Kristi Noem Banned Trans Healthcare; Audio Now Allegedly Shows Her Husband Telling His Dominatrix 'I Want to Be a Woman So Bad' The woman who signed one of America's first bans on transgender healthcare for minors is now at the centre of a deeply personal scandal after audio and text messages allegedly showed her husband privately confessing to a dominatrix that he wanted to transition to a woman. Bryon Noem, 56, a South Dakota insurance executive and the husband of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, allegedly sustained a nine-year online relationship with Shy Sotomayor, a sex worker and dominatrix from Colorado Springs known professionally as Raelynn Riley. Neither Bryon Noem nor the White House has publicly responded to the audio claims at the time of writing. Kristi Noem's Transgender Healthcare Ban and the Public Record Behind It On 13 February 2023, Kristi Noem signed South Dakota House Bill 1080 into law, making the state one of the first in the country to prohibit gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. The legislation banned healthcare professionals from prescribing puberty-blocking medication, administering cross-sex hormones, or performing gender-transition surgeries on anyone under the age of 18. Providers who violated the law risked losing their professional licences and faced civil liability. 'South Dakota's kids are our future,' Noem said in a statement upon signing. 'With this...

Kristi Noem Banned Trans Healthcare; Audio Now Allegedly Shows Her Husband Telling His Dominatrix 'I Want to Be a Woman So Bad'
->International Business Times | More on "Noem husband transgender dominatrix scandal" at BigEarthData.ai | #Healthcare

Artificial intelligence and biology: AI’s potential for launching a novel era for health and medicine | The-14 AI is transforming biology and medicine, enabling faster discoveries and treatments, but challenges in data, ethics, and causality remain significant today.

Artificial intelligence and biology: AI’s potential for launching a novel era for health and medicine
#AI #Biology #Medicine #Healthcare #Innovation #TechInHealth #AIethics #DataScience #Genomics #Genetics #DrugDiscovery #HealthTech #Science
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Ovarian Cancer Trial Developments, Overlooked Mouth Hygiene And Online Peptide Safety
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#Mexico’s President #Sheinbaum to Roll Out #Universal #Healthcare For 120 million people 👍🥳👍🥳👍🥳

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lol right?! Get it together people!
#healthcare #gasprice #election #president

Hennepin County Medical Center faces $50 million deficit as lawmakers weigh sales tax plan to prevent service cuts or closure | MinneapoliMedia Hennepin Healthcare faces a $50M deficit as lawmakers consider raising a county sales tax to stabilize the safety-net hospital and prevent service cuts or closure.

A $50M deficit. A system at risk.

HCMC faces mounting losses as lawmakers weigh a major sales tax shift to prevent service cuts or potential closure.

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#MinneapoliMedia #Minnesota #Healthcare

Study: Fix to kidney test shortens wait for Black patients When Congress established it in 1984, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network was given a key mandate: set up a system to handle the growing demand for organ transplants that would efficiently match donors and recipients.  and prevent human organs from being bought and sold.  In turn, OPTN created a nonprofit organization, United Network for […]

'Study: Fix to kidney test shortens wait for Black patients'

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#stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #KidneyHealth #RacialEquity #Healthcare #HealthJustice

BILL UPDATE:

H.8052: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that a sterile processing technician of the Veterans Health Administration holds an appropriate professional certification, and fo...

ACTION: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

#healthcare #military #veteran

Replimune Slashes Workforce After FDA Rejects Drug Replimune will cut ~40% of staff after an FDA complete response letter; shares plunged in trading on Apr 11, 2026 (Seeking Alpha), raising financing and execution risks.

🏥 Replimune Slashes Workforce After FDA Rejects Drug

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BILL UPDATE:

S.4169: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate interest on student loans, establish the Education Affordability Trust Fund, increase ann...

ACTION: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

#education #healthcare #labor

BILL UPDATE:

H.1708: Rebuild America’s Health Care Schools Act of 2025

ACTION: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

#congress #education #healthcare

Trump’s cuts are manufacturing a public health crisis that affects EVERYONE in LA County—even children. We can stop it. Vote Yes! On Measure ER by June 2 and help keep our family’s access to emergency rooms, Medi-Cal and community clinics alive. #healthcare #losangeles

Organon Jumps After Reported Sun Pharma Bid Organon shares rose ~12% on Apr 11, 2026 after reports of a Sun Pharmaceutical bid, forcing a reprice of takeover odds and pressuring comparables.

