the School’s Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness. Chan… Read More »

Fauci: Trump never asked to slow down testing, ‘cautiously optimistic’ about vaccine by 2021

Dive Brief: Top Trump administration public health officials denied President Donald Trump ever asked them to slow down COVID-19 testing to tamp rising case counts, despite the president’s weekend remarks to the contrary, at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing Tuesday. The U.S. has conducted more than 27 million tests to date, with a… Read More »

After airing complaints, Kansas Hospital Association optimistic Aetna can fix Medicaid woes

Dive Brief: After providers and stakeholders aired their concerns in front of Kansas lawmakers over Aetna’s less-than-stellar performance in delivering benefits to Medicaid beneficiaries, the Kansas Hospital Association says it’s optimistic that longstanding issues will be corrected. The hearing in front of an oversight committee was held Monday, about a month after the state of… Read More »