healthcare
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Portrait of a Cosplayer on the Front Lines
Two months ago, as the cosplay is his best method for coping.
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20 Million Americans Have Crowdfunded To Pay For Medical Bills, Most Fail
Around 20 million Americans have tried to raise money through crowdfunding websites to pay off their or someone else’s medical bills, a new survey out Wednesday estimates. Meanwhile, one in five Americans has donated to these campaigns at least once, a third of the time to complete strangers.
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Mystery Virus Spreads To New Countries Outside China
Health officials in Thailand and Japan have announced that a strange new virus, which has killed two people and sickened dozens of others in China, has appeared inside their borders this week. The virus, known as 2019-nCoV, was first identified in Wuhan, China in late December and questions remain about how it spreads, according to…
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Sick Americans Are Desperate Enough To Buy Fish Antibiotics
In today’s “the U.S. healthcare system is utterly broken” news, a study has found evidence that some people are buying fish antibiotics online to use on themselves—presumably because they’re cheaper than visiting the doctor to get a proper prescription.