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Panel rejects psychedelic drug MDMA as a PTSD treatment in possible setback for advocates ~health.mental Article 714 words 12 votes
Dengue fever spreading to new countries, including the US due to climate change, among other factors Article 1431 words 7 votes
Because European sunscreens can draw on more ingredients, they can protect better against skin cancer Article 1098 words 26 votes
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US, European nations consider vaccinating workers exposed to bird flu healthcare Article 941 words 9 votes
Michigan farmworker diagnosed with bird flu, becoming 2nd US case tied to dairy cows Article 350 words 26 votes
Cyberattack forces major US health care network to divert ambulances from hospitals healthcare Article published May 10 2024 17 votes
US Supreme Court denies California’s plea for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin prison Article 672 words 18 votes
New data shows deadly cost of US officials' failures with COVID in prisons Article 1512 words, published Apr 18 2024 14 votes
US senior homes refuse to pick up fallen residents, dial 911. ‘Why are they calling us?’ Article 109 words 40 votes
Early tests of H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest US bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread Article 1669 words 63 votes
Philips agrees to pay $1 billion to patients who say they were injured by breathing machines healthcare Article 809 words 31 votes
US FDA finally moves to scrutinize specialized health screenings healthcare Article 1083 words 14 votes
Ronald Reagan-era emergency health care law is the next abortion flashpoint at the US Supreme Court Article 358 words 18 votes
Ten times as much of this toxic pesticide could end up on your tomatoes and celery under a new US EPA proposal Article 2438 words 29 votes
US state North Carolina medical marijuana sales begin at Cherokee nation store medicine Article 499 words 12 votes
Duty to Warn's John Gartner breaks down Donald Trump's cognitive decline ~health.mental Article 4325 words 32 votes
US biotech executive sentenced to seven years in jail for COVID test fraud Article 174 words 18 votes
Indiana appeals court upholds injunction on abortion ban, citing religious liberty Article 591 words 17 votes
Few states cover fertility treatment for same-sex couples, but that could be changing Article 1244 words 4 votes
The fight for abortion pills – In the US, UK and around the world, the backlash against safe, at-home abortion medication is growing Article 934 words 26 votes
After Appalachian hospitals merged into a monopoly, their emergency departments slowed to a crawl healthcare Article 1686 words 40 votes
US Food and Drug Administration issues report claiming marijuana has legitimate medical uses - proposes rescheduling medicine Article 249 words 51 votes
The war on recovery: how the US is sabotaging its best tools to prevent deaths in the opioid epidemic medicine Article 4140 words, published Mar 5 2024 17 votes
‘We’re hemorrhaging money’: US health clinics try to stay open after unprecedented cyberattack healthcare Article 31 votes
New York midwife fined for giving 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of vaccines healthcare Article 720 words, published Jan 18 2024 42 votes
Single dose of clinical-grade LSD provides immediate and lasting relief from anxiety, wins approval for phase III trials ~health.mental Article 69 votes
The rise and fall of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (2020) ~health.mental Article 3527 words 5 votes
US prescription market hamstrung for nine days (so far) by ransomware attack Article 599 words 39 votes
A legal historian who studies the US abortion battle explains why the Alabama state Supreme Court’s decision on in vitro fertilization is so momentous Article 35 votes
‘There is no help’: US nurses’ suicide rate rising amid staff shortage and stress healthcare Article 854 words 36 votes
How Steward Health left Rockledge Regional Medical Center, a Space Coast community hospital, in a literal world of shit healthcare Article 3451 words 14 votes
UK's NHS faces legal action over contract with data firm Palantir healthcare Article 702 words 12 votes
The Arizona school setting kids with autism up for success ~health.mental Article 1698 words, published Feb 23 2024 11 votes
A US drugmaker’s feud with the DEA is exacerbating the ADHD meds crisis ~health.mental Article 2737 words 36 votes
Senators ask CEOs why their drugs cost so much more in the US Article 780 words, published Feb 9 2024 60 votes