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  Record 16.3 million seek health coverage through 'Obamacare'

  Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) — A record 16.3 million people sought health insurance through the Affordable Care Act this year, double the number covered when the marketplaces first launched nearly a decade ago, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. More than 3 million new members joined the marketplace, …

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  U.S. Cancer Death Rate Has Dropped by a Third Since 1991

  The Wall Street Journal. - Brianna Abbott

  The cancer mortality rate in the U.S. has dropped by a third in the past three decades, a report showed, but an increase in advanced prostate cancer diagnoses threatens to reverse some hard-won gains. The American Cancer Society said Thursday that changes in preventive measures and screening in the …

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  Red states that banned abortion consider expanding Medicaid for mothers

  The Washington Post - By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

  A previous version of this article misidentified a woman as Yolanda Jackson in the photo caption for the second photo. She is Yolanda Washington. This version has been corrected. Makayla Robinson is seven months pregnant, unemployed, living at a Dallas maternity home and relying on health care from …

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  CDC tracking rapid rise of new XBB.1.5 COVID variant, not yet a majority nationwide

  CBS News - By Alexander Tin

  The latest COVID variant of concern, XBB.1.5, continues to rise but still makes up a minority of new COVID-19 infections across the country, the …

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  Covid vaccines averted 3 million deaths in U.S., according to new study

  STAT - Brittany Trang

  This Wednesday will mark two years since nurse Sandra Lindsay became the first person in the U.S. to receive a Covid-19 vaccine outside of a clinical …

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  Los Angeles County mask mandate could return as COVID cases rise

  ABC News - Mary Kekatos

  Average COVID-19 cases have reached their highest levels since August. Los Angeles County may soon reimpose indoor mask mandates as COVID-19 cases and …