How 10 questions about mothers’ mental health could promote resilient pregnancies

December 3, 2019 medicine, News

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A new Sickle cell disease drug holds much promise but most sufferers won’t be able to afford it

November 26, 2019 News

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Google is secretively collecting health data, and American workers should be worried

November 26, 2019 Affordable Care Act, health, health insurance, healthcare, News

Earlier this month, Google confirmed it is collecting the comprehensive health histories of millions of Americans, through a partnership with the largest nonprofit health system in the US. This news should concern us all, but especially anyone who isn’t self-employed.

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New poll shows Elizabeth Warren could bridge the Democrats’ generational divide

November 20, 2019 News

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Can technology fix the silent opioid crisis gripping US hospitals?

November 19, 2019 News

In February 2009, Lauren Lollini, a psychotherapist from Colorado, had a kidney stone removed at Rose Medical Center in Denver. It was a routine procedure, but for weeks after her surgery, Lollini experienced fl...

This is how Warren says she can pay for Medicare for All

November 2, 2019 health care, News

A new plan has joined the infamous list of senator Elizabeth Warren’s plans for her presidency: the plan to finance Medicare for All.

Although she has long expressed support for single-payer, publicly funded healthcare coverage, Warren’s platform unchara...

Doctors are prescribing off-label nicotine replacements for teens addicted to vaping

October 3, 2019 health, News

With over 800 cases and 12 deaths attributed to a mysterious vaping-related pulmonary illness (VAPI) in the United States, a growing number of teens have been going to the family doctor with concerns about their e-cigarette vaping habits....

The US labor secretary nominee has a history of opposing workers’ rights

September 26, 2019 News, politics

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The UN General Assembly lurches into full swing

September 24, 2019 climate-change, Donald Trump, News, politics

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The US just promised to adopt universal health care

September 23, 2019 health, News

Every single member of the UN doubled-down today on a commitment to provide universal health coverage to their citizens. The fact that the US will be among them is perhaps evidence of how disconnected these declarations can be from actual domestic political agendas.
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