Health
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Sign-Up Window for Free COBRA Coverage for Many Laid-Off Workers Closes This Week
After being laid off from her job as a systems analyst for a specialty chemicals company in December, Gabriela de…
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Women Say California Insurer Makes It Too Hard to Get Drug for Postpartum Depression
April Dembosky, KQED When Miriam McDonald decided she wanted to have another baby at age 44, her doctor told her…
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Bye-Bye to Health Insurance ‘Birthday Rule’? Kansas Lawmaker Floats Fix
When Kayla Kjelshus gave birth to her first child, the infant spent seven days in the neonatal intensive care unit,…
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How a Doctor Breaks Norms to Treat Refugees and Recent Immigrants
Markian Hawryluk AURORA, Colo. — Fatumo Osman, a 65-year-old Somali refugee who speaks limited English, was in a bind. She…
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Want Fries With That Vaccine? Even at a Fast-Food Restaurant, Pop-Up Clinics See Slow Traffic
Anna Almendrala SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A few months ago, the boxy, teal truck parked outside a McDonald’s in this…
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Watch: More Long Covid Cases Seen in Kids
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The Pandemic Made Telemedicine an Instant Hit. Patients and Providers Feel the Growing Pains.
Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News Crystal Joseph pays for two telemedicine video services to ensure that her small therapy practice…
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As Holdout Missouri Joins Nation in Monitoring Opioid Prescriptions, Experts Worry
Kathi Arbini said she felt elated when Missouri finally caught up to the other 49 states and approved a statewide…
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Journalists Dig in on Delta Variant Risks and Opioid Overdose Deaths
KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber discussed outbreaks caused by the covid-19 delta variant in Missouri and elsewhere on Newsy on…
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Facing Headwinds on New Alzheimer’s Drug, Biogen Launches Controversial Campaign
Do you sometimes lose your train of thought or feel a bit more anxious than is typical for you? Those…
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