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Health insurers start to join hospitals in giant disclosure of data on prices
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Senators kill big plan to modernize VA care but offer no alternatives
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Enjoy a great Fourth — safely and without dangerous, illicit fireworks
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Billionaire Mark Cuban’s discount drug startup gains serious attention
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FDA bans Juul vaping products and seeks to slash nicotine in cigarettes
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Momentous developments on abortion, guns, and Americans’ health
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Financial punishment is now a built-in aspect of U.S. health care system
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Hidden code leaks private data from hospitals and ‘pregnancy centers’
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U.S. finds high risks in tally of wrecks involving self-driving vehicles
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Covid vaccines Okayed for babies and tots. What will parents do?
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U.S. hits hospitals with a million reasons to heed price-disclosure rule
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Big Pharma, hit for tenfold price hikes, also faces FTC middleman probe
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With medical ‘news’, paying attention to two N’s can matter to nth degree
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More shots coming to battle stubborn, still deadly coronavirus pandemic
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Newer diabetes drugs can lead to weight loss. Wish it was that simple.
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Seniors, overcharged by billions on Medicare, won’t see ’22 refund
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Hospitals also become sites of lethal gun violence
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In celebrity courtroom slugfest, legal glare also falls on expert medical testimony
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Baby formula mess shows big profits, a filthy plant, and bungled oversight
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For UCLA and Southern Baptists, sexual abuse scandals exact big toll
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Focus on surging pandemic dims as two other infections grab headlines
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An advanced democracy can’t shrug at mass deaths, especially kid killings
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Road deaths shatter records, as pedestrian fatalities skyrocket, too
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Social media blamed for fueling opioid crisis for the young
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Hospitals must boost safety efforts and cut low-value (but high-profit) care, experts say
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With pandemic surging again, will protective measures just get ignored?
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Who trusts profit-grabbing companies to prevent perilous supply snafus?
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Hospitals seek to hike prices by up to 15% as safety, quality concerns grow
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Opioid death toll shatters records as judge weighs pharmacy chain penalties
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U.S. mourns 1 million coronavirus deaths. Nearly one in three may have been preventable.
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As pediatricians seek to end race bias in care, a caution on parent burnout
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This could ‘tick off’ red meat lovers: Pest’s bite leads to lasting food allergy
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Patients are imperiled by avoidable drug errors and hit with pricing ploy
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While U.S. moves on, pandemic is inching up and is forecast to worsen
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A major reversal on long-held view of low-dose aspirin’s heart benefits
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As recall of sleep apnea devices expands, U.S. prods firm to act faster
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Banning menthol from cigarettes will save many Black lives, researchers say
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It’s everywhere and nowhere: Coronavirus and the risks that remain for seniors and unvaccinated
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Calories, not clock watching, are key to weight loss, researchers say
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Cautions issued over prenatal genetic tests in IVF and for rare diseases
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Specialized cancer hospitals hike drug costs by up to 630%, study finds
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U.S. finding more and more ways to undercut efforts to quell pandemic
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FDA a giant failure on food safety and nutrition guidance, report finds
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Opioid crisis takes a new scary turn: Mass casualties at once
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U.S. economy really feeling financial crunch of caregivers staying home
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As U.S. shatters death record, trauma and grief grow unrecognized
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Nursing homes in desperate need of giant overhaul, experts say
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CDC, battered by pandemic, will undergo major rethink of its work
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Medicare angers patient groups with limits on Alzheimer’s drug coverage
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New focus on battling long Covid underscores infection’s persistent risk
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DC budgets for major plans to tackle rising problems in road safety
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Big Pharma donates big to GOP lawmakers as drug costs keep rising
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Hedge funds under fire as doctor wins $26 million case on short-staffing
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Even if pandemic lull lasts, more health care challenges are coming
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Alcohol abuse spiked during coronavirus pandemic, killing 100,000
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FDA takes new fire for approving drugs too fast, with too little evidence
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Medical errors can be criminal, Tennesee nurse’s conviction shows
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In pandemic lull, the push is on for shots for kids and older adults
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Good news for patients on credit reports and maybe that Medicare hike
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Patient safety’s new perils: Lack of medical staff and their mental wellness
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For Dept. of Veterans Affairs, an overhaul and time of reckoning on care
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Vaccine makers seek OK for 4th shot as fears rise about another surge
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As ‘synthetic’ nicotine loophole shuts, warnings about cannabis edibles
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Medical debt mires millions in a flood of red ink
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The pandemic may be quieting, but its politics are not.
