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Whatever Happened to Biden’s Public Option?
In the 2020 elections, then-candidate Joe Biden and many of his congressional colleagues loudly advocated for a federal “public option” health insurance plan. It was…
FDA approves new spinal-cord device for chronic pain, Medtronic says
Medtronic said Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new spinal-cord implant that relieves chronic pain, a bid to expand into a patient population that…
Millions Were Booted From Medicaid. The Insurers That Run It Gained Medicaid Revenue Anyway.
Private Medicaid health plans lost millions of members in the past year as pandemic protections that prohibited states from dropping anyone from the government program…
Abortion — Again — At the Supreme Court
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California Is Investing $500M in Therapy Apps for Youth. Advocates Fear It Won’t Pay Off.
With little pomp, California launched two apps at the start of the year offering free behavioral health services to youths to help them cope with everything from living…
Vampire facial HIV cluster in New Mexico detailed in CDC report
The woman’s HIV diagnosis was puzzling.Her only recent sexual partner tested negative. She didn’t report injecting drugs or undergoing a blood transfusion. But she did receive a…
I Was Told I Had an STI. It Was Actually Cervical Cancer
Aisha McClellan, 39, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was diagnosed with metastatic cervical cancer when she was just 32. Now, she spreads awareness about the disease on TikTok.…
Now You Can Run the NYC Marathon on Peloton
Come marathon season, your social media feeds might be filled with friends and acquaintances traversing the boroughs of NYC in the TCS…
As bird flu spreads in cows, fractured U.S. response has echoes of early covid
Federal agencies with competing interests are slowing the country’s ability to track and control an outbreak of highly virulent bird flu that for the first time is infecting cows…
A Step Challenge for Better Health
Spring is nature’s way of pressing the reset button—and it's a perfect time for kick-starting or restarting a walking routine that’s as…