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On TikTok, Black therapists shine a light on mental health — and each other

Mental health professionals have soared in popularity on TikTok

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Why so slow? Legislators take on insurers’ delays in approving prescribed treatments

Andrew Bade, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes nearly two decades ago, is accustomed to all the medical gear he needs to keep his blood sugar under control. His insulin pump contains a disposable insulin cartridge, and a plastic tubing system with an adhesive patch keeps in place the…

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Gov won't say if Paxlovid is accessible

Officials won't say how many people have received antiviral pills, or if they're being equitably distributed

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Nurse in drug error case sentenced

RaDonda Vaught's case sparked an outcry among nurses who saw her as emblematic of burnout and a broken system

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Why won’t more older Americans get their COVID booster?

Even as top U.S. health officials say it’s time America learns to live with the coronavirus, a chorus of leading researchers say faulty messaging on booster shots has left millions of older people at serious risk.

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Even when IVF is covered by insurance, high bills and hassles abound

After years of trying to have a baby without success, Brenna Kaminski and her husband, Joshua Pritt, decided to try in vitro fertilization.

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National addiction treatment locator has outdated data and other critical flaws

At a psychiatric hospital in Michigan, Dr. Cara Poland’s patients were handed a sheet of paper to find follow-up care. The hospital had entered local ZIP codes on a website — run by the nation’s top substance use and mental health agency — and printed the resulting list of providers…

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Sweeping, limited or no powers at all? What’s at stake in the mask mandate appeal

The definition of “sanitation.” An old court case that involves an underwear manufacturer. Whether people had a fair chance to express their opinions about wearing masks on planes.

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Downsized city sees its health care downsized as hospital awaits demolition

HAMMOND, Ind. — In 1898, three nuns took a train to this city along the south shore of Lake Michigan to start a hospital.

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As overdoses soar, more states decriminalize fentanyl testing strips

With time running out in the 2022 legislative session, Georgia lawmakers took up a bill to regulate raw milk.

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Medicare surprise: Drug plan prices touted during open enrollment can rise within a month

Something strange happened between the time Linda Griffith signed up for a new Medicare prescription drug plan during last fall’s enrollment period and when she tried to fill her first prescription in January.

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At US hospitals, a drug mix-up is just a few keystrokes away

More than four years ago, Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught typed two letters into a hospital’s computerized medication cabinet, selected the wrong drug from the search results, and gave a patient a fatal dose.

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Even when IVF is covered by insurance, high bills, surprises and hassles abound

Only 15 states require insurance to cover in vitro fertilization, a pricey path to parenthood. But expensive procedures and drugs can lead to unexpected bills even for the fortunate who are insured.

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After medical bills broke the bank, this family headed to Mexico for care

The Fierro family of Yuma, Arizona, had a string of bad medical luck that started in December 2020.

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What’s next if Roe v. Wade falls? More than half of states expected to ban or restrict abortion

If the Supreme Court’s conservative majority affirms the leaked decision overturning abortion rights in the U.S., the effects would be sweeping for 40 million women in more than two dozen states where Republican-led legislatures have been eagerly awaiting the repudiation of the right to terminate a pregnancy.

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LA mayoral hopefuls agree addressing homelessness is crucial but disagree on how

LOS ANGELES — As encampments multiply from Echo Park to Venice, homelessness has been the top issue in the L.A. mayoral race. And although Angelenos express broad support for building more housing for the homeless, the contenders say that can be only part of the solution.

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Tech titans want the richest Californians to pay for pandemic preparedness

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gabe Bankman-Fried, a former Wall Street trader, has raised $12 million from a cryptocurrency trading firm founded by his brother, Sam Bankman-Fried. Dustin Moskovitz, a billionaire who roomed with Mark Zuckerberg in college and helped found Facebook in 2004, funds a nonprofit with his wife that has…

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Despite losing federal money, California is still testing uninsured residents for COVID — for now

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is still offering free COVID-19 testing to uninsured residents even though the federal government ran out of money to pay for it.

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Anti-vaccine ideology gains ground as lawmakers seek to erode rules for kids’ shots

Not long ago, Kansas showed strong bipartisan support for vaccines as a tool to support a robust public health system.

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Fact check: Rep. Gaetz’s diagnosis of what’s driving insulin costs misses the root cause

At the end of March, after the House passed a bill that would cap the cost of insulin at $35 per month for insured consumers, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., tweeted about why he voted against the legislation.

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Anti-vaxxers gaining political ground

Bills expanding religious exemptions for childhood vaccine requirements were passed by Kansas state Senate in March

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Colorado moves toward statewide coverage of wastewater surveillance

On a Sunday morning in March 2020, right at the start of the pandemic, an article in Popular Mechanics caught engineer Pieter Van Ry’s eye. It had a catchy title: “How Poop Offers Hints About the Spread of Coronavirus.”

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A year in, Montana’s rolled-back public health powers leave some areas in limbo

A year after a new Montana law stripped local health boards of their rulemaking authority, confusion and power struggles are creating a patchwork oversight system that may change how public health is administered long after the pandemic is over.

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Attendance plummets at LA COVID vaccination events

LOS ANGELES — Nurse Angel Ho-king sways her head to the sound of salsa music as she waits for people willing to roll up their sleeves to get a shot. Ho-king is part of a four-person crew staffing a COVID-19 vaccine table at a health fair in Rampart Village, a…

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How the test-to-treat pillar of the US COVID strategy is failing patients

The federal “test-to-treat” program, announced in March, is meant to reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths by quickly getting antiviral pills to people who test positive. But even as cases rise again, many Americans don’t have access to the program.

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