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When Pam McClure learned she’d save nearly $4,000 on her prescription drugs next year, she said, “it sounded too good to be true.” She and her husband are both retired and live on a “very strict” budget in central North Dakota. By the end of this year, she will have spent almost $6,000 for her
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Infections with the illness known as “walking pneumonia” or “white lung pneumonia” have been spreading at unusually high levels in young kids, emergency room data suggests, a year after a surge of such cases filled hospitals overseas. The worst rates of the illness, caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae, are in young children ages 2
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Johannesburg — After the world was caught largely unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists warned that lessons must be learned. Now, two more viral outbreaks are giving health officials sleepless nights. Rwanda is still grappling with its first outbreak of Marburg virus. A cousin to the Ebola virus, Marburg is one of the deadliest viruses
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BOSTON – Dr. Bharti Khurana, an Emergency Radiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital was leaving a trauma “hackathon” in 2016 when a nurse practitioner began talking about Intimate Partner Violence. For all the advances in medicine, the NP told the group, there was little attention paid to the root cause of the injuries that sends
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Nearly 90,000 Colsen-branded tabletop fire pits sold by major retailers nationwide are being recalled after dozens of alarming incidents left 19 people with burn injuries, some requiring surgery and others permanently disfigured. The products are a burn and fire hazard in that alcohol flames can be invisible and lead to flame jetting when the pit
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Weight loss drugs could help patients struggling with addiction, study says – CBS News Watch CBS News A new study shows diabetes drugs like Mounjaro and Ozempic, which people also take to lose weight, may help patients suffering from addiction. CBS News contributor Dr. Celine Gounder explains. View CBS News In Be the first to
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Patient and consumer advocates are looking to Kamala Harris to accelerate federal efforts to help people struggling with medical debt if she prevails in next month’s presidential election. And they see the vice president and Democratic nominee as the best hope for preserving Americans’ access to health insurance. Comprehensive coverage that limits patients’ out-of-pocket costs
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Walgreens Boots Alliance plans to close 1,200 stores during the next three years, with 500 closures set for next year, in the face of low drug reimbursement rates and slower consumer spending. The Deerfield, Illinois-based company on Tuesday said it would shutter roughly 14% of its U.S. locations and redeploy the majority of the workers
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IV fluid shortage caused by Hurricane Helene cancels elective surgeries at Mass General Brigham IV fluid shortage caused by Hurricane Helene cancels elective surgeries at Mass General Brigham 02:34 The Biden administration says it has invoked the wartime powers of the Defense Production Act to speed rebuilding of a major American factory of intravenous fluids
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Conn. lawmakers want accountability in listeria outbreak linked to Boar’s Head products Conn. lawmakers want accountability in listeria outbreak linked to Boar’s Head products 00:46 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s inspector general has started an internal investigation into the agency’s handling of the deadly Boar’s Head outbreak, Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, said
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