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California’s Primary Care Shortage Persists Despite Ambitious Moves To Close Gap
Sumana Reddy, a primary care physician, struggles on thin financial margins to run Acacia Family Medical Group, the small independent practice she founded 27 years…
Federal Cuts Gut Food Banks as They Face Record Demand
Food bank shortages caused by high demand and cuts to federal aid programs have some residents of a small community that straddles Idaho and Nevada…
Fast Action From Bystanders Can Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival. Many Don’t Know What To Do.
When a woman collapsed on an escalator at the Buffalo, New York, airport last June, Phil Clough knew what to do. He and another bystander…
The Patient Expected a Free Checkup. The Bill Was $1,430.
Carmen Aiken of Chicago made an appointment for an annual physical exam in July 2023, planning to get checked out and complete some blood work.…
As a Diversity Grant Dies, Young Scientists Fear It Will Haunt Their Careers
Adelaide Tovar, a University of Michigan scientist who researches genes related to diabetes, used to feel like an impostor in a laboratory. Tovar, 32, grew…
Trump Administration Retreats From 100% Withholding on Social Security Clawbacks
The Social Security Administration is backing off a plan it announced in March to withhold 100% of many beneficiaries’ monthly payments to claw back money…
When They Don’t Recognize You Anymore
It happened more than a decade ago, but the moment remains with her. Sara Stewart was talking at the dining room table with her mother,…
When Hospitals Ditch Medicare Advantage Plans, Thousands of Members Get To Leave, Too
For several years, Fred Neary had been seeing five doctors at the Baylor Scott & White Health system, whose 52 hospitals serve central and northern…
RFK Jr. Exaggerates Share of Autistic Population With Severe Limitations
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted notice — and in some quarters, outrage — for remarks about autism, a topic he’s clashed with…