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  Medical residents nationwide are unionizing. What does that mean for the future of healthcare?

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  Young physicians in training are being squeezed by labor shortages, inflation and long hours. Eric Kalis arrived at the hospital before sunrise on a …

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  4 days ago

  Why do the US and Canada treat medical aid in dying so differently?

  Grid - Khaya Himmelman

  In 1997, Oregon made medically assisted dying legal, but the rest of the U.S. has been slow to follow. While Americans and Canadians share many …

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  What is Candida auris and where is it spreading?

  

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  Healthy people aren’t at risk of illness, but the fungus poses a growing threat to immunocompromised patients.

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  6 days ago

  Cases of Candida auris — a highly contagious, deadly and drug-resistant fungus — are on the rise in US healthcare facilities

  Grid - Jonathan Lambert

  Healthy people aren’t at risk of illness, but the fungus poses a growing threat to immunocompromised patients. A new, highly contagious, …

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  6 days ago

  The latest IPCC report on climate change is the most terrifying yet. It comes after more than 150 years of warnings.

  Grid - Dave Levitan

  The newest alarm from scientists is far from the first. A timeline of such calls to action demonstrates just how long the world has been dragging its …

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  What is a raccoon dog?

  

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  A new report adds some weight to the animal origins of the pandemic and demonstrates the complex ecology behind viral transmission between animals and people.