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EMS workers learn to defend themselves as violence against health care pros intensifies

Even though he’s physically imposing at 5’10” and 400 muscular pounds, Captain Stanley Woods says he’s been punched, bitten, spit…

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Health Care — Public uninformed about new booster shots

🏈 A new chapter with the NFL and Congress: Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), head of Congress’s Brain Injury Task Force,…

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This week’s best performers include a health care stock analysts expect will go up 35%

Even as the market tumbled to a fresh 2022 low this week, some stocks were able to curb the negative…

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Health Care — House passes COVID-19 mental health bill

📱 A Boston man tried to rescue his phone from the bottom of the Charles River. He found 11 phones;…

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ZocDoc’s founder on the No. 1 health-care consumer problem that never changes

ZocDoc founder Oliver Kharraz, an MD, stepped into the CEO role in January 2020. The timing brought him face to…

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Hospitals sue Oregon for lacking adequate mental health care

Three of Oregon’s largest hospital systems are suing the state over its alleged lack of adequate mental health care, which…

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6 Groups Making Mental Health Care More Accessible to People of Color

The COVID-19 pandemic worsened mental health across the board in the U.S., but people of color—who disproportionately suffered the worst…

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What Inflation Means for Your Health Care Costs

U.S. health care prices could rise more than expected in the coming years, due to increased spending after the COVID…

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House Republicans Argue That a COVID Standard for the Health Care Industry is Unnecessary

House Republicans are questioning the Biden administration’s prerogative to continue promulgating a COVID-19 standard aimed at protecting health care workers…

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Horizon, N.J.’s largest health insurer, just inched closer to entering the for-profit health care business

© Matt Smith/nj.com/TNS Images of the Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield headquarters in Newark. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of…