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Pfizer hasn't complied with a request to donate emergency penicillin to state health agencies as a backstop to prevent congenital syphilis
Read full article →It's prime tick season, especially in the Northeast and Midwest. The prevalence of ticks is changing the way some people in highly affected areas live their lives.
Read full article →State Medicaid crackdowns strain home care, WHO leader on Ebola outbreak, and more health news
Read full article →Medicaid cuts and fraud crackdown trickle down to states, threatening people with disabilities.
Read full article →Congenital syphilis should be preventable. An Arizona case shows how drug shortages and procedural hurdles are fueling a growing public health crisis.
Read full article →Jesse Gabriel "has passed more food policy in three years than most legislators enact in their entire careers," says one supporter.
Read full article →AI for children requires “randomized controlled trials measuring real developmental outcomes, not engagement metrics,” writes Dua Hassan.
Read full article →“In South Asian households, a child's disability triggers a specific kind of family crisis,” writes child and adolescent psychiatrist Ritu Goel.
Read full article →A new survey from the University of Michigan asks parents about their use of technology to track their adult children, ages 18-25, including using "always on" location tracking on their smartphones.
Read full article →In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an Ebola outbreak is reshaping life, with fear spreading faster than information and hospitals turning into places of urgent containment rather than care.
Read full article →The World Cup isn't the only global soccer event of note. Check out the Grannies International Football Tournament.
Read full article →Telehealth companies offer lifestyle support so people taking obesity drugs can have the most success losing weight. But employers also want the telehealth providers to limit spending on the drugs.
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