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Tag: Medicine and Health
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Peace Corps Sued Over Mental Health Policy
Applicants have challenged the Peace Corps practice of rescinding invitations to applicants on the basis of mental health conditions.
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Following State Errors, Nearly 500,000 Americans Will Regain Health Insurance
Low-income people who wrongly lost Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage will keep their insurance, federal officials said.
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‘Only God Can Thank You’: Female Health Workers Fight to Be Paid
Community health workers put in long hours to protect people in developing countries from diseases such as malaria, Covid-19 and H.I.V. But most are compensated minimally, or not paid at all.
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How Much Do Patients Need to Know About a Potentially Risky Treatment?
An unapproved product made from umbilical cord blood was used at a prominent New York hospital. After an F.D.A. warning came an internal complaint: Patients should have been told.