🏥 Organon Jumps After Reported Sun Pharma Bid

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The hidden costs of ‘helpful’ AI Even when artificial-intelligence tools aid individuals’ decision-making, they can quietly de-skill whole professions by narrowing how uncertainties and values are debated.

Interesting perspective by Sylvie Delacroix on how AI may reshape professional judgement. Designing AI for "collective learning" could be critical as we integrate these tools into science and healthcare.
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#AI #AIethics #Healthcare

Will be on EXAM

HOW MUCH more does 🇺🇸 pay for admin of multi-payer vs 🇨🇦 single-payer govt #healthcare system?

HUGE $! Over 2x more per capital. $2.5k🇺🇸 vs 0.5k🇨🇦 = 34% total $health cost🇺🇸 vs 17%🇨🇦

Carney: DNK this, fool or Manchurian candidate 🤔
#cdnpoli #Canada #sovereignty #hospital @avilewis.ca

Paper collage showing a red, white, and blue guitar, and quote from Bruce Springsteen: “the America I love … that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.”

#ProtectAmericanDemocracy
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#IceOut
#Resist
#PeacefulProtest
#HumanRights
#DueProcess
#Justice
#1stAmendment
#StandUp
#HandsOff
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#Education
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Only took 12 years for Democrats to finally come around to understanding & accepting the winning approach set down by Sen. Bernie Sanders #affordability #Healthcare #LivingWage #GreenEnergy #anticorruption @gtconway.bsky.social @mitch-landrieu.bsky.social @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social

AI Is Causing Healthcare Costs to Surge Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Email address Thank you! Since the onset of the AI chatbot boom, tech companies, insurance industry mouthpieces, and healthcare administrators have spun a yarn that introducing AI to healthcare is a surefire way to lower costs for patients. Mario Schlosser, co-founder and chief technical officer of the medical insurer Oscar Health, has stated that AI was the “only way” to reduce the cost of seeing a doctor in the US over the next three to five years. In 2024, a report by the analyst firm McKinsey argued that AI could generate healthcare savings “as high as $360 billion annually.” Not only have those bold pronouncements fallen flat, but it sounds like the exact opposite is true. In reality, both hospital administrators and health insurers agree that AI tools have caused health care costs to rise, according to healthcare industry publication Stat. The main issue revolves around AI “scribes,” which are tools that transcribe live doctor-patient conversations into clinical notes. These scribes, healthcare insiders told the publication, have not translated into financial savings more broadly. “Right now, ambient scribes are inflationary, and that’s a problem,” Caroline Pearson, executive director at Peterson...

AI Is Causing Healthcare Costs to Surge
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Price Target Raised to $612 Morgan Stanley raised Vertex's price target to $612 from $596 on Apr 11, 2026 (a 2.7% increase); implications for its CF franchise and pipeline valuation are explored.

🏥 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Price Target Raised to $612

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Organon Jumps After Reported Sun Pharma Bid Organon shares rose ~12% on Apr 11, 2026 after reports of a Sun Pharmaceutical bid, forcing a reprice of takeover odds and pressuring comparables.

🏥 Organon Jumps After Reported Sun Pharma Bid

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"Health Systems Govern Only the Tip of the AI Iceberg" analyzes widespread physician use of generative AI beyond institutional oversight, highlighting gaps in governance, #DataPrivacy, and #Security, and calling for reform. #AI #Healthcare

voteinorout on Instagram: "The #AffordableCareAct was supposed to make sure insurance dollars go to care, but insurers found a loophole, raising new questions about #Healthcare costs and #BigPharma influence in the #News cycle. The ACA’s Medical Loss Ratio rule requires insurers to spend about 80 to 85 percent of premiums on patient care or issue rebates. Critics say companies sidestep this by vertically integrating, owning pharmacies, doctors, and pharmacy benefit managers, then counting internal payments as “care.” Roughly 80 percent of U.S. prescriptions are controlled by three PBMs, all tied to major insurers. The argument is that this structure drives higher costs while technically complying with the law, shifting debate over whether repealing the ACA would address or worsen the problem. — #datingadvice @aoc Follow @waltermasterson for more. Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas Jefferson" 89 likes, 0 comments - voteinorout on April 11, 2026: "The #AffordableCareAct was supposed to make sure insurance dollars go to care, but insurers found a loophole, raising new questions about #Healthcare costs and #BigPharma influence in the #News cycle. The ACA’s Medical Loss Ratio rule requires insurers to spend about 80 to 85 percent of premiums on patient care or issue rebates. Critics say companies sidestep this by vertically integrating, owning pharmacies, doctors, and pharmacy benefit managers, then counting internal payments as “care.” Roughly 80 percent of U.S. prescriptions are controlled by three PBMs, all tied to major insurers. The argument is that this structure drives higher costs while technically complying with the law, shifting debate over whether repealing the ACA would address or worsen the problem. — #datingadvice @aoc Follow @waltermasterson for more. Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas Jefferson".

