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An Arm And A Leg
For your next health insurance fight, an exercise in financial self-defense.
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Long-Term Care Workers Brace For Next Round Of Coronavirus
Health care workers have struggled with grief over the suffering they’ve witnessed, both at work and in their communities.
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Clots, Strokes And Rashes Teaming With Coronavirus
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Black Hair Matters: How Going Natural Made Me Visible
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Prayers And Grief Counseling After The Coronavirus
Trying to aid healing in long-term care.
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‘Breakthrough Finding’ Reveals Why Certain Coronavirus Patients Die
Provocative new research shows some people — men in particular — succumb because their immune systems are hit by friendly fire.
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When False Information Goes Viral, Coronavirus Patient Groups Fight Back
Fear and uncertainty regarding the coronavirus have made online groups targets for the spread of false information.
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Unemployed Americans Scrambling For Health Insurance
Workers who lost jobs due to coronavirus may need help getting coverage this fall.
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Discussing Potential Side Effects Of Coronavirus Shots
Scientists anticipate the shots will cause enervating flu-like side effects that could last days.
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Nursing Homes Seeing Dangerously Long Waits For Coronavirus Results
Long-term care facilities are still taking days to get back test results.
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Biden Plan To Lower Medicare Eligibility Faces Hostility From Hospitals
President-elect Joe Biden’s simplest strategy is lowering the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 60.
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California Stands To Lose Big If Supreme Court Cancels Obamacare
Health care coverage for millions of people is at stake, as are billions in federal dollars.
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Search For A Snakebite Drug Might Lead To Coronavirus Treatment
Doctor's work through multimillion-dollar grants can save thousands of lives.
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Biden Wins, But Health Agenda Dims With GOP Likely To Hold Senate
Democrats will have a hard time passing their health agenda without a majority in the Senate — even if they pick up two seats in Georgia.
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OC Struggles With Health Equity And Battles State Restrictions
California’s Democratic leaders have tied the fate of Disneyland to the health of the people who live around it.
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What To Know As ACA Heads To Supreme Court — Again
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments that could result in the justices striking down the Affordable Care Act.
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Biden Under Pressure To Name New FDA Chief ASAP
As the pandemic rages and COVID-19 deaths are expected to increase in the winter, a top priority for Biden is filling FDA and CDC positions.
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VA Joins Pentagon In Recruiting Volunteers For Coronavirus Vaccine Trials
8,000 volunteers are being recruited for the Phase 3 clinical trials.
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How Escalating Coronavirus Cases Forced One State To Change Its Masking Strategy
Prosecutors; local leaders were turning a blind eye in Flathead County.
