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Birth Control to Be Sold Over the Counter in New York Pharmacies
The News New Yorkers will soon be able to get a year’s worth of hormonal birth control from pharmacies without…
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‘What’s My Life Worth?’ The Big Business of Denying Medical Care
OpinionSupported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT‘What’s My Life Worth?’ The Big Business of Denying Medical Care March 14, 2024, 5:02 a.m. ETShare…
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Business
In Hospitals, Affordable Housing Gets the Long-Term Investor It Needs
Health care systems and affordable housing developers have a mutual financial interest in helping communities live healthier.
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Howard Hiatt, 98, Dies; Steered Public Health Toward Greater Accountability
A physician, scientist and academic, he brought together experts across disciplines to focus on the economic, political and social causes…
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Health
Cyberattack Paralyzes the Largest U.S. Health Care Payment System
The hacking shut down the nation’s biggest health care payment system, causing financial chaos that affected a broad spectrum ranging…
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World
An Israeli strike near a hospital in Rafah killed at least 11 people, Gaza health officials say.
An Israeli strike outside a hospital in Rafah, in southern Gaza, on Saturday killed at least 11 people and injured…
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World
Two Hospitals in Southern Gaza Are Left Barely Functioning
An Israeli raid last week has reduced one of Gaza’s biggest hospitals to little more than a shelter for a…
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World
Brazil Has a Dengue Emergency, Portending a Health Crisis for the Americas
Brazil is experiencing an enormousoutbreak of dengue fever, the sometimes fatal mosquito-borne disease, and public health experts say it is…
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Health
H.I.V. Groups Warn of Privacy Risks in How C.D.C. Tracks Virus Samples
Since 2018, the agency has mandated tracking the genetic signatures of viruses collected from people with H.I.V., a practice known…
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News
The Stress of Finding Child Care Is Hurting Parents’ Health
On a Saturday morning last May, Julia Sachdev, a mother of a 2-year-old and 4-year-old, woke up to an email…