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Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins is aiming for a 15 percent cut in the agency's budget, even as it's serving a growing population of veterans.
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The measure would allow direct-support professionals or relatives to administer the shot in an facility licensed by the state Agency for Persons With Disabilities. Currently, only nurses can do so. -
A Senate committee approved a bill that would clear the way for more malpractice lawsuits over patient deaths. -
When roll call was taken, commissioners Leo Longworth, Gary Ball and Laura Simpson decided to stick with fluoride. Tanya Tucker and Mayor Trish Burdin-Pfeiffer voted no. -
A subcommittee advanced a package dubbed the "Florida Farm Bill." Targets include "any additive" to water "for health-related purposes” and labeling of plant-based food as meat, milk, poultry and egg.
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Some lawmakers are pushing to require that Medicaid recipients work in order to get or keep coverage, and some states already try to help them find jobs. But the effects of those efforts are unclear. -
The National Center for Environmental Health was hollowed out in the cuts of 10,000 federal health workers on April 1. That's the same day an assessment of people hurt in floods was set to begin.
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