Public Health
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Listen: What Our 2-Year-Long Investigation Into Medical Debt Reveals
Noam N. Levey Across the country, Americans are losing their homes, emptying their retirement accounts, and struggling to feed and…
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Cigna shares jump on abandoned Humana buyout, buyback plans
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Cigna jumped Monday following reports that the health-care giant has scrapped…
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LA County Invests Big in Free Virtual Mental Health Therapy for K-12 Students
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County public schools are rolling out an ambitious effort to offer free mental health services…
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People With Disabilities Hope Autonomous Vehicles Deliver Independence
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. ― Myrna Peterson predicts self-driving vehicles will be a ticket out of isolation and loneliness for people…
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Patients on Eli Lilly drug regain weight after stopping it
Eli Lilly’s drug tirzepatide was approved for weight loss by the FDA. Courtesy of Eli Lilly Patients who took Eli…
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Watch: She Had a Home and a Good-Paying Job. Then Illness and Debt Upended It All.
Noam N. Levey and Hannah Norman, KFF Health News Sharon Woodward used to travel the country as a medical technician.…
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Biology, Anatomy, and Finance? More Med Students Want Business Degrees Too
Jasen Gundersen never considered a career in business when he entered medical school nearly three decades ago to become a…
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Nashville’s heath tech startup scene is booming. Here’s why.
Tourists visit the bars and country music venues in the Lower Broadway entertainment district in Nashville, Tennessee, Sept. 1, 2019.…
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Startup Orchid launches test to identify genetic defects in IVF embryos
Noor Siddiqui, founder and CEO of Orchid, during the web summit for careers during Day 2 of the 2014 Web…
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AbbVie to acquire Cerevel Therapeutics for $8.7 billion
AbbVie on Wednesday said it will acquire neuroscience drugmaker Cerevel Therapeutics for roughly $8.7 billion. Under the terms of the…
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