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Billionaire clan assailed as ‘scum of earth’ in unusual opioids hearing
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Head trauma: A hidden harm for battered women
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Plutocrats up the ante by a few billion to settle a sorry opioids saga
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As masks and other safeguards go off, wariness about virus remains
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U.S. announces crackdown on poor quality and safety in nursing home care
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The people and places hardest hit by the rise in traffic deaths
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Pandemic worsened already shameful U.S. maternal mortality problems
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$26 billion settlement will fund battles against opioid crisis
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Masks off for many: As virus surge ebbs, U.S. issues new guidelines
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Racial bias: Another reason for patients to get and correct their own medical records
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Maryland’s medical examiner crisis is occurring nationwide, too
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Califf confirmed to head FDA as Biden picks interim science advisors
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Health workers hit deadline for coronavirus shots. Where’s the fuss now?
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Let’s hear it for the right to be healthy, careful, safe, and follow science
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What’s really bankrupt? The newest liability dodge by Big Pharma
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Experts still tussle with proper prescribing of opioid painkillers
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UCLA pays $243 million more for gynecologist’s sexual wrongdoing
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In U.S. health care, the relentless pursuit of sky-high profits goes on
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Civil justice system works, as tribes show in major opioid settlements
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As Biden reprises ‘moon shot,’ cancer battle’s constraints are clear, too
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Just ‘live with it’? U.S. pandemic deaths hit 900,000-plus and rising …
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With a ‘Zoom boom’ still going, cautions rise on cosmetic surgery
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U.S. sets high bar in strategy to battle surging road deaths and injuries
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Brain damage in football players is still a big story, and head trauma for surfers is becoming one too
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Deaths no longer a lagging indicator of Omicron variant’s grim toll
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High costs of failures in U.S. food safety simply cannot be ignored
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Financial tangles can trap poorer residents in costly nursing homes
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University of Michigan settles 1,000+ sex abuse claims against dead doctor for $490 million
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As Omicron rips through hospitals, new governor lifts Virginia pandemic measures
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Bone and joint surgery? Consider other options too
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Deadly fires and carbon monoxide deaths emphasize need for winter safety steps
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Medicare curbs Alzheimer’s drug coverage, fueling regulatory turmoil
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U.S. has hit blood crisis and donors needed urgently, Red Cross says
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Vaccine mandate upheld for health workers but not large companies
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Parents beware: Silicon Valley hypes inaccurate prenatal blood tests
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Poor FDA communication harms patients, taxpayers, other agencies
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In latest pandemic surge, nursing home problems hit center stage, again
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Motorists across region need to look in the mirror to improve road safety
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D.C. area slammed hard as winter coronavirus surge blasts the U.S.
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Good news in ’22: Patients mostly see end to ‘surprise’ medical bills
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As life expectancy falls, work is needed in 2022 on substance abuse and road safety
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Hospices a hot investment as profiteers seek a buck to life’s very end
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Senator from small, poor state roils big plan to improve U.S. health
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Omicron tears across country, as Delta rips unvaccinated skeptics
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Women MDs face lifetime pay gap of $2 million less than male colleagues, and patient care suffers as a result
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CO poisoning a rising risk as consumers buy more home generators
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Big Pharma slapped back in two separate tries at buck-raking
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Make the season bright: Get those shots and tests, and stay healthy!
