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All Jennifer Howell wanted was to find medication for her son. Instead, she was caught in a maze of desperate...

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California Prison Drug Overdoses Surge Again After Early Treatment Success

by LAist

Drug overdose deaths in California state prisons rebounded to near record levels last year even as corrections officials touted the...

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California Rain Will Cause More Valley Fever

by LAist

California’s wet winter will cause more cases of a unique fungal infection known as valley fever, so state health officials...

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Tuberculosis cases rise, but public health agencies say they lack the resources to keep up

Nada Hassanein | Stateline.org (TNS) Until COVID-19, tuberculosis was the world’s deadliest infectious disease, killing about 1.5 million people annually. Contrary to...

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Johns Hopkins researchers make progress in developing blood test for psychiatric disorders

Johns Hopkins researchers say they’re getting closer to developing a blood test that would identify changes in the brain associated...

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Halfway through ‘unwinding,’ Medicaid enrollment is down about 10 million

Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News | KFF Health News (TNS) Halfway through what will be the biggest purge of Medicaid...

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Lawmakers’ retirements risk leaving doctor pay fix unfinished

Jessie Hellmann | CQ-Roll Call (TNS) Physician groups and other advocates for overhauling the Medicare payment system will lose three...

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Possibility of wildlife-to-human crossover heightens concern about chronic wasting disease

Jim Robbins | KFF Health News (TNS) Each fall, millions of hunters across North America make their way into forests...

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Your Chronic Pain Is Real. But Its Source May Not Be What You Think

by LAist

Pain is universal. It's also extremely personal.Almost everyone has experienced some kind of pain in their life, be it emotional...

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5 steps you can take now to support your heart health