health care
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Editor-in-Chief of Top Medical Journal Steps Down Over Podcast That Downplayed Racism
Howard Bauchner, the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association — one of the foremost publishers in the scientific world — is stepping down at the end of the month, following recent controversy over how the journal and one of its editors dismissed the issue of racism in medicine.
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Trump’s COVID-19 Speech Was Full Of Lies That Had To Be Corrected Overnight
U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a shocking speech from the Oval Office on Wednesday night about the COVID-19 pandemic, announcing that virtually all air travel from Europe would stop for 30 days, all cargo shipments from Europe would be suspended, and health insurance companies would waive co-pays for all coronavirus treatments.
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Big Pharma Continues New Year’s Tradition Of Squeezing U.S. Sick For Every Last Dime
Pharmaceutical giants celebrated the dawn of 2020 in the best way they know how: jacking up the prices of drugs for people in the U.S. that need them.
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Health Inequality Is Getting Worse In The U.S.
Americans who have had the misfortune of becoming seriously sick know that the country’s health care system is deeply broken, even if you have insurance. But a new study out Saturday highlights the widening gap in who gets to be healthy. Over a 25-year period leading up to 2017, it found, health inequality has largely…