February 2025 Health News Roundup
Date postedFebruary 10, 2025
New Hampshire:
- House Republicans seek to dismantle state DEI offices, programs in New Hampshire (Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 2/10/25)
- U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen Joins Health Care Leaders to Discuss Legislation to Prevent Rising Health Care Costs in NH (New Futures, 2/5/25)
- HCA Healthcare invests $25,000 to expand Granite YMCA's heart health services (Parkland Medical Center, 2/4/25)
- LGBTQ rights groups urge hospitals not to panic after Trump order on gender-affirming care (New Hampshire Bulletin, 2/4/25)
- No immediate changes at NH hospitals following Trump order on gender-affirming care (NH Public Radio, 2/4/25)
New England:
- MPHA Climate Resilience Materials (ME Public Health Association, 2/5/25)
- Age Strong Vermont Reports Progress Made in First Year (VT Department of Health, 2/4/25)
General:
- ASRM Releases Fact Sheet on Biological Sex Differentiation (American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2/5/25)
- FDA Alerts Patients of Potential to Miss Critical Safety Alerts Due to Phone Settings When Using Smartphone-Compatible Diabetes Devices (Food and Drug Administration, 2/5/25)
- Minority Children Less Likely to Be Diagnosed With Migraine in Emergency Department (HealthDay, 2/5/25)
- Racial gap widened in deaths among US moms around the time of childbirth (AP, 2/5/25)
- Better Mental Health Linked to Resilience in Older Women After Hip Fracture (HealthDay, 2/4/25)
- Four in 10 Patients Receiving Chemo Develop Chronic Painful Neuropathy (HealthDay, 2/4/25)
- Mental Health Disparities Seen Among Sexual, Gender Minority Populations (HealthDay, 2/4/25)
- Most People With Long COVID Do Not Recover in Second Year of Illness (Pulmonology Advisor, 2/4/25)
- ACOG Urges Uncensored Access to Scientific Research and Clinical Data (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2/3/25)
- Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Preserve Patient Access to Accountable Care (Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association, 2/3/25)
- COVID-19 Linked to More Severe Outcomes Than Flu, RSV in 2022-2023 Season (Infectious Disease Advisor, 2/3/25)