Public Health
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Ya hay una droga oral para la depresión postparto… pero cuesta $16,000
En diciembre se lanzó al mercado zuranolona, un tratamiento muy esperado para la depresión postparto, con la promesa de que…
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GOP-Led States Expand Crackdowns on Transgender Care
South Carolina’s legislature is poised to pass a bill prohibiting doctors from offering some health-care services to transgender minors —…
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Secret Contract Aims to Upend Landmark California Prison Litigation
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California commissioned an exhaustive study of whether its prisons are providing sufficient mental health care, an effort…
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West Virginia City Once Battered by Opioid Overdoses Confronts ‘Fourth Wave’
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — From 2006 through 2014, more than 81 million painkiller pills were shipped to this city and surrounding…
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Concerns Grow Over Quality of Care as Investor Groups Buy Not-for-Profit Nursing Homes
Harris Meyer Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay,…
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Novo Nordisk shares jump 8% on promising weight loss trial results; Eli Lilly dips
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Novo Nordisk shares climbed 8% on Thursday, hitting a fresh record high after…
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California Voters Are Skeptical That More Money Is the Answer to Homelessness
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s expensive ballot-box attempt to tackle the mental health and addiction crisis on the…
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How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Pits Parental Rights Against Public Health
Gayle Borne has fostered more than 300 children in Springfield, Tennessee. She’s cared for kids who have rarely seen a…
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A New $16,000 Postpartum Depression Drug Is Here. How Will Insurers Handle It?
April Dembosky, KQED A much-awaited treatment for postpartum depression, zuranolone, hit the market in December, promising an accessible and fast-acting…
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Oura to sell its smart rings on Amazon as Apple, Samsung rivalry grows
A closeup of Oura’s Gen3 Horizon ring and its sensors. Oura Oura will now sell its smart rings on Amazon,…
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