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Category: Health & Wellbeing
Dr. John A. Talbott, Champion of Care for the Mentally Ill, Dies at 88
A psychiatrist and a prolific author, he criticized what he referred to as a “nonsystem” that left vulnerable people on the streets to fend for…
View More Dr. John A. Talbott, Champion of Care for the Mentally Ill, Dies at 88R.S.V. Vaccine Is Slow to Reach Its Target: Older Americans
The virus sends up to 160,000 people over 65 to hospitals every year. But just 15 percent have gotten the newly available shots.Read More
View More R.S.V. Vaccine Is Slow to Reach Its Target: Older AmericansSmileDirectClub Shuts Down, Months After Filing for Bankruptcy
The telehealth company, which sold teeth alignment devices to two million customers, was unprofitable and had been criticized by medical groups.Read More
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These Are The Signs Of ‘Walking Pneumonia’ In Kids
The CDC is monitoring reports of respiratory illness outbreaks in children. Here’s what parents need to know.Read More
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Bipartisan efforts to extend and expand a program granting compensation to victims of government-caused nuclear contamination are faltering. It is set to expire in June.Read…
View More Fund for Nuclear Waste Exposure Victims in Limbo as Congress Balks at CostGenes That Boost Fertility Also Shorten Our Life, Study Suggests
A study of DNA from half a million volunteers supports an old evolutionary theory about why our bodies eventually wear out.Read More
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Nurse In Class To Train For CPR Suddenly Needs It While Going Into Cardiac Arrest
“We basically went through this whole life-or-death experience,” Andy Hoang said after her ordeal.Read More
View More Nurse In Class To Train For CPR Suddenly Needs It While Going Into Cardiac ArrestBellevue Hospital Rushes Patients Into Weight-Loss Surgery
New York’s Bellevue Hospital performs thousands of the lucrative surgeries a year, even on Rikers Island prisoners and other inappropriate patients.Read More
View More Bellevue Hospital Rushes Patients Into Weight-Loss SurgeryClimate Change Drives New Cases of Malaria, Complicating Efforts to Fight the Disease
The number of malaria cases rose again in 2022, propelled by flooding and warmer weather in areas once free of the illness.Read More
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