Each day, thousands of patients get a call or letter after being discharged from U.S. hospitals.…
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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…