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Per reform of the Medical Certificates for Employee Absence Act, social workers in Nova Scotia may now issues employee sick notes, along with...

Australia's recent Intergenerational Report predicts that spending on healthcare will increase from 4.2% of GDP to 6.2% in the next 40 years. The...

The National Immigration Law Center has released a report detailing policy interventions that Congress and federal agencies can take to address...

Two years after a new law and after pressure from New Hampshire's governor, the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice has now approved draft...

New Mexico has created a Rural Health Care Delivery Fund, allowing qualified Medicaid healthcare providers to apply for funding to help defray...

The scope of practice for pharmacists in West Australia has been expanded to include prescribing antibiotics for uncomplicated urinary tract...

A new report by the March of Dimes reveals that 36% of US counties are "maternity care deserts," lacking in obstetric providers, hospitals, or birth...

Legislation under consideration in North Carolina could bring several changes to dental licensing. The bill would allow issuance of a dental...

The Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act has been introduced in the US House in April 2023 and now in the Senate in July. The Act has...

New research from the Mission Square Research Institute, the National Association of Personnel Executives, and the Public Sector HR Associations...

New research from the Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation's "Licensing Database Annual Snapshot" compares the costs of licensure...

The Saskatchewan government has approved an expansion of scope of practice for pharmacists, advanced care paramedics, and nurse practitioners, to...