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Germany to give more than $1 billion for Holocaust survivors' home care in 2026

BERLIN -- The organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis said Wednesday that Germany has agreed to extend another $1.076 billion (923.9 million euros) for Holoc...

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So Your Insurance Dropped Your Doctor. Now What?

Last winter, Amber Wingler started getting a series of increasingly urgent messages from the local hospital in Columbia, Missouri, letting her know her fa...

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Doctor Tripped Up by $64K Bill for Ankle Surgery and Hospital Stay

Physician Lauren Hughes was heading to see patients at a clinic about 20 miles from her Denver home in February when another driver T-boned her Subaru, totaling it. She was taken by ambulance to th...

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Trump Team Takes Aim at State Laws Shielding Consumers’ Credit Scores From Medical Debt

The Trump administration took another step Tuesday to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing new guidance that threatens ongoing state efforts to keep that debt off consumers’ ...

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The Obesity-Drug Revolution Is Stalling

For most of my adult life, I’ve felt helpless about being overweight. When I met with a doctor a few years ago to discuss my high cholesterol, he held up a hunk of faux flesh meant to model a pound...

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Nearly 1 in 5 UTIs Linked to Meat Contaminated With E. Coli, Study Finds

A new study found that around 18% of UTIs are linked to contaminated meat. Maksymenko Nataliia/Getty Images A new study finds that nearly one-fifth of urinary tract infections can be linke...

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New Hampshire man resumes dialysis after record 271 days living with a pig kidney

A New Hampshire man lived with a pig kidney for a record 271 days before surgeons removed it last week as the organ's function declinedWASHINGTON -- A New Hampshire man is resuming dialysis after l...

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Zanzibar is seeing a seaweed boom. Can the women collecting it cash in?

ZANZIBAR, Tanzania -- The women wade with baskets near the beaches, their colorful dresses a magnet for tourist cameras. Sunscreen worn by the holidaymakers may even contain the product the women a...

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A ticking clock: How states are preparing for a last-minute Obamacare deal

This is a KFF Health News story.One family in Virginia Beach, Virginia, just found out their health plan's deductible will jump from $800 to $20,000 next year. About 200 miles north, in Maryland, a...

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How the Collapse of USAID Set the U.S. Back in Gaza

Immediately after Hamas and Israel agreed to the first phase of President Donald Trump’s peace plan, food and medical supplies were supposed to start flooding into the Gaza Strip. Like other key as...

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Many Fear Federal Loan Caps Will Deter Aspiring Doctors and Worsen MD Shortage

Medical educators and health professionals warn that new federal student loan caps in President Donald Trump’s tax cut law could make it more expensive for many people to become doctors and could e...

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An Arm and a Leg: A Listener’s DIY Project Helps Others Deal With High Medical Bills

In April, Thomas Sanford, a medical student who regularly listens to “An Arm and a Leg,” set out to create a resource he could easily share with patients to help them deal with unaffordable medical...

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Some Americans prepare for halt in SNAP benefits: 'I’m going to have hungry kids'

About 42 million Americans are poised to lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits when federal funding comes to a halt on Nov. 1 amid the government shutdown.The U.S. De...

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15-Minute Daily Walk May Significantly Lower Your Heart Disease Risk

A new study found that longer walks substantially lowered the risk of cardiovascular disease compared to shorter walks. Igor Alecsander/Getty Images A long walk may provide greater heart a...

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Republicans grapple with voter frustration over rising health care premiums

WASHINGTON -- The first caller on a telephone town hall with Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, leader of the House’s conservative Freedom Caucus, came ready with a question about the Affordable Care Act. ...

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Women reach heart health goals with less exercise than men, new study suggests

Women may need less exercise than men to gain similar protection against coronary heart disease, according to a new study published in Nature Cardiovascular Research.The findings come from an obser...

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Making AI sound like a human should be illegal

Let's be honest, right now the point of an AI that sounds like a human is to deceive humans into thinking that they are talking with another human, nothing else. Why do we need an AI that when...

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Can AI make health care more human?

Can AI give doctors more time to focus on their patients? | Namthip Muanthongthae/Getty Images A couple weeks ago, I went to the doctor to go over some test results. All was well — sp...

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49 Mysteries That Once Baffled The World, But Are Now Solved

Without a little mystery, life would be pretty dull. So when we come across something strange or unexplainable, it’s only human to speculate, create wild theories, or even suspect something superna...

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Doctors Muffled as Florida Moves To End Decades of Childhood Vaccination Mandates

SARASOTA, Fla. — Florida plans to end nearly a half-century of required childhood immunizations against diseases that have killed and maimed millions of children. Many critics of the decision, incl...

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As Sports Betting Explodes, States Try To Set Limits To Stop Gambling Addiction

It isn’t easy to promote moderation and financial discipline from the bowels of a casino. But that’s what Massachusetts state workers try to do every day, amid the clangin...

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