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Insurers Reap Hidden Fees by Slashing Payments. You May Get the Bill.
A little-known data firm helps health insurers make more when less of an out-of-network claim gets paid. Patients can be…
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Prestigious Medical Journal Ignored Nazi Atrocities, Historians Find
The New England Journal of Medicine published an article condemning its own record during World War II.
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Teen Drug Use Habits Are Changing, For the Good. With Caveats.
Dr. Nora Volkow, who leads the National Institutes of Drug Abuse, would like the public to know things are getting…
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Is Bird Flu Coming to People Next? Are We Ready?
Unlike the coronavirus, the H5N1 virus has been studied for years. Vaccines and treatments are available should they ever become…
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Glasses Improve Income, Not Just Eyesight
A study found that when farsighted workers in Bangladesh were given free reading glasses, they earned 33 percent more than…
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Judge Orders Timely Housing for Migrant Children Waiting at Border
The decision established that minors at open-air sites were in legal custody of the Department of Homeland Security and thus…
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A.L.S. Drug Relyvrio Will Be Taken Off the Market, Its Maker Says
Results of a large clinical trial found the treatment did not work any better than a placebo.
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Where to Drink Wine in Chicago
The motto of Chicago ought to be, “Too much to do, not enough time.” That’s how I feel whenever I…
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Person Infected With Bird Flu in Texas After Contact With Cattle
The case adds another worrying wrinkle to a global outbreak that has devastated bird and marine mammal populations, and recently…
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Patient With Transplanted Pig Kidney Leaves Hospital for Home
Richard Slayman, 62, is the first patient to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Two weeks after the…
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