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The South May Suffer the Largest Share of Covid-19 Misery. Here’s …

WEBBecause of poverty and limited access to health care, African Americans more often have underlying health conditions — such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, obesity …

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Seeking a Cure: What can be done to stop the rash of rural …

WEBThe Mayo Clinic Health Systems’ clinic in Arcadia, Wis., is seen on Sept. 19, 2019. The area's hospital closed in 2011. This new clinic was built in 2016 to meet …

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“Crisis”: Half of Rural Hospitals Are Operating at a Loss, Hundreds

WEBA recently released report from the health analytics and consulting firm Chartis paints a clear picture of the grim reality Ryerse and other small-hospital …

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When Ecosystems Suffer, So Do Humans: To Heal People We Need …

WEBThe World Health Organization estimates that outdoor air pollution causes 4.2 million premature deaths per year. Even as humans have brought more and more of ourselves …

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$44,000 for Air Ambulances, Hour-Long Rides to an ER—The High …

WEBA decade ago she could have found an emergency room, if not a NICU, 10 minutes up the road at Lee County Regional Medical Center in Pennington Gap, Va., but …

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Inside the Bitter Battle to Defend Workers and Patients at a Low …

WEBWhen Whittier Street Health Center unveiled its glass-sheathed, six-story, environmentally-advanced, state-of-the-art, new facility in 2012, it was seen by its …

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Americans Still Want—And Need—Medicare for All

WEBIn fact, nearly three-quarters of all Democrats want a government-run healthcare system. Gallup also found that a record high number of people put off …

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11 Statistics That Show Racism Is Entrenched in Our Healthcare …

WEB25 % of Black Americans live in an area with a shortage of primary care physicians. 243% more often than white women, Black women die from pregnancy or …

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California Hospital Workers Strike, Fracturing

WEBMore than 700 employees of Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, a regional trauma center in California’s Sonoma County, held a five-day strike that concluded on …

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Insurance Companies are Destroying New York's Home Care …

WEBImage courtesy of New York Caring Majority. In 2021, New York paid insurers $13 billion in home care premiums. The same year, insurers reported $720 …

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Robert Reich: Why a Single-Payer Healthcare System is Inevitable

WEBThe best argument for a single-payer health plan is the recent decision by giant health insurer Aetna to bail out next year from 11 of the 15 states where it sells …

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Chicago Nurses Are Going on Strike—And Management Is …

WEBOn Thursday, over 2, 700 Chicago-area nurses and support staff at Cook County Health (CCH) are planning to go on strike, the latest example of rising worker …

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“It Tears You Apart Mentally and Physically”: The Health Crisis

WEB“It Tears You Apart Mentally and Physically”: The Health Crisis Afflicting Black Farmers Farming is a stressful occupation. Black farmers face the additional …

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Indiana University Health Nurse Who Wanted to Unionize …

WEBIndiana University (IU) Health fired Lacie on March 30, three days after she began trying to persuade her fellow nurses to unionize.Lacie wanted her co-workers to …

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Inside NYC Home Care Workers’ Fight to End 24-Hour Work Shifts

WEBIf the bill passes, any 24 -hour shift in the home care industry would be split into two 12 -hour shifts. This would overturn the current practice upheld by a 2019 ruling …

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$44,000 for an Ambulance, Hour-Long Drives to an ER: The …

WEBKulakowsky is deaf and says first responders misinterpreted her slurred speech as a stroke; the dizziness was caused by an inner-ear infection. Kulakowsky did …

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For Decades the U.S. Punished Indigenous Healers. Now the Indian …

WEBEditor’s Note: This story was originally published by Kaiser Health News.. Cheryl Morales started the medicinal garden at the Aaniiih Nakoda College …

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The Real Reason Why the WHO Waited Until March to Declare a …

WEBOn June 11, the WHO said that a global pandemic was underway. In 2020, the WHO took a month to declare a PHEIC for the coronavirus and took an additional …

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