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Agreement targets health care capacity crunch in Mass.

As the weather gets colder, Massachusetts hospitals have begun filling to record occupancy levels, according to the state’s top health…

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Health Care — Long COVID linked to thousands of US deaths

One Minnesota woman was able to capture the rare phenomenon of thundersnow on camera. Who knew that was a thing? Today in…

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Community health programs are expanding access to care, but there’s still a ways to go

© Elias Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News/TNS Armando Martinez, Dallas County Health & Human Services community liaison, speaks with residents…

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Health Care — Early results for melanoma relapse vax promising

RIP to Mike Leach, a pioneering college football coach who died Monday evening following complications from a heart condition. Today in health, lawmakers…

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A Greenwich psychologist pleaded guilty to $2.6M in health care fraud. He has to pay it all back.

A psychologist, who previously settled a multi-million dollar health care fraud case out of New York, pleaded guilty to committing…

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What Does a Good Health-Care System Look Like?

© Getty; The Atlantic This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he…

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Judge rejects vaccine choice law in health care settings

HELENA, Mont. — A person’s choice to decline vaccinations does not outweigh public health and safety requirements in medical settings,…

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Study: Only Alaskans pay more for health care than we do in Mass.

© Adam Berry/Getty Images BERLIN, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 05: A doctor holds a stethoscope on September 5, 2012 in Berlin,…

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More street medicine teams tackle the homeless health care crisis

Living on the streets of California is a deadly affair. The life expectancy of an unsheltered person is 50, according to…

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Health Care Buzz: Long COVID Series – Patient story 3

Following the initial Healthcare Buzz October article—“What is Long COVID” including the diverse symptoms that are difficult to identify and…