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    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislative leaders announced Thursday an agreement to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults through the Affordable Care Act. The deal, which likely won’t be voted on until later this month at the earliest, marks a milestone for Republican lawmakers, most of whom opposed expansion for a decade until recently, and for hospitals…

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    • Huge news. North Carolina is one of the largest states to have held out on expanding Medicaid to reach the uninsured. Upwards of half a million uninsured could gain coverage. That makes 40 states that will have joined the ACA. https://t.co/6DSw9G0SkW

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    A Beacon of Hope - 2 year(s) ago

    Thailand’s data-driven fight against drug-resistant malaria

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    • I'm in Thailand and met w/ our @USAID health team here. Amazing to see the nation is on its way to reaching its goal of #EndMalaria by 2024. One key to success is comprehensive case-based malaria surveillance system, which @USAID has supported since 2000: https://t.co/vnEl6X9t0R