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Some 2,000 mental health care clinicians in California are on strike

7:59am August 16, 2022

by Lesley McClurg

Clinicians say their employer, Kaiser Permanente, is breaking state law by taking too long to connect patients with therapists. They say patients have to wait up to eight weeks to get an appointment.

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Philosopher William MacAskill coined the term "longtermism" to convey the idea that humans have a moral responsibility to protect the future of humanity, prevent it from going extinct and create a better future for many generations to come. He outlines th

How can we help humans thrive trillions of years from now? This philosopher has a plan

6:44am August 16, 2022

by Malaka Gharib

William MacAskill's book, What We Owe the Future, urges today's humans to protect future humans — an idea he calls longtermism. Here are a few of his hardly modest proposals.

Registered pharmacist Sapana Patel, loads a syringe with monkeypox vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in West Hollywood, Calif.

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How to keep your pets safe from monkeypox — and what to do if they get it

6:25am August 16, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Animal carriers of the virus include various rodents, dogs, primates, hedgehogs and shrews, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A package of Aviane birth control pills. The federal program known as Title X provides birth control, tests for sexually transmitted infections, and offers other reproductive health care for low-income patients.

Title X advocates worry that birth control may go the same way as abortion

6:00am August 16, 2022

by Ben Paviour

A Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v. Wade. Now there's a big push to increase funding for Title X, a federal program that offers birth control and other reproductive care to low-income patients.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesushe, the head of the World Health Organization, speaks during a media conference at an EU Africa summit in Brussels on Feb. 18, 2022.

2 monkeypox variants will no longer be named after regions, for ethical reasons

5:13am August 16, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Subsequent variants of monkeypox will be named using Roman numerals for the clade, and lowercase letters for the subclade.

Nafis Sadik is shown May 5, 1997, in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Nafis Sadik, a champion of women's health and rights around the world, dies at 92

1:34am August 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

Sadik became the architect of groundbreaking U.N. action that recognized for the first time that women have the right to control their reproductive and sexual health.

Kraft Heinz recalls contaminated Wild Cherry flavored Capri Sun pouches

7:56pm August 15, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The company says diluted cleaning solution used to clean food processing equipment in its factories got into the Capri Sun pouches.

OB-GYN residents want to quit in Indiana after state's abortion law, harassment

4:38pm August 15, 2022

by Farah Yousry

Medical residents in Indiana are rethinking their decision to practice medicine in the state after an almost total ban on abortion and harassment of an obstetrician.

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Two Monkeypox cases reported in Forsyth County

2:34pm August 15, 2022

by April Laissle

Forsyth County is reporting its first cases of monkeypox.

After years of carrying medical debt from the premature birth of her daughter, Terri Logan recently discovered a nonprofit called RIP Medical Debt had paid off her bills.

This group's wiped out $6.7 billion in medical debt, and it's just getting started

6:47am August 15, 2022

by Yuki Noguchi

Nonprofit RIP Medical Debt buys up unpaid hospital bills plaguing low-income patients and frees them from having to pay.

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