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In more and more states, filing taxes can help people find health insurance

9:00am April 10, 2023

by Sarah Boden

A growing number of states are using the tax filing system to connect people to Medicaid or subsidized health insurance at a time of incredible churn for health insurance.

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The VA wants to do more for women's health in the military — starting with surprise baby showers

11:22am April 09, 2023

by Jess Mador

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has tried to put a greater focus on women's health. One part of that effort: baby showers.

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For over 20 years, Dr. Daniel Bausch has responded to disease outbreaks, spending months at a time treating patients with diseases such as dengue, yellow fever, Lassa fever and Ebola. Now he's focusing on the importance of diagnostics. It's "one of the key aspects of preparedness," he says.

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This doctor fought Ebola in the trenches. Now he's got a better way to stop diseases

8:21am April 09, 2023

by Nurith Aizenman

Dr. Daniel Bausch says of his work, "You realize that's all on the response side." He's come to appreciate that "the impact is with trying to change the system."

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A drug shortage is making it harder for doctors to treat strep throat

8:02am April 09, 2023

There's a nationwide shortage of the antibiotic amoxicillin. It is making it harder for doctors to treat strep throat.

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Dueling rulings lead to confusion over abortion drug access

5:44pm April 08, 2023

by Sydney Lupkin

Future access to the abortion drug mifepristone is called into question following competing rulings from federal judges in Texas and Washington State.

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'On Grief' book has its roots in the long-lost diaries of a 9/11 victim

5:44pm April 08, 2023

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Atlantic writer Jennifer Senior about grief.

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Access to a key abortion drug is in jeopardy nationwide after court decisions in two states

11:18am April 08, 2023

A Texas judge suspended the FDA's approval of an abortion drug on Friday, the same day that a court in Washington State blocked the FDA from taking the drug off the market.

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Telemedicine was supposed to reduce costs. Here's why that's not always the case

8:33am April 08, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Kaiser Health News reporter Markian Hawryluk about a new report detailing how even telemedicine appointments can subject patients to exorbitant "facility fees."

The iconic cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C., reached their peak bloom on March 28 this season, earlier than most years. Mild winters lead to a longer pollen season and that is bad news for allergy sufferers.

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More pollen, more allergies: Exposure therapy in several forms treats symptoms

7:27am April 08, 2023

by Allison Aubrey

Some doctors prescribe sublingual immunotherapy, known as SLIT, a serum taken as drops under the tongue. Patients like it, but it is not FDA-approved, so insurance usually doesn't cover it.

Mifepristone is part of a two-drug protocol that a recent study showed was used in 98% of medication abortions in 2020.

Judges' dueling decisions put access to a key abortion drug in jeopardy nationwide

7:07am April 08, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

A federal judge in Texas stayed the FDA's approval of the drug mifepristone, while a federal judge in Washington state blocked any FDA change in access.

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