Public Health
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What One Expectant Mom’s Effort To Get an RSV Shot Says About Health Policy
Today we bring you the story of a patient seeking the RSV vaccine — and how her frustrating journey illustrates…
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How Lawmakers in Texas and Florida Undermine Covid Vaccination Efforts
Katherine Wells wants to urge her Lubbock, Texas, community to get vaccinated against covid-19. “That could really save people from…
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Aether Biomedical, bionic hand startup, gets $5.8 million to scale
Andrew Hitz with the Zeus hand. Courtesy of Aether Biomedical In 2011, Jeremy Schroeder was driving a four-wheeler near Sherwood,…
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Why It’s So Tough to Reduce Unnecessary Medical Care
The U.S. spends huge amounts of money on health care that does little or nothing to help patients, and may…
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Health AI startup Cercle debuts with backing from Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Facebook, at Vanity Fair’s 6th Annual New Establishment Summit. Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty Images A…
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Weight loss drug Wegovy slashes risk of serious heart complications
Still life of Wegovy an injectable prescription weight loss medicine that has helped people with obesity. It should be used…
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Pharmacy walkout organizers launch national push to unionize staff
A small number of employees and supporters picket outside the headquarters of drugstore chain Walgreens during a three-day walkout by…
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Who Will Care for Older Adults? We’ve Plenty of Know-How but Too Few Specialists
Judith Graham Thirty-five years ago, Jerry Gurwitz was among the first physicians in the United States to be credentialed as…
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Prenuvo offers $2,500 full-body MRI scans that can detect cancer early
Prenuvo MRI machine Courtesy of Prenuvo While celebrating the July Fourth holiday last year on a boat in Tyler, Texas,…
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member discounts on health-care services
Amazon (AMZN) said on Wednesday that it’s offering Prime members a discount on its new health-care service — another perk…
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