Each day, thousands of patients get a call or letter after being discharged from U.S. hospitals.…
Garry Anderson
Garry Anderson
Garry is keen on novel technologies and how they can help people with their day to day lives. Startups has the been thing for Garry and he loves covering their work, technologies, research and lot more.
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At 988 Call Centers, Crisis Counselors Offer Empathy — And Juggle Limited Resources
by Garry Anderson 6 minutes readOn a Friday evening at a call center in southeastern Pennsylvania, Michael Colluccio stirred his hot…
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‘It’s Becoming Too Expensive to Live’: Anxious Older Adults Try to Cope With Limited Budgets
by Garry Anderson 8 minutes readEconomic insecurity is upending the lives of millions of older adults as soaring housing costs and…
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Organ Transplants Are Up, but the Agency in Charge Is Under Fire
by Garry Anderson 5 minutes readFor the past decade, Precious McCowan’s life has revolved around organ transplants. She’s a doctoral candidate…
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Meet Mary Wakefield, the Nurse Administrator Tasked With Revamping the CDC
by Garry Anderson 6 minutes readIt’s been a rough couple of years for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Facing…
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‘He Stood His Ground’: California State Senator Will Leave Office as Champion of Tough Vaccine Laws
by Garry Anderson 7 minutes readSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California lawmaker who rose to national prominence by muscling through some of…
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In the Rush to Curtail Abortion, States Adopt a Jumbled Stew of Definitions for Human Life
by Garry Anderson 8 minutes readAs life-preserving medical technology advanced in the second half of the 20th century, doctors and families…
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A Needle Exchange Project Modeled on Urban Efforts Aims to Save Lives in Rural Nevada
by Garry Anderson 6 minutes readELKO, Nev. — Richard Cusolito believes he’s saving lives by distributing clean syringes and needles to…
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Congressman’s Wife Died After Taking Herbal Remedy Marketed for Diabetes and Weight Loss
by Garry Anderson 9 minutes readSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The wife of a Northern California congressman died late last year after ingesting…
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Wastewater Surveillance Has Become a Critical Covid Tracking Tool, but Funding Is Inconsistent
by Garry Anderson 6 minutes readTo look at recent data posted on Clemson University’s covid-19 dashboard, one might assume that viral…