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Nursing homes hide violations with behind-scenes maneuvers
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U.S. panel rips drug prices as ‘unsustainable, unjustifiable, unfair’
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Pandemic is taking terrible toll on mental health, with links to road deaths, overdoses and homicides
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Pandemic toll nears 800,000, as Delta rages and Omicron threatens
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For happy holidays, ensure safety of gifts, decorations, food prep
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Shots and boosters get yet more emphasis as Omicron spreads
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In year-end crunch, Senate weighs Biden plan for health care boost
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New York Times hypes unproven diabetes therapy as a “cure”
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FDA under renewed fire over dubious approval of Alzheimer’s drug
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U.S. invests $1.5 billion to boost health staffing in underserved areas
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Ohio jurors fault big pharmacy chains for role in opioid drug crisis
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Not so fast, Omicron variant says, as U.S. races for holiday normalcy
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When big money is on the line, hospitals can lose their moral compass
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With 100,000 deaths, 2021 shatters grim record in opioid crisis
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U.S. urges booster shots for all 18 and older and especially the 50+
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Big thanks, not threats, are owed to all who work for our better health
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Opioid court cases offer hard evidence: Path to justice can be rocky
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Workers lose more ground as health insurance costs keep creeping up
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Pandemic battles focus on boosters for all and more shots for kids
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Biden nominates Robert Califf to reprise his Obama-era role as FDA chief
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$1 trillion invested in ‘infrastructure’ can boost U.S. health and well-being
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Patients can’t escape reminders of U.S. health care’s brutal costs
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First six months of ’21 set U.S. record for road deaths
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Thousands admitted to hospitals for other reasons ended up with Covid-19
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Kids now can get Covid shots. Will they? And what about the new anti-Covid pills?
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Women will receive more disclosures about risks of breast implants
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Health experts offer anti-drug strategy and fret over cigarette sales spike
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It’s past time to cry foul on wealthy corporations’ unfair practices
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U.S. pandemic deaths climb toward 750,000 as shots for kids near
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Give kids’ fun and safety more than a ghost of a chance for Halloween
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FDA advances plan for cheaper, easier, more convenient hearing aids
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Hospitals struggle to keep nurses, as nursing homes stall on staff shots
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U.S. has three approved boosters and is prepped to vaccinate kids
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Cut the salt in prepared and packaged food, U.S. urges makers and sellers
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FDA gives Big Tobacco a big win — approval for e-cigarette for vaping
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Daily low-dose aspirin? Rethink its risks vs. benefits, experts advise
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As Delta surge eases, what’s next with this pandemic?
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Aching backs lead to dubious surgeries and billion$ in revenue$
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Nothing to see here? Consultant advises drug makers — and their regulators
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Will Congress bog down or will it act on people’s health and other needs?
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As experts ponder vaccinating our kids, Covid orphans tens of thousands
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Ex-president’s buddies schemed to exploit VA patients’ data, records show
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Fake pills, laced with lethal fentanyl, are circulating widely, U.S. warns consumers
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FDA dithers dangerously on regulating sketchy ‘stem cell’ care and kid vaping
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Another milestone of lives lost needlessly
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Experts call for end to a race-based adjustment in a key kidney function test
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MDs urged to better police their own, as health disinformation runs amok
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FDA will keep bumbling until Biden and Becerra at least name agency’s chief
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Pfizer booster OKayed for millions, as U.S. struggles with toll of the unvaccinated
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Online portals let patients get their medical records. They’re full of errors, and patients can get them corrected.
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U.S. must do so much more to shield our youth from sexual abuse
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Nursing homes misdiagnose and sedate residents with strong drugs but lag on vaccinating staff
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Pandemic’s deadly toll rises each day. Why isn’t everybody taking it seriously?
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Facts and truth-telling matter — in dramas, governance, health, and the law
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FDA snuffs out cloud of e-cigarette and vaping products but delays big ruling
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Nursing homes recorded a horrific pandemic toll. But it may be even worse.
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U.S. toughens steps to quell surging pandemic as cultish resistance cries foul
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Lethal Colorado cop case shines disturbing light on emergency medical care
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Roads turned deadly during the pandemic. And, tragically, they’re staying so.
