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  15 hours ago

  Patients scramble as cheaper obesity drug alternatives disappear

  NPR - Sydney Lupkin

  When Christina and Jackson Agar used to get a pizza, they'd polish it off the same night. Things are different now that they're both taking an obesity drug. "We recently ordered a pizza and we ate some of it the first night and then the next day we had maybe a little bit more," says Christina. "And …

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  18 hours ago

  If bird flu jumps to humans, immunity from seasonal flu may offer some protection

  NPR - Will Stone

  Bird flu has ripped through the animal kingdom for the past few years now, killing countless birds and crossing into an alarming number of mammals. Yet people remain largely untouched. Even though the official tally of human cases in the U.S. is most certainly an undercount, there's still no evidence …

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  21 hours ago

  5 ways the pandemic changed us for good, for bad and forever

  NPR - John Daley

  As we mark five years on from the start of the coronavirus pandemic this month, life has changed for many people, in ways both mundane and profound. Dr. Kurt Papenfus is someone NPR interviewed in 2020. The CEO of a small hospital in rural Colorado, Papenfus first took care of COVID patients, then …

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  1 day ago

  After historic indictment, doctors will keep mailing abortion pills over state lines

  NPR - Rosemary Westwood

  When the news broke on Jan. 31 that a New York physician had been indicted for shipping abortion medications to a woman in Louisiana, Dr. Kohar Der Simonian was hit by a wave of emotions, among them fear and concern. Der Simonian works as medical director for Maine Family Planning, which is 1,500 …

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  2 days ago

  'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts

  NPR - Selena Simmons-Duffin

  After a recent change by the Trump administration, the federal government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms and drinking fountains. The segregation clause is one of several identified in a public memo issued by the General Services …

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  2 days ago

  A law in New York pushes doctors to be upfront about patients' costs

  NPR - Michelle Andrews

  The routine is familiar for most people: When checking in for an appointment with a doctor or other health care provider, patients typically complete and sign a pile of paperwork, including a form that contains some version of the statement, "I agree to pay for all charges not covered by my …