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Data brokers selling veterans’ sensitive health, financial data online, study shows

November 9, 2023 sensitive, shows, veterans, health, data, brokers, Financial, Online, Selling, study0 comment

A historic year of hiring at the Department of Veterans Affairs has lead to a record year for veteran care and benefits. The VA is staffing up its health care and benefits workforce to levels never seen before in the department’s history. It provided more than 116 million health care appointments to veterans and their survivors in fiscal 2023. That is three million more appointments than its previous record. VA also processed nearly two million benefits claims, a nearly 16% increase from the year prior. VA Secretary Denis McDonough said…

‘Gender-Affirming’ Surgery Leaves People Lonelier and Depressed, Study by Transgender Surgery Department Chairman Finds

June 2, 2023 Department, Transgender, Surgery, genderaffirming, Lonelier, Depressed, People, study, leaves, Finds, chairman0 comment

The head of a facility that carries out so-called “gender-affirming care” has published a study confirming that transgender surgeries do not improve mental health and make people feel lonelier than those who avoided surgical intervention altogether. “In our study, the level of life satisfaction in transgender people was not increased in transgender people who had undergone gender-affirming surgery as compared to those who were unoperated,” says a study published Tuesday in BMC Public Health, a peer-reviewed scientific journal. “[O]ur data indicate that transgender and gender-diverse people, who have undergone gender reassignment surgery…

‘Study Newsom’s playbook’: what Democrats – and Republicans – can learn from California’s recall – The Guardian

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‘Study Newsom’s playbook’: what Democrats – and Republicans – can learn from California’s recall The Guardian “us politics” – Google News

Lame Duck US Congress Should Pass Bill to Study Reparations for Slavery – Human Rights Watch

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Lame Duck US Congress Should Pass Bill to Study Reparations for Slavery Human Rights Watch “us congress” – Google News

US Republicans are starting to look a lot like authoritarian parties in Hungary and Turkey, study finds – CNN

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US Republicans are starting to look a lot like authoritarian parties in Hungary and Turkey, study finds CNN “us republicans” – Google News

US military edge has eroded to ‘a dangerous degree,’ study for Congress finds – Washington Post

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Washington Post US military edge has eroded to 'a dangerous degree,' study for Congress findsWashington PostThe National Defense Strategy Commission, made up of former top Republican and Democratic officials selected by Congress, evaluated the Trump administration's 2018 National Defense Strategy, which ordered a vast reshaping of the U.S. military to …China or Russia Could Defeat “Eroded” US Military, Congress Warns in Alarming Bipartisan ReportFortune A 'crisis of national security': New report to Congress sounds alarmDefenseNews.comall 19 news articles » us congress – Google News