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Hospitals battered with Delta surge, storms, wildfires, and influx of sick kids
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With $ billions but no apologies or remorse, notorious opioid bankruptcy settles
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Warnings rise that nation’s younger people are far sicker than they should be
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A big sign of more long-term care problems: Nursing homes’ staffing struggles
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Nonprofit hospitals, awash in cash, seek yet higher returns as health care VCs
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As Delta variant slams hospitals, forecast warns of 100,000 more virus deaths
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Spiking deaths, health crises, and amputations: Diabetes is ‘out of control’
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A million bucks of surgical machinery? It’s not proven better — at least for patients
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Delta surge gets grimmer as both public health steps and resistance stiffen
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Millions stuck in nightmarish recalls of sleep apnea breathing devices
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Questions grow about billions flowing to specialists over medical hardware
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VA, in a slap at FDA, will decline to cover newly approved Alzheimer’s drug
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Senate Democrats tackle nursing home menaces that also made virus so lethal
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To battle pandemic, vaccine boosters, more mandates and fights with the resistant
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Risky heart pump shows how FDA fails patients on medical device regulation
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U.S. outspends other nations by far on health care but lags badly in outcomes
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Finally: Tide turns for vaccine mandates for nursing-home health staff
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Delta variant-surge embroils kids and parents in politicized pandemic disputes
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Biden Administration reinstates stiff fines for nursing home safety violations
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FDA may be letting medical device makers fudge safety reports, study finds
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Summer optimism wilts as contagious Delta variant rages in unvaccinated
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Olympians offer golden insights on the importance of mental health for all
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$140 billion in medical debt slams patients, especially the poor and uninsured
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Big Pharma is hard to rein in. Just look at two drug cases grabbing headlines.
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For nursing homes, a different kind of infection and unvaccinated staff raise alarms
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Vexation rises as unvaccinated dig in and pandemic surges with Delta variant
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Surgical robot’s maker sued over business practices — but not patients’ care?
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Worse than feared: Drug overdoses rose 30% to record levels during pandemic
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Sharp reminders of the need to watch out for dangerous doctors
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CDC official sees a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’ as coronavirus cases surge
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Hospitals gouge poor and uninsured patients with top prices, cost data show
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As opioid drug-case settlement advances, fentanyl deaths spike in D.C. area
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FDA puts the brakes on use of new Alzheimer’s drug and asks for outside investigation of its own hasty OK
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With 4 million deaths, pandemic’s persistent peril is clear globally. But in U.S.?
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For the vulnerable and injured, more proof that civil lawsuits provide key way to obtain justice
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U.S. advances key new protections for patients from ‘surprise’ medical bills
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Pacific Northwest-scorcher shows climate change can create big health risks
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Independence holiday shadowed by viral variant and deep national divides
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For a fun and safe Fourth, don’t fire off guns or blow up fireworks, please
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Nursing home deaths spiked 32% in 2020 due to pandemic, U.S. watchdog finds
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High-tech tools can boost blacks’ cancer warnings — and be racially biased
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As delta variant rises and vaccinations fall, stubborn virus digs in for summer
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Hospitals look mighty craven in deep digs into their draconian debt collection
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Who can’t see problems in medical device makers paying surgeons billions?
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U.S. likely to miss July 4 vaccination goal, with concern rising about variants
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Dozens of tuberculosis infections, including northern Virginia, tied to putty used in orthopedic surgeries
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Tens of millions keep Obamacare as justices toss a GOP suit for a third time
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14 million +1 reasons why sexual abuses of young athletes can’t be ignored
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Prince George’s County finally gets new hospital to replace 75-year-old facility
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Speedy OK of Alzheimer’s drug creates a big mess for patients and taxpayers
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Covid shots are voluntary. Mostly. But pressures are growing on unvaccinated.
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Beer, donuts, childcare, rides, lotto prizes — will vaccination incentives work?
