Public Health
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Extra Fees Drive Assisted Living Profits
Assisted living centers have become an appealing retirement option for hundreds of thousands of boomers who can no longer live…
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Is Novavax, the Latecomer Covid Vaccine, Worth the Wait?
Erin Kissane, a co-founder of the COVID Tracking Project, rolled up her sleeve for the Novavax covid-19 vaccine in mid-October…
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Journalists Delve Into Open Enrollment, School Nurse Shortages, and More
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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New Social Security Report Shows Growing Overpayment Problem Tops $23B
A new financial report released by the Social Security Administration this week shows that the scope of the agency’s overpayment…
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CDC expedites release of Sanofi, AstraZeneca drug amid shortage
A RSV-infected child receives treatment, as RS-Virus infections spread among children at Missio children’s clinic Moenchberg, in Wuerzburg, Germany, December…
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Why Do We Pay For so Much Worthless Health Care?
Medical advances are expensive. Take Wegovy, the wildly successful obesity drug that we learned last week may also reduce the…
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Beyond Insulin: Medi-Cal Expands Patient Access to Diabetes Supplies
LOS ANGELES — June Voros sprang from her couch as a high-pitched beep warned her that she needed a quick…
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Most States Ban Shackling Pregnant Women in Custody, Yet Many Report Being Restrained
Ashley Denney was about seven months pregnant in 2022 when police handcuffed her during an arrest in Carroll County, Georgia.…
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It’s Getting Harder to Find Long-Term Residential Behavioral Health Treatment for Kids
HELENA, Mont. — Connie MacDonald works for the State Department at the U.S. consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It’s a…
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Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortage
Money talks. The United States faces a serious shortage of primary care physicians for many reasons, but one, in particular,…
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