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Inside Canada’s first dementia village
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US approves 1st vaccine for RSV after decades of attempts
By Lauran Neergaard | Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The U.S. approved the first vaccine for RSV on Wednesday, shots to protect older adults against a respiratory virus that’s most notorious for attacking babies but endangers their…
Official: Loneliness is a health risk akin to smoking
By Amanda Seitz | Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said…
AI chatbot outperforms human doctors in responding to patient questions
An artificial intelligence chatbot was able to outperform human doctors in responding to patient questions posted online, according to evaluators in a new study.
Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association…
In Louisiana, pregnant women struggle to get maternal health care, and the situation is getting…
The United States is in the middle of a maternal health crisis. Today, a woman in the U.S. is twice as likely to die from pregnancy complications than her mother was a generation ago.Statistics from the World Health Organization…
Chinese city that decides Australia’s fate
In the 122 years since the individual colonies of Australia were federated into an independent nation, Australia has been consistently reliant on exports and the health of economy’s far beyond on our shores. In the early decades of…
Abortion bans fail in conservative S. Carolina, Nebraska
By Margery A. Beck and James Pollard | Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. — Abortion bans in Nebraska and South Carolina fell short of advancing in close votes amid heated debates among Republicans, confounding conservatives who have dominated…
More than 1 in 5 adults with limited car, public transit access forgo health care
More than one in five U.S. adults who do not have a car and have limited access to public transit said in a recent poll they have forgone needed health care in the past year.
The poll from the Urban Institute found that 21 percent of…
Don’t Expect Life Expectancy To Explain American Health Care
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 28: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf testifies ... during a Senate Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill,…
Denied an abortion, woman tells senators she ‘nearly died on their watch’
By Jacqueline Howard and Tierney Sneed | CNN
A woman who is suing the state of Texas after being denied an abortion told lawmakers Wednesday that not receiving abortion care harmed her mental health and might prevent her from having…