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U.S. consumer agency cracks down on baby sleepers tied to dozens of deaths
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Plaintiffs’ fortitude: It’s an admirable must when battling corporate fat cats
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Top medical journals, ob-gyns, and NFL all face tough reckoning with racism
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Congresswoman discloses her health emergency to warn against OTC drugs
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In quelling pandemic, officials confront perilous chasm with the unvaccinated
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Whoa, summer sneaked in! Here’s how to make it a safe, healthy, fun time
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New health care leader looks to clean up the nursing home mess
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Hospitals rip patients with draconian debt collection and costly parking fees
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Big Pharma, battling over sky-high prices, called out on big fib on R&D costs
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Virginia Ob-gyn sentenced to 59 years in prison for harming patients and ripping off insurers
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In the rush to return to normality, reasons abound why it just doesn’t feel that great
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‘The Crime of the Century’ documents our lethal opioid tragedy
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D.C. will spend $10 million to battle increasing traffic injuries and deaths
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Investigators rip University of Michigan for failing to halt decades of sexual abuse of young men
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Easing of public health guidelines signals big progress in quelling pandemic
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All U.S. patients need a primary care doctor, panel of top experts recommends
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Hospitals called out for performing too many low-value tests and procedures
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Big reconsideration under way for long-term care as coronavirus toll eases
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U.S. targets July 4 for independence from grip of coronavirus pandemic
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Whether by stars or letter grades, D.C. hospitals again rank so-so at best
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U.S. will ban targeted health menace of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars
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U.S. ends confusion and expands prescribing of opioid-fighting medication
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As the world begs for vaccine doses, millions in U.S. shun the shots
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Drivers are speeding with dire consequences. And a crackdown is coming fast.
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Heavy marijuana use by pregnant women can harm babies, big California study finds
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UVA health system will curb decades of hounding patients over medical bills
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Will the reluctant and resistant trip up the campaign to quell the pandemic?
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Sexually transmitted infections spike for sixth year in a row, CDC reports
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Biden urged by NAACP and black health groups to ban menthol in cigarettes
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Alarms sounding as opioid-overdose crisis worsens, especially with fentanyl
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Pandemic numbers do add up — to a complex and persistent health menace
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With malpractice claims constrained, injured Florida kids and families struggle
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Questions aplenty about medical device-makers paying doctors $3.6 billion
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Racism? CDC calls it a threat. Prominent doctors need a kick to recognize it.
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Battle stays bumpy against an uneven pandemic, fueling further uncertainty
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State license boards warn doctors of consequences for sexual misbehavior
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Can U.S. billions keep seniors at home and out of problem nursing homes?
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From Medicare seniors, lessons on delayed care and importance of insurance
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U.S. teeters between vaccines’ rising successes and pandemic’s fourth wave
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Though the pandemic curtailed vehicle travel, pedestrian fatalities skyrocketed
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Biden extends special sign-up period for Obamacare with increased subsidies
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USC to pay $1.1 billion to settle gynecologist’s hundreds of sex abuse cases
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The data could not be clearer: Stubborn pandemic demands caution still
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With kids’ return to sports, a reminder about serious risks of head trauma
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Plutocratic clan offers $1 billion more in bankruptcy bid to end opioid suits
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Cancer experts seeing advanced cases with care delayed by pandemic fears
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Battle to quell coronavirus pandemic opens up yet more troubling divides
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Mizzou pays $16.2 million to 22 over knee surgeries involving veterinarian
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U.S. nursing-home rating system ‘broken’ by gamed data and poor oversight
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$1.9-trillion Biden law takes major steps to reshape U.S. health and health care
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A year after pandemic began, mourning and reasons for guarded optimism
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Nursing homes’ lethal health-staffing problem: Churn rates as high as 300%
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Is killer opioid crisis an ‘afterthought,’ as U.S. struggles with many problems?
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Insurers and employers could save $352 billion if hospitals stuck to Medicare rates
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While experts say pandemic is far from over, ‘Neanderthal thinking’ booms
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Panicked over prediabetes? For older patients, more evidence to say: Not to worry
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As virus threat eases, alarms sound on hedge funds owning nursing homes
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Vet, with aid from Congress, forces VA to increase disclosures in malpractice cases
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In the battle to defeat the coronavirus, a tough winter test of nation’s fortitude
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$1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill also carries big boost for health care coverage
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To rein in health costs, experts focus on $1.2 trillion in U.S. hospital spending
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Big freeze heats up need for emergency plans for individuals and institutions
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Weather delays and public confusion keep rollout choppy for virus vaccines
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As vehicle makers race into future, whither road- and product-safety issues?
