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A California Democrat who made a name for himself by taking on the health care industry is carrying a bill to regulate private equity stakes in the sector.
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When health researchers looked at the outcomes of students after they visited L.A. school health clinics, they found attendance stabilized or improved — particularly for students who sought mental health treatment.
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As lawsuits against a company that uses ethylene oxide get resolved, air regulators are keeping tabs on local facilities.
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Perdue Foods says it has recalled more than 167,000 pounds of frozen chicken products after discovering they may be contaminated with traces of metal.
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Federal health officials are advising doctors across the U.S. for a respiratory known as paravovirus B19, which has seen increased infection rates in younger children.
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There is a worldwide COVID-19 wave this summer, and a new vaccine coming in September.
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Drug overdoses on college campuses are not tracked, and rarely publicized, as colleges cite health privacy laws. But advocates are working to make overdose reversal treatment widely available on campus.
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The bill's backers say the profit-first approach isn’t good for health care. But they're getting pushback from hospitals concerned about losing a potential funding source.
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Four years after SARS-CoV2 sparked a devastating global pandemic, U.S. health officials now consider COVID-19 an endemic disease.
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On Friday, drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics received word from the Food and Drug Administration that the agency has decided not to approve MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD at this time.
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California is among a growing number of states that provide comprehensive dental benefits to adults enrolled in Medicaid, and some lawmakers want to add more dental cleanings, examinations, and implants to the safety-net program.
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The latest Youth Risk Behavior Survey says 40% of high school students report feeling persistently sad and hopeless. Still, that's down from 42% two years ago, a small but significant change.
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