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The U.S. is one of nine countries that do not guarantee paid sick leave. Since the covid pandemic, advocates in states including Missouri, Alaska, and Nebraska are organizing to take the issue to voters with ballot initiatives this November.
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Mashup Score: 13Medical Residents Are Increasingly Avoiding States With Abortion Restrictions - KFF Health News - 5 hour(s) ago
A new analysis shows that students graduating from U.S. medical schools were less likely to apply this year for residency positions in states with abortion bans and other significant abortion restrictions.
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Mashup Score: 5Amgen Plows Ahead With Costly, Highly Toxic Cancer Dosing Despite FDA Challenge - KFF Health News - 21 hour(s) ago
The FDA told Amgen to test whether a quarter-dose of its lung cancer drug worked as well as the amount recommended on the product label. It did and with fewer side effects. But Amgen is sticking to the higher dose — which earns it an additional $180,000 a year per patient.
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Mashup Score: 3They Were Shot at the Super Bowl Parade — And Might Have Bullets in Their Bodies Forever - KFF Health News - 23 hour(s) ago
Despite the rise of gun violence in America, few medical guidelines exist on removing bullets from survivors’ bodies. In the second installment of our series “The Injured,” we meet three people shot at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade who are dealing with the bullets inside them in different ways.
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A decade after Congress told the FDA to expedite the approval of more effective sunscreens, the federal government still has not approved sunscreen ingredients that are safely being used around the world. Meanwhile, skin cancer is the nation’s most common cancer.
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Mashup Score: 10
The Biden administration’s plan to set minimum staffing levels for nursing homes prompted comments from more than 46,500 people and organizations — including residents of homes and nurses with harrowing stories about conditions inside. Hundreds of comments like these cemented the resolve of officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last month to […]
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Mashup Score: 8Wednesday, May 8, 2024 - KFF Health News - 1 day(s) ago
Super Bowl parade victims, a new covid variant, abortion, gender care, cancer deaths among Black women, cyberattacks, and more.
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Mashup Score: 0Forget Ringing the Button for the Nurse. Patients Now Stay Connected by Wearing One. - KFF Health News - 1 day(s) ago
Dozens of hospitals have deployed a device that uses artificial intelligence to monitor patients remotely. One hospital says it reduces nurses’ workloads — but some nurses fear the technology could replace them.
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Mashup Score: 3They Were Shot at the Super Bowl Parade — And Might Have Bullets in Their Bodies Forever - KFF Health News - 1 day(s) ago
Despite the rise of gun violence in America, few medical guidelines exist on removing bullets from survivors’ bodies. In the second installment of our series “The Injured,” we meet three people shot at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade who are dealing with the bullets inside them in different ways.
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Mashup Score: 0Forget Ringing the Button for the Nurse. Patients Now Stay Connected by Wearing One. - KFF Health News - 1 day(s) ago
Dozens of hospitals have deployed a device that uses artificial intelligence to monitor patients remotely. One hospital says it reduces nurses’ workloads — but some nurses fear the technology could replace them.
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NEW: Have you ever had to work while sick? No federal rule forces employers to pay for time off for illness. But some states are passing their own laws. @zkdyer reports. đź“ťhttps://t.co/C3RNC8ObZp