Public Health
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A Record Number of Californians Are Visiting Emergency Rooms for Dog Bites
Those pandemic puppies are growing up to be a public health concern. The latest California data shows increased rates of…
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Prescribing Love: Send Us Your Health Policy Valentines
Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and…
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Ouch. That ‘Free’ Annual Checkup Might Cost You. Here’s Why.
When Kristy Uddin, 49, went in for her annual mammogram in Washington state last year, she assumed she would not…
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Humana reports grim 2024 forecast due to soaring medical costs
A Humana Inc. office building in Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 3, 2019. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Humana…
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Senate Probes the Cost of Assisted Living and Its Burden on American Families
A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday launched an examination of assisted living, holding its first hearing in two decades on…
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The FTC Escalates Biden’s Fight Against Drug Prices
It’s daggers out at the Federal Trade Commission in its fight against anticompetitive practices in health care. This past year, it has…
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New York Joins Local Governments in Erasing Billions in Medical Debt
Yuki Noguchi, NPR News New York City pledged this week to pay down $2 billion worth of residents’ medical debt.…
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Native American Communities Have the Highest Suicide Rates, Yet Interventions Are Scarce
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline…
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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) earnings Q4 2023
The stock trading graph of Johnson & Johnson is seen on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images |…
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The Colonoscopies Were Free. But the ‘Surgical Trays’ Came With $600 Price Tags.
Chantal Panozzo and her husband followed their primary care doctors’ orders last year after they both turned 45, now the…
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