/health Health en-US Copyright Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:56:48 GMT /2025-07-03/new-ohio-law-lets-farmers-buy-affordable-and-less-regulated-health-insurance-alternative Farmers with unpredictable and self-employed jobs can have a tough time getting health insurance. Ohio is the latest state to change the law to let the Farm Bureau sell an alternative. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:56:48 GMT /2025-07-03/new-ohio-law-lets-farmers-buy-affordable-and-less-regulated-health-insurance-alternative Shay Frank /health/2025-07-02/cancer-patient-withdraws-legal-action-against-cleveland-clinic-over-copay-policy A Cleveland Clinic cancer patient is planning to withdraw legal action first filed against the hospital system in May over a draft policy requiring copays be made in full before non-emergency medical appointments. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:15:02 GMT /health/2025-07-02/cancer-patient-withdraws-legal-action-against-cleveland-clinic-over-copay-policy Stephen Langel /health/2025-07-01/ronayne-medicaid-cuts-would-be-devastating-for-local-health-care Loss of insurance coverage and impacts to local clinics and hospitals are anticipated if Congress passes federal cuts to Medicaid. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:26:21 GMT /health/2025-07-01/ronayne-medicaid-cuts-would-be-devastating-for-local-health-care Taylor Wizner /health/2025-07-01/trump-administration-cuts-shutter-clevelands-planned-parenthood-residents-worry-whats-to-come Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio's CEO cited the Trump administration's freezing of Title X funds as a driving factor in closing the Midtown Cleveland clinic at the end of May. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:23:57 GMT /health/2025-07-01/trump-administration-cuts-shutter-clevelands-planned-parenthood-residents-worry-whats-to-come Abbey Marshall /health/2025-06-30/northeast-ohio-health-care-workers-pause-work-in-protest-of-medicaid-cuts Some health care workers took a work pause as part of a national campaign to highlight the danger of close to $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts currently proposed in the One Big Beautiful Bill. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:52:44 GMT /health/2025-06-30/northeast-ohio-health-care-workers-pause-work-in-protest-of-medicaid-cuts Taylor Wizner /npr-news/2025-06-28/j-m-smucker-plans-to-remove-artificial-colors-from-its-jams-and-other-products Smucker joins a growing number of big food companies that have announced plans to eliminate artificial dyes. Sat, 28 Jun 2025 16:45:35 GMT /npr-news/2025-06-28/j-m-smucker-plans-to-remove-artificial-colors-from-its-jams-and-other-products The Associated Press /health/2025-06-26/northeast-ohio-residents-face-greater-skin-cancer-risk-than-rest-of-nation-data-say Northeast Ohio residents face higher risks of developing and dying from skin cancer than the rest of the country, but can protect themselves through various, simple measures. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:00:00 GMT /health/2025-06-26/northeast-ohio-residents-face-greater-skin-cancer-risk-than-rest-of-nation-data-say Stephen Langel /2025-06-26/ohios-free-health-clinics-face-funding-challenges-heres-how-theyre-weathering-the-storm Charitable donations have dropped in recent years, and new funding concerns are on the horizon as federal grants have been cut. Some clinics have had to get creative to survive. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:16:00 GMT /2025-06-26/ohios-free-health-clinics-face-funding-challenges-heres-how-theyre-weathering-the-storm Anna Huntsman /health/2025-06-25/petition-says-university-hospitals-doctors-faced-retaliation-after-union-organizing-efforts An online petition circulating social media is seeking support for two pediatricians who say they were asked to step aside from their jobs for using an employee directory to contact University Hospitals employees about a union. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:36:20 GMT /health/2025-06-25/petition-says-university-hospitals-doctors-faced-retaliation-after-union-organizing-efforts Taylor Wizner /health/2025-06-25/rfk-jr-s-picks-for-cdc-vaccine-advisers-meet-this-week-amid-controversy For the first time since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replaced all the members of the vaccine committee, it is meeting in Atlanta. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:00:53 GMT /health/2025-06-25/rfk-jr-s-picks-for-cdc-vaccine-advisers-meet-this-week-amid-controversy Pien Huang