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Feds want to fight food deserts
The Detroit News‘ Nathan Hurst reports from D.C. on the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, proposed legislation that would commit between…
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CDC: 12 percent of pools closed after inspection
The CDC’s focus on “recreational water venues,” which include swimming pools, interactive fountains, kiddie/wading pools, water slides and and therapy…
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Blame aggressive treatment, tech for rising costs
Wholesome, clean-living and thrifty, Provo, Utah, has always been a Dartmouth Atlas darling. But in recent years, health costs in…
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Concussion more likely when hit is unexpected
There’s anecdotal evidence that athletes are less likely to get concussions if they were ready for the impact before it…
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Feds: We’re doing well against health fraud
Calling health care “a convoluted system that’s easy to game,” Kaiser Health News’ Andrew Villegas writes that despite recent federal…
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Ex-employees tell of Texas workers’ comp troubles
The Texas Tribune’s Elise Hu has found that the Texas Department of Insurance’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has more than…
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Slow-to-pay insurers may become national issue
For The News Journal of Wilmington, Del., Hiran Ratnayake dug through more than 100 complaints filed last year against the…
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Warehouses are ‘magnets for pollution’
Mira Loma, a town east of Los Angeles that’s become home to distribution centers and warehouses for some of the…
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Texas data shows origin of foreign-trained doctors
Emily Ramshaw and Matt Stiles of The Texas Tribune looked into where that state’s doctors were trained and who received…
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Disciplined docs turn up on Pfizer payroll
New Scientist’s Peter Aldhous and Jim Giles created an interesting mash-up of two popular health stories, disciplined caregivers and conflicts…