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Senior man and assistant in the park (Getty Images/Katarzyna Bialasiewicz)

As long-term care staffing crisis worsens, immigrants can bridge the gaps

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A box of Narcan nasal spray (YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)

NY docs are now required to prescribe naloxone to some patients on opioid painkillers

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Doctor writing notes on a clipboard in a modern hospital (Getty Images/shapecharge)

Haven’t seen your doctor in a few years? You may need to find a new one

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Employers are concerned about covering workers’ mental health needs, survey finds

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Doctor examining breasts with mammogram (Getty Images)

Despite Katie Couric’s advice, doctors say ultrasound breast exams may not be needed

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At the University of Minnesota's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, the door to the lab where the first step is taken in the testing of samples for the monkeypox virus has a warning sign to let others know not to enter. (JUDY GRIESEDIECK/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Vaccine and testing delays for monkeypox echo failures in early COVID response

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Medical Bill (Getty Images/everydayplus)

Her first colonoscopy cost her $0. Her second cost $2,185. Why?

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In this photo illustration Covid-19 rapid antigen self-test kits from Abbot company is displayed at a pharmacy in New Delhi on January 11, 2022. (SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Medicare doesn’t pay for rapid at-home Covid tests

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Chase Center July 14, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden delivered remarks on his campaign's 'Build Back Better' clean energy economic plan. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Democrats’ plans to expand Medicare benefits may pinch Advantage plans’ funding

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A protester dressed as a scary nurse holds a mispelled sign that reads "Submitt" at an anti-vaccination protest rally near City Hall, following the Los Angeles City Council's vote earlier this week on drafting an ordinance requiring proof of vaccination to enter many indoor public spaces in Los Angeles, on August 14, 2021. (DAVID MCNEW/AFP via Getty Images)

Student nurses who refuse vaccination struggle to complete degrees

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Even in red states, colleges gravitate to requiring vaccines and masks

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Child with face mask back at school after covid-19 quarantine and lockdown (Getty Images)

Reading, ‘rithmetic and resisting COVID: The new 3 R’s as kids head back to school

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Operating room staff performing hospital surgery (Getty Images/Shannon Fagan)

Covid’s lingering effects can put the brakes on elective surgeries

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Truvada pills (Wikimedia Commons)

Many health plans now must cover full cost of expensive HIV prevention drugs

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Nurses stage a protest with support from the registered nurses union, SEIU Local 121RN, outside the West Hills Hospital on June 18, 2020 in West Hills, California. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Workers keep getting fired, penalized for reporting COVID-19 safety violations

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Steven Mnuchin | Unemployment line in NYC (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Administration eases rules to give laid-off workers more time to sign up for COBRA

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Police officers clash with protesters during a demonstration over the Minneapolis death of George Floyd while in police custody on May 29, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

Who pays for protest injuries in a pandemic?

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Donald Trump (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

US hospitals forced to recruit retired doctors and nurses in coronavirus fight

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Among U.S. states, New York’s suicide rate is the lowest. How’s that?

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An illustration shows a man exhaling smoke from an electronic cigarette in Washington, DC on October 2, 2018. - In just three years, the electronic cigarette manufacturer Juul has swallowed the American market with its vaporettes in the shape of a USB key. Its success represents a public health dilemma for health authorities in the United States and elsewhere. (Photo by EVA HAMBACH / AFP) (Photo credit should read EVA HAMBACH/AFP/Getty Images) (Eva Hambach/AFP/Getty Images)

Joe Camel was forced out of ads. So why is Juul allowed on TV?

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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2006 file photo, a doctor holds a vial of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil in his Chicago office. A national estimate suggests that nearly half of U.S. men have mostly silent infections caused by the sexually-transmitted human papilloma virus, and that 1 in 4 has strains linked with several cancers. The study was released Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) (AP)

Federal experts’ advice on HPV vaccine could leave adults confused

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FILE- In this Feb. 14, 2012 file photo, a tourist walks in the shallow lagoon of Paradise island resort in Male atoll, Maldives.(AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe, File) (AP)

Dream of retiring abroad? The reality: Medicare doesn’t travel well

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A doctor holds Truvada pills at her office in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Even when HIV prevention drug is covered, other costs block treatment

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The high cost of sex: Insurers often don’t pay for drugs to treat problems

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