Health
Fact check: Biden is right about $35 insulin cap but exaggerates prior costs for Medicare enrollees
The Inflation Reduction Act, which Biden signed in 2022, caps out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35...
To close racial gap in maternal health, some states take aim at ‘implicit bias’
Experts are pushing states to mandate training for medical professionals to combat “implicit bias,” and...
Ten doctors on FDA panel reviewing Abbott heart device had financial ties with company
The panel voted almost unanimously that the benefits of the device outweigh its risks.
Things to know as courts and legislatures act on transgender kids’ rights
Most Republican-controlled states have now banned gender-affirming health care such as puberty blockers and hormones...
‘It’s environmental racism’: Monterey County agriculture officials sued over farm chemicals near Latino schools
State health officials have long reported that children in Monterey County are among the most likely...
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She died after liposuction by a pediatrician. Doctors warn of cosmetic surgery’s ‘Wild West’
Across the country, physicians from a range of specialties have ventured into the lucrative world...
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As AI eye exams prove their worth, lessons for future tech emerge
Amid all the buzz around artificial intelligence in health care, the eye-exam technology is emerging...
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More kids are dying of drug overdoses. Could pediatricians do more to help?
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends offering buprenorphine to teens addicted to opioids. But only...
CDC investigating harmful reactions to counterfeit ‘botox’; people in at least 9 states impacted
The CDC reported that nine "(60%) people were hospitalized and 4 (21%) were treated with...
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O.J. Simpson feared he had CTE but his family has said a ‘hard no’ to brain study
Simpson's attorney said he's been 'getting calls from medical centers that are doing CTE testing...