As a health and science reporter, I’ve studied the maze of U.S. health care. But when my son got sick, I still got lost. Staff writer January 30, 2023 at 6:30 a.m. EST Evan, 3, has systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis. After a few weeks on a drug called anakinra, […]
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Why urgent care centers are popping up everywhere
New York CNN — If you drive down a busy suburban strip mall or walk down a street in a major city, chances are you won’t go long without spotting a Concentra, MedExpress, CityMD or another urgent care center. Demand at urgent care sites surged during the Covid-19 pandemic as […]
The failure of ‘democratized’ health care, and parasites on parade: Books in brief
Creating Gaia Eds Bruce Clarke & Sébastien Dutreuil Cambridge Univ. Push (2022) In 1966, unbiased scientist James Lovelock proposed that Earth’s local climate and the chemistry of its surface area, air and sea “have advanced with lifetime to offer the best possible conditions for its survival”. From 1972, he and […]
Massachusetts Democrats press J&J for more info on children’s medicine shortage: ‘Key questions remain unanswered’
Massachusetts Democrats despatched a 2nd letter to Johnson & Johnson’s CEO on Thursday to the moment yet again demand from customers far more details on the shortages of children’s Tylenol and Motrin. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Democrat Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Katherine Clark and Lori Trahan sent the next letter […]
NY Gov Kathy Hochul on rehiring unvaccinated health care workers: Not the ‘right answer’
Democrat New York Gov. Kathy Hochul suggests rehiring unvaccinated well being treatment workers is not the “right answer” despite the vaccination mandate staying overturned and the state struggling from a key wellbeing care worker scarcity. “I never think the response is to have another person who arrives in, who’s unwell, […]
New poll shows jump in adults who rate the quality of US health care as ‘poor’
CNN — Most adults in the US look at the top quality of the country’s health treatment to be unfavorable, in accordance to a new survey. This is the initially time in a 20-calendar year development from Gallup polls that the share of grown ups who rated the excellent of […]