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Vaccination plans must include disability community’s needs

The Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center recently launched the COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization Dashboard to decipher how state policies have—and have not—prioritized the needs of people with disabilities in vaccination plans. The website, created with the Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities, interprets public information so that the disability community can understand […]

Kids Health

Inside Prince William, Duchess Kate's Holiday Plans Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Hanging at home for the holidays! Prince William and Duchess Kate are “thrilled” to spend the Christmas season with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. Duchess Kate and Prince William’s Best Quotes About Parenthood “[While] William and Kate found homeschooling their [eldest two] kids challenging, but very rewarding, the couple is looking forward to […]

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Insurance plans vary in policies for gender-affirming surgeries

(HealthDay)—There is great variability in coverage and medical necessity criteria for gender-affirming top surgery across insurance companies, according to a study published in the October issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Ledibabari M. Ngaage, M.B., B.Chir., from the University of Maryland in Baltimore, and colleagues assessed insurance coverage of “top” gender-affirming surgery and evaluated the […]

Kids Health

John Legend Reveals His Father's Day Plans

Time to celebrate! John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are planning to have a busy Father’s Day with their brood. “We’re actually going to Cannes Sunday afternoon,” the EGOT winner, 40, told Us Weekly exclusively on Thursday, June 13. “Chrissy and I are both doing things for Cannes Lions, so it’s not a bad way to […]

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Siteman Cancer Center plans 2020 opening at Memorial Hospital East

Siteman Cancer Center, the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the region, has received all necessary approvals to construct a new facility at Memorial Hospital East in Shiloh, Ill., slated to open in early 2020. Washington University Physicians In Illinois, Inc., will provide specialty cancer care to patients at the Memorial East location. […]