Medical economics
UC Davis Health creates road map to diversify health care workforce
How can health care systems increase diversity and inclusion in their workforce?
Jan 7, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hep C's number comes up: Can Biden's 5-year plan eliminate the longtime scourge?
Rick Jaenisch went through treatment six times before his hepatitis C was cured in 2017. Each time his doctors recommended a different combination of drugs, his insurer denied the initial request before eventually approving ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why flu vaccination is more important this year than ever
Public health officials are warning that it could be a different flu season than what the U.S. experienced the past two years, so protecting yourself and your family is more important than ever.
Dec 9, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Wastewater surveillance for COVID-19: It's complicated
Lately, the phrase "wastewater surveillance" has been all over the news—but what is it, exactly? And why is it useful to researchers and public health experts trying to get a grasp on fluctuating levels of COVID-19 infection?
Sep 19, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
California not ready to declare emergency over monkeypox
California officials are pressing for more vaccine and acting with "utmost urgency" to slow the spread of the monkeypox virus, but they have not decided whether to declare a statewide emergency as the city of San Francisco ...
Jul 29, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New Zealand to remove pandemic mandates as omicron wanes
New Zealand will remove many of its COVID-19 pandemic mandates over the next two weeks as an outbreak of the omicron variant begins to wane.
Mar 23, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mask mandate back on in Los Angeles as virus cases rise
Los Angeles County residents will again be required to wear masks indoors, regardless of their vaccination status, while the University of California system said that students, faculty and staff must be inoculated against ...
Jul 16, 2021
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Health
Rural hospitals are under siege from COVID-19 – here's what doctors are facing, in their own words
It's difficult to put into words how hard COVID-19 is hitting rural America's hospitals. North Dakota has so many cases, it's allowing asymptomatic COVID-19-positive nurses to continue caring for patients to keep the hospitals ...
Nov 20, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
San Diego County sees slowdown in Hepatitis A cases
San Diego County is seeing a slowdown in the number of cases of Hepatitis A from an average of 84 per week this summer to only two in the first three weeks of December.
Dec 19, 2017
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Health
Who wins, who loses in US Republican health care plan
The Republican plan to ditch "Obamacare" and implement new reforms to the US health care system would leave millions of Americans without insurance. Its effect would vary depending on people's age, income and employment.
Mar 14, 2017
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