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3 Health Care Stocks That Have Just What the Doctor Ordered

An aging population and innovation in treatments should continue to bode well for the healthcare sector for the longer term. With healthcare being vital for well-being and wallet, one could invest in quality healthcare stocks Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), and Centene Corp. (CNC). Read on….

StockNews.com · Feb 20, 2023

Texas town tries a new model for saving rural health care

BOWIE, Texas — After sitting empty and exposed to thieves and vandals for more than two years, the one-story hospital that served Bowie for more than five decades is close to making a comeback — of sorts.

Tribune News Service · Feb 20, 2023

Doyle McManus: Biden's 2024 presidential campaign harks back to past Democratic triumphs

WASHINGTON — When the 1996 presidential campaign approached, Bill Clinton faced an uphill struggle to win a second term. His biggest legislative proposal, a sweeping health care bill, had failed. His party had lost the House of Representatives to Republicans led by a fiery conservative, Newt Gingrich. Clinton's poll ratings…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 20, 2023

Children explore virtual reality as part of trial for new NT youth mental health project

Young people are stepping into a virtual world as part of a new trial aimed at overcoming the barriers to mental health care in the Northern Territory.

ABC News · Feb 18, 2023

Nurse 'cut off man's foot without permission' for 'taxidermy as reminder to wear boots'

Mary Brown has been accused of cutting the man's frostbitten foot off so she could taxidermy it at her family's shop and display it with a sign that said: 'Wear your boots kids'

Daily Mirror · Feb 18, 2023

Montana lawmaker: There's a religious right to abortion

Abortion rights groups are challenging abortion bans in some states by arguing the bans — supported by religious principles — violate the religious rights of people with different beliefs

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2023

Inside the Sydney disciplinary hearings of neurosurgeon Charlie Teo

For four days last week in Sydney, Dr Charlie Teo listened to evidence against him after the family of two deceased patients filed complaints with the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission.

ABC News · Feb 17, 2023

Black Californians more likely to experience inequities in health care, survey finds

LOS ANGELES — More than half of Black Californians said there was a time in the last few years when they thought they would have received better health care if they had belonged to a different racial or ethnic group, according to a report released Thursday.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 16, 2023

Conservatives use abortion strategies in fight over trans care - Roll Call

As the fight over transgender health care heats up, conservatives are drawing from the same playbook they used to fight access to abortion.

Roll Call · Feb 16, 2023

This Texas town has the highest rate of youth attempted suicides in the state. A grieving father hopes to reverse it.

According to a new analysis by a national health care company, Lubbock has the highest rate of attempted suicides by children between the ages of 6 and 17. A local leader suggests a dearth of resources isn’t helping.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 16, 2023