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📰 Israel and Hamas have reportedly agreed to implement the first phase of a peace deal to end their two-year war, bring a ceasefire, and exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners that could begin as soon as this weekend.
🧊 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order prohibiting ICE from using city property, including Chicago Public Schools property, for immigration enforcement activity. It also helps support private property owners who want to do the same.
📺 A new law in California will ban excessively loud advertisements on streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. It could have national implications because of the state’s influence on the entertainment industry.
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New York will become the first state to require private insurance plans to cover ‘scalp cooling’ for chemo patients
Scalp cooling is a treatment that helps preserve hair during chemotherapy — it’s also expensive, with an average cost of between $1,500 and $5,000 per patient, which is often not covered by insurance.
Starting next year, a new law in New York will require private insurance companies to cover scalp cooling for chemotherapy patients, making it the first U.S. state to ease this cost burden.
The lawmaker who first introduced the bill six years ago said cancer patients already go through so much, so making life easier for them “is worth everything.”
Why is this good news?For many cancer patients, the option to preserve their hair helps give them peace of mind and hold on to some sort of normalcy while undergoing a really difficult treatment regimen. As one said, “nothing is the same as looking like yourself.” Finances shouldn’t get in the way of that.
To help restore access and take the load off rangers, a group of about 50 volunteers took on several major projects at the Grandfather Ranger District of the forest. They built a retaining wall where there was a landslide, laid rock to increase trail sustainability, cleared trails, and more.
Because of their efforts, which equated to about 400 hours of work in a single day and happened thanks to a $60,000 grant for supplies, around 35 miles of trails are now reopened.
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