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Big Pharma’s twist: Billions in opioid settlements convert into huge tax breaks
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Nursing home coronavirus cases and deaths decline as vaccinations increase
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U.S. offers guidance on school re-opening, redoubled individual safeguards
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Beware of toxic heavy metals in baby foods, congressional group warns
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Consultant to pay $573.9 million as consequence of its sketchy opioid advice
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As coronavirus vaccinations gain momentum, equity challenges increase, too
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Hospitals profiteer on injured car wreck victims with sky-high bills and liens
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Battle against coronavirus may be boosting rise of drug-resistant superbugs
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Companies duck and dodge on safety, liability, cost of products and services
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Biden orders expand access and affordability of health care for millions
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U.S. seeks to boost vaccine supply and use. Why wasn’t this done already?
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When end-of-life wishes get ignored, courts see another kind of malpractice
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Nursing home staffing plunges as shots go up in long-term care facilities
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Pardon spree frees rogues gallery of health care crooks who stole billions
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Job One for Biden: Ending pandemic
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A study finds black babies survive better when treated by black doctors
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Knee and hip surgeries offer a glimpse into disparities in health care costs
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Only in America: Desperate patients raise billions in online donations to pay for crushing medical costs
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Exiting Trump officials create confusion and stoke anger on vaccination plans
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Speeding, distraction, intoxication: Why U.S. roads turned so lethal in 2020
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In nursing homes, Covid-19 deaths and infections spike, as vaccinations lag
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Rich investors buy up MD practices and seek to strip patient safeguards
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U.S. must take more honest shot at battling this pandemic
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With driving and wrecks still virus limited, do insurers owe customers more?
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Hospitals start to roll out newly required data on prices and confidential deals
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U.S. rejects expert advice, keeps its diet-nutrition guidelines mostly the same
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Pandemic exposes how push for profits can imperil nursing home residents
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Auld Lang Syne’s melancholy? This go-around it may be a tragic, viral dirge
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U.S. suit accuses Walmart of fueling deadly opioid crisis via its pharmacies
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How does U.S. improve its health care if the president excuses wrongdoing?
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Coronavirus vaccinations lag behind plan as experts track contagious variant
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A wish for this somber holiday: gratitude for those who helped others, and an end to the attacks on science
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Patients get unexpected year-end cheer — new curbs on surprise medical bills
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With virus toll grim and shots starting, knowledge about vaccines can be key
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Plutocratic Sacklers say sorry but not our fault, when taken to task in hearing
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Fraudsters boost senior-care nightmares with ‘audacious’ hospice scams
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Consultants apologize for opioid hype, as pharma payments take more fire
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Federal (dis)services: skipping product inspections and shielding corporations from legal accountability
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Exposure to the bug, not genetics, explains why the coronavirus has hit black and brown communities so hard
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U.S. collars owners’ outlandish claims for flying ’emotional support’ animals
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U.S. long hoped to reduce health spending. Now it’s happened, but it may not be good.
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U.S. drug policy and treatment is shifting, even as opioid crisis surges
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Home cooks get new warnings on burn dangers, as crockpot also is recalled
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Covid-19 pandemic hits a grim U.S. milestone: 100,000+ nursing home deaths
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Coronavirus metrics grim as winter sets in and U.S. awaits political transition
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Heartfelt words from prominent moms on losing their pregnancies
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U.S. health watchdog issues fraud warning about doctors’ speaker programs
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UC offers $73-million settlement in class-action suit over abusive gynecologist
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Even as the pandemic hits grim phase, we have much to be thankful for
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Neglect-and-abuse deaths send nursing homes’ pandemic toll from bad to worse
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Gynecologist guilty on U.S. charges, but questions linger about his practices
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Grim reprise in nursing homes: four-fold infection hike and doubling deaths
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