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Some Incarcerated Youths Will Get Health Care After Release Under New Law

It’s common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental health issues or substance abuse.

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On the Front Lines Against Bird Flu, Egg Farmers Say They’re Losing the Battle

Tools used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks aren’t working this time, experts say. Since March, the virus has sickened at least 67 people in the U.S.

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Measles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties

With hospitalizations and at least a dozen cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination.

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STAT+: Class action suit over UnitedHealth’s AI care denials nears key moment

A ruling may come this month on UnitedHealth's motion to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from STAT reporting on the firm's use of AI to cut off rehabilitative care.

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Q&A: New York’s plan for boosting life expectancy, neighborhood by neighborhood

Life expectancy in New York City has been falling. A new plan to address it includes basic income, prescribing parks, and community health workers.

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Opinion: STAT+: We need a universal approach to sharing biomedical samples   

The field of life sciences has a drawer/freezer/cryostorage problem.

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Budget blues hit the healthcare sector

After the euphoria of budget day, the private sector finds that there are no specific policy measures to incentivise their contributions to the larger public good

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You be the judge: my brother only showers twice a week. Should he wash more often?

Isla can’t understand why Jake will go four days without a shower. Jake says daily bathing is unnecessary.

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Fancy a stroll? Across Europe, young people like me are finding friends by walking our cities | Viola Di Grado

We are the post-pandemic flâneurs: stepping out of social media silos to meet people and connect with the world around usWhen I moved back to London from Rome just before the second lockdown in 2020,

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Pahlé India Foundation and Mizoram State Health Care Society sign MoU to combat lead poisoning

MSHCS and PIF aim to conduct a comprehensive situational analysis of lead poisoning in Mizoram

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