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Millions suffer from long Covid — and it costs them $9,000 a year in health-care expenses, on average

Annual medical costs associated with long Covid are estimated to be around $9,000 a year, on average. Long Covid is…

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Health Care — Twitter to stop moderating COVID-19 misinformation

© Provided by The Hill 🎭 Looks like we’ll be stuck with the Phantom for just a bit longer. A…

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OC Health Care agency to get new $78 million Irvine headquarters

© Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register/TNS Clayton Chau, director of the Orange County Health Care Agency, speaks during the Orange…

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Health Care — COVID fatigue stunts booster messaging

Believe it: Merriam-Webster’s 2022 word of the year is “Gaslighting.” Today in health, we look as the White House’s booster…

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Here’s how those looking to ‘age in place’ can fund home health-care services

Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty Images Some 70% of people want to age at home, yet only 10% have…

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Not all health care lies are created equal | Letters

David Lipton, who wrote the recent letter “Remember Obama’s health care lie,” apparently has forgotten the GOP’s terrifying whopper about…

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St. Paul health care workers create PPE for Muslim women

When health care workers Yasmin Samatar and Faraoli Adam were on the frontlines of the pandemic, they struggled to find…

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COVID-19, RSV and the flu are straining health care systems – two epidemiologists explain what the ‘triple threat’ means for children

AP — Every fall and winter, viral respiratory illnesses like the common cold and seasonal flu keep kids out of…

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Medical school students teach science class, mentor Jack Yates students who want to work in health care

As a chemistry teacher at Sharpstown High School, Nabeel Ahmad noticed that some students were taken with the material, and…

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Virtual reality apps focus on mental health care, but effectiveness is unstudied

After his father died of Covid last fall, Donkan Martinez was overwhelmed by grief and turned to an unlikely outlet:…