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The 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' is targeting rural healthcare, while nearly 40 percent of rural hospitals in Nevada are at risk of closing their doors. Native Americans and Alaskan Natives get to keep their healthcare benefits, yet Indigenous communities will still feel the impact of the rural healthcare cuts.
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Charities usually like to talk to the public about their good works. In the wake of the Trump aid cuts, there's a new approach: "anticipatory silence." It's controversial. -
Trump signed executive orders setting updated tariff rates on more than 65 countries. And, more than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish leaders signed a public letter decrying starvation in Gaza. -
A panel organized by the FDA cast doubts on the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy — drawing ire from doctors who say SSRIs are a crucial treatment option for women with perinatal depression. -
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Alaska has long ignored warning signs of a budget crisis. Now, it has no money to fix something that is posing serious health and safety risks to students and staff: crumbling rural schools.
