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Thanks to Reddit, a new diagnosis is bubbling up across the nation

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With only gloves to protect them, farmworkers say they tend sick cows amid bird flu

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In rural America, deadly costs of opioids outweigh the dollars tagged to address them

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A big part of Donna Norton’s job as a peer support specialist with the Hornbuckle Foundation is building relationships with people in the early stages of recovery from substance use disorders. Norton draws from her own history with addiction, homelessness, and the justice system to help them get back on their feet. (Rae Ellen Bichell/KHN)

The player-coaches of addiction recovery work without boundaries

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Baby, that bill is high: Private equity ‘gambit’ squeezes excessive ER charges from routine births

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The NFL has been using an unproven measure to get players with Covid back on the field fast

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A plastic shield on a cash desk protects staff and customers in a McDonald's restaurant (Mikhail MetzelTASS via Getty Images)

With federal COVID sick leave gone, workers feel pressure to show up at work

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Group of friends meeting in the city wearing protective face masks (Getty Images)

A COVID head-scratcher: Why lice lurk despite physical distancing

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A medical worker shows a COVID-19 At-Home Specimen Collection kit (Xinhua/Zou Zheng via Getty Images)

COVID testing, turnaround times are still uneven this far into pandemic

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Doing a COVID test in full PPE wear at a senior's home (Getty Images)

Déjà vu? Consumers scramble for COVID tests in hard-hit areas

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Welcome to Grand Junction, Colorado. (Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Delta variant surges in Colorado as the bands play on

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Coronavirus vaccine vials in hospital (Getty Images)

Snag a vaccine appointment, then face the next hurdle: how to get there?

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A smartphone's Lyft app displays a message motivating users to vote yes on Proposition 22 in Oakland, California on October 9, 2020. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

People are proving to be the weakest link for apps tracking COVID exposure

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