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What’s the Deal With: Booster Shots

WebThe scientific and political consensus supports the benefit booster shots provide to protecting immunocompromised groups and other higher risk groups, such as the …

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This Week in Pandemic: Good News

Web“There are, to my knowledge, no peer-reviewed studies assessing the efficacy of these barriers,” says Dr. Michael Fischman, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of …

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What’s the Deal With: HIPAA

WebWith an increasing number of states implementing vaccine mandates and reinstating indoor mask requirements, people have started citing HIPAA to avoid disclosing information …

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Stressed-Out Nurses Say Nation’s Hospitals Need More of …

WebIn 2004, California became the only state to set mandatory minimum nurse-patient ratios. For most hospital departments, the law requires a minimum ratio of one nurse for every …

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Mind, Body, Spirit, Government Funds: Is IHS Failing

WebThe federal system consists of 26 hospitals, 59 health centers, and 32 health stations operated by IHS. In 2021, part of the American Rescue Plan included $31.2 billion in …

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More Red States Mulling Green Light for Medicaid …

WebHealth Inequities Exposed. In May, a study by the Urban Institute estimated that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as many as 43 million people could lose both their jobs and their …

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Why Don’t More Companies Support Single-Payer Health …

WebCurrently, companies subsidize a large portion of eligible employees’ health insurance premiums: about $7,470 for single plans and $21,342 for family plans each year, …

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Gun Safety ‘Wrapped in a Mental Health Bill’: Health Provisions in …

WebThe Congressional Budget Office estimated the new law’s total cost at $13 billion, a large chunk of which will be used to increase funding to expand existing mental health and …

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Is the NCAA Doing Enough to Protect Mental Health

WebThe NCAA’s handbook, Mental Health Best Practices, was released in January 2016. It recommends that qualified mental health clinicians should be “easily accessible to …

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Is Aging Itself a Curable Disease

WebIt has now been shown that genes that influence aging in the worms also influence aging in mammals (in mice, to be precise). Humans also carry these genes. He floats several …

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Gas Stoves Pose Health Risks. Are Gas Furnaces and Other …

WebGas stoves have become an unlikely front line in the culture wars thanks to growing awareness of their contribution to health problems like childhood asthma, not to mention …

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Trump’s Mental Illness Needs to Be Part of the Conversation in 2024

WebIt’s an impossible task for any fair-minded person. That’s precisely the reason why the former president’s mental health must be part of the national conversation. Voters need …

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Hospices Have Become Big Business for Private Equity Firms

WebOver that time, 72 percent of hospices acquired by private equity were nonprofits. And those trends have only accelerated into 2022. Hospice is an easy business to start, with most …

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Did you mean to cancel your donation

WebIf you need help through the Paypal donation process, or would like to share your thoughts with us, please email [email protected]. If you’d rather send a check, please …

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Our Failed Public Health System Dared COVID to Attack Us

WebIf we had a better public health system in America, would the pandemic have been as bad? Would as many people have died? Was the real point of entry for the virus not just our …

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First, Admit No Harm: The Dirty Secrets of a NY Hospital

WebDozens of people accused the prominent neurologist of doping them up so they were helpless to resist him over a period of at least 15 years. He was convicted of 12 counts of …

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Medical and Political Complications Abound for Austin

WebMedical and Political Complications Abound for Austin. Calls for transparency are growing louder following the revelation that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III failed to inform …

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Music Therapy Can Rewire a Broken Brain

WebMusic Therapy Can Rewire a Broken Brain. Kirsty Vitarelli 12/15/18. When the brain is damaged, patients can regain speech and movement with the aid of Neurologic Music …

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Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Period Products

WebTampons, pads, and period underwear contain dangerous materials ranging from pesticides to PFAS, a family of dangerous “forever chemicals” that lurk in the body for years. The …

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Russ Baker, Author at WhoWhatWhy

WebRuss Baker is Editor-in-Chief of WhoWhatWhy. He is an award-winning investigative journalist who specializes in exploring power dynamics behind major events.

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New JFK Files: CIA Used State Department to Run Guns for

WebDoug Vaughan and Jimmy Falls 08/15/17. A newly unredacted document sheds new light on CIA assassination operations planned by what was known as “The Health Alteration …

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