Public Health
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Insurance Doesn’t Always Cover Hearing Aids for Kids
Joyce Shen was devastated when doctors said her firstborn, Emory, hadn’t passed her newborn hearing screening. Emory was diagnosed with…
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We like health-care stocks in 2024 despite presidential election year weakness
As the old Wall Street adage goes, health care tends to underperform the stock market in presidential election years —…
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Biden Cracks Down on Prior Authorization — But There Are Limits
More than a year after it was initially proposed, the Biden administration announced a final rule yesterday that will change…
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‘Emergency’ or Not, Covid Is Still Killing People. Here’s What Doctors Advise to Stay Safe.
With around 20,000 people dying of covid in the United States since the start of October, and tens of thousands…
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Women and Minorities Bear the Brunt of Medical Misdiagnosis
Charity Watkins sensed something was deeply wrong when she experienced exhaustion after her daughter was born. At times, Watkins, then…
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Boehringer Ingelheim, Terns, Viking may join market
Still life of Wegovy an injectable prescription weight loss medicine that has helped people with obesity. It should be used…
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Cómo impactaría una segunda presidencia de Trump en la atención de salud
En la campaña presidencial, el ex presidente Donald Trump está prometiendo, una vez más, derogar y reemplazar la Ley de…
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Mamografías que usan inteligencia artificial cuestan dinero extra… pero, ¿vale la pena?
Cuando fui a hacerme mi mamografía anual en noviembre, el asistente del centro radiológico en Manhattan me hizo una pregunta…
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‘I’m Not Safe Here’: Schools Ignore Federal Rules on Restraint and Seclusion
Photos show blood splattered across a small bare-walled room in a North Carolina school where a second grader repeatedly punched…
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America’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Surge of Seniors With Disabilities
The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily tasks such…
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