The #AffordableCareAct was supposed to make sure insurance dollars go to care, but insurers found a loophole, raising new questions about #Healthcare costs and #BigPharma influence in the #News cycle.

The ACA’s Medical Loss Ratio rule requires insurers to spend about 80 to 85 percent of premiums...

It’s probably AI, besides the point, AI Bugs Bunny is right, the people I see live the longest have all those things. In the US we have a constant chaos agent, defunding #healthcare and cannot choose to protect ourselves with #vaccines

Dr. Neil Stone: "5 billion, yes BILLION people have had a Covid vaccine. If they were anywhere NEAR as unsafe as antivaxxers would have you believe, we should have had a mass global population die off by now. We have not. The antivaxxers are lying."
#healthcare #extremism #RFKjr #politics

For-Profit Hospital Chain Never Put Aside Money for Malpractice Insurance to Compensate Injured Patients#Filedunder—HealthCare #HealthCare

Rob McConnell Interviews - JEAN KEEGAN-DALY - Holistic and Hospice Nurse What does it truly mean to care for someone at the end of life—and how can that journey be approached with compassion, dignity, and holistic understanding? In this deeply moving episode, Jean Keegan-Daly shares her experiences as a holistic and hospice nurse, offering a rare and heartfelt perspective on one of life’s most profound transitions. Drawing from years of caring for patients and supporting families, Jean discusses how holistic care goes beyond physical treatment—addressing emotional, spiritual, and psychological needs during the final stages of life. She explores how presence, empathy, and connection can bring comfort not only to those who are passing, but also to the loved ones who walk alongside them. This episode opens a gentle and honest conversation about death, often considered one of life’s most difficult subjects. What happens emotionally and spiritually as someone approaches the end of life? How can we better support those in hospice care? And how can understanding this process help us live more fully and compassionately in the present? Join us for a powerful and deeply human discussion that honors life, embraces the reality of its natural conclusion, and reminds us of the importance of care, connection, and dignity at every stage of the journey.

📣 New Podcast! "Rob McConnell Interviews - JEAN KEEGAN-DALY - Holistic and Hospice Nurse" on @Spreaker #awareness #caregiving #compassion #dignity #emotionalsupport #endoflifecare #griefsupport #healing #healthcare #healthpodcast #holisticnursing #hospicecare #humanexperience #jeankeegandaly

@avilewis.ca wants to ~Nationalize #grocery to break monopoly, so perhaps "federalize Medicare" is NOT a bridge too far? Many Canadians see Con premiers Doug & Dani ACTIVELY WRECKING public #healthcare -- cut ✂️🏥 budgets so layoffs & closures. And #Alberta #Bill11 for 🇺🇸2tier @gordjohns.bsky.social

Final Report of the National Pharmacare Committee of Experts - Canada.ca This report presents a comprehensive framework for universal, single-payer, publicly administered pharmacare in Canada.

Read this. Carney is going to destroy our country and allow for privatisation and folks continue to ignore it. He's breaking the promises he made on healthcare. LIKE I SAID HE WAS DOING.

Please wake up and see the danger he really poses to us all.

#cdnpoli #canadasky #healthcare #brokenpromises

Notes on healthcare in New York and the impact of the big ugly bill and tax cuts for billionaires.
#NewYork #NewYorkBudget #Healthcare #BigBeautifulBill #TaxTheRich

Ottawa hospital staff are amazing. Patients waiting on stretchers in hallways for days with privacy screens set up around them and admitting severely backlogged. In spite of this, medical teams are performing miracles. Doug Ford promised to end hallway medicine. #healthcare #onpoli