Public Health
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California Universities Are Required to Offer Abortion Pills. Many Just Don’t Mention It.
Jackie Fortiér, LAist and Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, LAist When Deanna Gomez found out she was pregnant in September 2023, she felt…
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Track Opioid Settlement Payouts — To the Cent — In Your Community
State and local governments are receiving billions of dollars in settlements from companies that made, sold, or distributed prescription painkillers…
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More Patients Are Losing Their Doctors — And Trust in the Primary Care System
First, her favorite doctor in Providence, Rhode Island, retired. Then her other doctor at a health center a few miles…
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Drugmakers are capping inhaler prices at $35
A woman using an inhaler. BSIP | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Think a friend or colleague should be…
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Adolescentes podrían ir al psicólogo sin tener el permiso de sus padres
Cuando estaba en noveno grado, Fiona Lu cayó en una depresión. Tenía problemas para adaptarse a su nueva escuela en…
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Mujeres están bebiendo hasta enfermarse. A la administración le preocupa el costo de la atención
Una mañana de hace casi 10 años Karla Adkins se miró en el espejo retrovisor de su auto y advirtió…
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Adultos mayores, agotados por tener que organizar tanta atención médica
En enero, Susanne Gilliam, de 67 años, estaba yendo a recoger el correo afuera de su casa cuando se cayó…
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For-Profit Companies Open Psychiatric Hospitals in Areas Clamoring for Care
GRINNELL, Iowa — A for-profit company has proposed turning a boarded-up former nursing home here into a psychiatric hospital, joining…
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Hospitals Cash In on a Private Equity-Backed Trend: Concierge Physician Care
Nonprofit hospitals created largely to serve the poor are adding concierge physician practices, charging patients annual membership fees of $2,000…
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Viking Therapeutics weight loss pill shows positive study results
Alexey Krukovsky | Istock | Getty Images Viking Therapeutics shares closed more than 15% higher on Tuesday after the company…
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