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Health care
With a rise in tick, mosquito and flea-borne infections, come high health care costs
Dec 4, 2018
In Florida, changing climate and a lack of good diagnostic tools make it easier for insect-borne diseases like Eastern Equine Encephalitis to spread.
Nashville may not have gotten HQ but Amazon is opening a logistics hub with 5,000 jobs in the city
by
Blake Farmer
Nov 29, 2018
Among all the buzz surrounding Amazon’s HQ2 announcement, the city of Nashville received a sort of consolation prize — a logistics hub with 5,000 high-paying jobs. Those watching Amazon’s ambitions in health care see potential for the hub to double as a lab for experimentation. Nashville is home to the largest hospital companies in the nation […]
How VA-trained psychiatrists are bringing their skills to civilians with PTSD
Nov 28, 2018
PTSD treatment so far has focused mostly on veterans, but that's changing.
Menthol ban would undo years of marketing to African Americans
by
Erika Beras
Nov 16, 2018
After World War II, tobacco companies found blacks slightly preferred menthol more than whites; decades of marketing followed.
FDA may seek to regulate menthol and e-cigarettes
Nov 12, 2018
Regulatory changes would face a process that could take years and face litigation.
Conservative states embrace Obamacare provisions
by
Ben Bradford
Nov 8, 2018
Since its inception, the Affordable Care Act has faced fierce Republican efforts to dismantle it. But on Tuesday three of the country’s most conservative states voted to adopt a key provision of the ACA. In Utah, Nebraska and Idaho, voters approved ballot measures to expand Medicaid health care coverage to hundreds of thousands of lower-income […]
Kaiser Permanente's CEO on how the mission of health care is changing
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Bennett Purser
Nov 7, 2018
"You're going to continue to see the health care industry evolve," Bernard Tyson says.
For public good, not for profit.
What your neighborhood says about your life expectancy
by
Janet Nguyen
Nov 7, 2018
Two parts of the same city could have very different life expectancy rates.
Health care tops voter concerns in the midterm election
Nov 7, 2018
Major issues for voters in the 2018 election were health care, immigration and the economy.
Maine voters will decide on a universal home care initiative for seniors funded by a tax on higher income earners
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Patty Wight
Nov 1, 2018
As the U.S. population over age 65 grows, so will demand for long-term care. Maine voters will consider a possible solution at the ballot box on Nov. 6: universal home care. But should it be paid for by taxing high income earners?