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Prepare for another complicated flu season, with chance of a ‘twindemic’
As flu season nears, infectious disease and public health experts are even more worried than they were in 2020 about…
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Apps for substance use disorders, other conditions, may not be as private as we think
About one in five Americans report using mobile health applications (apps), according to survey data published by Gallup in 2019.…
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Researcher and advocate for reproductive health equity tells her own story
When Jallicia Jolly gave birth to her first child, Rose, in February, she experienced some of the disparities in care…
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Biden’s bid for a nursing home vaccine mandate faces obstacles
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series about the Biden Administration’s efforts to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates among…
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Federal funds at stake as Biden Administration seeks to require vaccines for nursing home workers
Is a new push by the Biden Administration to increase COVID-19 vaccinations among nursing home workers the right approach? While…
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Virtual assistants’ role in health care still being explored though questions persist
The use of virtual assistant devices like Amazon Echo in health care settings has been featured in a number of…
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Keeping up with context via the latest data on the delta variant
In the past month, there have been a growing number of U.S. studies showing that because of the SARS-CoV-2 delta…
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Costs are rising as health insurers require members to pay more for COVID-19 treatment
Here’s another bit of compelling information to share with your audience: New research shows that most health insurers are requiring…
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Building trust first helped journalist report on COVID-19 in prisons
The pandemic has had a significant impact on prison populations, where there have been almost 400,000 positive cases across the…
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Use of term ‘low value’ may leave Black, Latinx patients with questions about access to care
Editor’s note: This is the second of two articles on reframing the debate about low-benefit treatments. Part one published on…