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W.H.O. Chief: Doctors and Patients Face Impossible Choices in Gaza
Today, Al Shifa Hospital, the largest health care facility in the Gaza Strip, is emblematic of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Already underresourced and overcrowded, it is now home to thousands of people who have sought refuge from ...
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How to Take Advantage of a Health Savings Account
Insurance plans with high deductibles may seem unappealing, but the savings accounts that often come with them offer significant tax benefits.
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Kaiser Permanente Reaches Tentative Deal With Health Care Workers
The proposed settlement follows a three-day strike involving thousands of unionized workers in several states.
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F.D.A. Issues Warning Over Misuse of Ketamine
Unsupervised treatment — fueled by telemedicine prescriptions — for various psychiatric problems poses a number of health risks, the agency said.
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Kaiser Permanente Workers Near End of Strike Without a Deal
Friday was the third day of a walkout for thousands of health care employees. No new contract talks were scheduled until next week.
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The Joys of Walking, Together and Solo
More from our inbox: How to Live a Long, Healthy LifeUse Cruise Ships to House Homeless PeopleToxic Military BasesSong of the CricketsCredit...Illustration by Shoshana Schultz/The New York TimesTo the Editor: I enjoyed Lydia Polgreen’s Sept. 24 ...
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Once a Ticket to Travel and to Socialize, Paper Covid-19 Cards Are Going Away
The C.D.C. has stopped distributing the 3-by-4-inch cards, a mainstay of American wallets in the earlier days of the pandemic.
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The Kaiser Strike Isn’t Your Typical Labor Action
In April 2020, when I would walk home after a long day treating patients in a New York City emergency room, an orchestra of pots and pans would erupt from seemingly every window to honor frontline workers. Nothing could make those early pandemic days ...
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A New Way to Prevent S.T.I.s: A Pill After Sex
The News In a bid to stem the resurgence of sexually transmitted infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to recommend doxycycline, a widely used antibiotic, for use after an unprotected sexual encounter. The antibiotic would ...
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For Black Mothers, Birthing Centers, Once a Refuge, Become a Battleground
Gabrielle Glaze felt scolded and shamed when she delivered her first son in a Birmingham, Ala., hospital, forced to observe strict rules about lying stationary through her contractions and enduring countless cervical checks from “total strangers” who ...