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After Institutions for People With Disabilities Close, Graves Are at Risk of Being Forgotten

Thousands of people with disabilities lived and died in state institutions. Now, decades after the facilities began closing, the cemeteries left behind are at risk of falling into disrepair.

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California Sets 15% Target for Primary Care Spending Over Next Decade

The state Office of Health Care Affordability has set a goal for insurers to direct 15% of their spending to primary care by 2034, part of a push to expand preventive care services.

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Washington Power Has Shifted. Here’s How the ACA May Shift, Too.

With a new Trump administration poised to move into the White House and Republicans set to control both chambers of Congress, party leaders are making a to-do list for the Affordable Care Act.

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STAT+: The health care industry is girding for Trump’s tariffs —and pushing hard for carveouts

Trump's #tariffs could raise the cost of medical care and prescription drugs for people in the U.S.

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Opinion: Don’t expect RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz to get much done on prevention and wellness

Opinion: The U.S. has a major problem with chronic illness. But RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz won’t be able to make much of a difference.

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STAT+: Bluesky is the new destination for X/Twitter’s health and science community. Here’s why

#MedTwitter is migrating en masse from X to Bluesky, suddenly making it an essential hub for scientific discourse. Here's why.

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After youth vaping surge, the U.K. moves to ban disposable e-cigarettes

The U.K. is moving to ban disposable #vapes, part of a broader push that will also prevent anyone now under 15 from ever being able to buy tobacco.

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Opinion: It took years for my Black son to be diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. Then it happened to my family again

Rena Barrow has two sons with cystic fibrosis, born 20 years apart — but they faced the same terrible delay in diagnosis.

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Blink review – family’s poignant bucket list trip turns into glossy travelogue

A couple who discover that three of their four children have a degenerative eye disease go on a round-the-world family holiday in this beautifully shot but saccharine documentaryAn active, boisterous

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