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<pubDate>Thu, 4 Jun 2026 12:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>White House Doubles Down on Vax Changes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An executive order tells CDC to follow through with childhood vaccination schedule cuts...Measles makes it to St. Mary's Hospital...VCU med school student Charles Payne is awarded for setting a new standard of compassionate care...Defining "medical frailty" results in worrisome changes to Medicaid's new work requirements...ACS endorses colon cancer blood tests, but with caveats...A No Suprises Act overhaul and much more out of DC...A breakdown of the week's events in the highly fluid Ebola outbreak in Africa...Need some good news? Many inroads against cancers were announced this week...A partial government shutdown looms for the first time in Virginia as budget negotiators mull forcing through cannabis market...The White House seeks to vet all grants to ensure they align politically with its goals...UnitedHealth pledges to slim down pediatric prior authorizations...AI wreaks havoc on health, stirs litigation...Backdoor Roth IRAs: Why you need them...Government scientists caught smuggling mpox into the U.S...And much, much more in this week's edition of <em><strong><a href="https://www.ramdocs.org/resource/resmgr/leg_up/legup2/legup3/legup4/20260603_leg.up.pdf">The Leg.Up</a></strong></em>!<br />]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Jun 2026 13:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Measles Mushrooms in Virginia</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Central Virginia measles outbreak propels our state to nearly 11 times as many cases as all of last year...Bangladesh faces historic measles outbreak that threatens to expand globally...A new South Richmond ER is planned along Hull Street by HCA Virginia...Medicaid payments are about to get even tighter if CMS' proposed new rules go into effect...Academic hospitals take CVS to court over an alleged 340B drug pricing scheme...Ebola continues its rampage in Africa amidst a world struggling to catch up and a U.S. administration facing heat for its actions...Gov. Spanberger signs paid sick leave bill into law...The latest on the hantavirus cruise outbreak, including a new case in Spain...Learn how Connecticut reformed its Medicaid program to save money and improve patient access...Why are so many dropping from the ACA rolls? The feds and the states have conflicting opinions...How can we fix the gender pay gap in pediatrics?...Why do tumor cells stop growing when physical pressure pushes against them?...And much, much more in this week's edition of <em><strong><a href="https://www.ramdocs.org/resource/resmgr/leg_up/legup2/legup3/legup4/20260527_leg.up.pdf">The Leg.Up</a></strong></em>!<br />]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 15:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ebola Outbreak Sickens Former VCU Fellow</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A worrisome, fast-moving new Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has sickened a former VCU fellow as the World Health Organization sends out an SOS...Two long-time RAM members retire, another receives an impressive honor, and a fourth shares wisdom with med school graduates...Prescription Drug Affordability Board, recreational marijuana retail market bills killed by Gov. Spanberger...The Supreme Court shuts down drugmakers' legal efforts to overturn Medicare drug price negotiations...Med schools across the U.S. are in the Department of Justice's crosshairs over DEI and discrimination...A federal PBM bill's reintroduction, another bill to stop the WISeR Medicare model, the mysterious COVID vaccine child death report's release, and states rallying against new student loan caps are among just a few of the many happenings in Washington this week...Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, Senate health committee chair and critic of Health Secretary Robert Kennedy, loses his bid for reelection in Louisiana primary...Breaking down the latest in hantavirus outbreak news...Measles outbreak in Buckingham County grows to 12 cases...Overdose deaths decline for third straight year...A new option for helping patients treat their persistent hypertension...Are AI healthcare tools about to become the new Wild West?...The world's oldest graduating med school student...And much, much more in this week's edition of <em><strong><a href="https://www.ramdocs.org/resource/resmgr/leg_up/legup2/legup3/legup4/20260520_leg.up.pdf">The Leg.Up</a></strong></em>!]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hantavirus&apos; Haunting Revelations</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hantavirus stokes pandemic memories and fears, but the bigger story may be the effects of funding and staff cuts on our disease response...The American College of Physicians' new mammogram guidance conflicts with that of other medical societies...The FDA caves to pressure from President Trump, approves fruit-flavored vapes...SSRI ban rumors, auto-enrolling seniors into Medicare Advantage, and other discussions and happenings in the nation's capital...Nonexistent AI hallucinations are making their way into academic article citations at an unnervingly breakneck pace...Leapfrog publishes its hospital grades; see how Virginia fared...FDA Commissioner Makary resigns amidst rumors of his impending termination...Community spread of measles in Buckingham...PCOS renamed to better reflect the entire condition...Physicians take the AI bull by the horns...They may not be the ants from horror movie classic <em>Them!</em>, but six-legged critters are causing quite a headache for one Canadian hospital...And much, much more in this week's edition of <em><strong><a href="https://www.ramdocs.org/resource/resmgr/leg_up/legup2/legup3/legup4/20260513_leg.up.pdf">The Leg.Up</a></strong></em>!<br />]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Beware Your AI Doppelgänger!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[AI companies come under fire for allowing chatbots to impersonate docs and disseminate questionable advice and product endorsements...Physicians report having to rescue patients harmed by AI misinformation...VCU Health breaks ground on its Pauley Heart Center Pavilion...CDC's censored COVID-19 vaccine report is made public as word spreads concerning more suppressed studies...A new Surgeon General nominee is overshadowed by the withdrawal of the previous one...Foreign docs exempted from visa freezes, ACIP refuses to go down without a fight, and more from Washington...Physician Social Security numbers were compromised in Medicare Advantage's National Provider Directory...Cigna reports higher-than-expected earnings then announces it will be leaving the Affordable Care Act exchanges...Washington state is a measles powder keg...FDA's national baby formula review has mostly good news...Smoke pollution stands to return this summer, to the detriment of vulnerable patients...PAs and NPs plan their next moves as they oppose the Department of Education's student loan changes...Abortion drug mifepristone lands before the Supreme Court...Alternative board certification routes could save time and money...Meet the boy who was "born twice"...And much, much more in this week's edition of <em><strong><a href="https://www.ramdocs.org/resource/resmgr/leg_up/legup2/legup3/legup4/20260506_leg.up.pdf">The Leg.Up</a></strong></em>!]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2026 13:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>When will COVID-19 peak in Virginia?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[While the virus is expected to reach its U.S. peak in the next couple of weeks, Virginia may not reach its most critical point until late May. That gives us more time to prepare - but more time to run out of supplies. What do physicians need to know?<a href="https://www.ramdocs.org/resource/resmgr/leg_up/legup2/20200401_legup.pdf"> It’s all in The Leg.Up</a>!]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Apr 2020 16:47:40 GMT</pubDate>
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