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Journalists Tackle Delta Variant, Hospital Prices and Public Health Spending
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US Voting Rights | Voice of America
Host Carol Castiel and assistant producer at the Current Affairs Desk, Sydney Sherry, talk with Eliza Sweren-Becker, counsel in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, about the impact of the…
Pakistan’s Religious Minorities Say They Were Undercounted in Census | Voice of America
WASHINGTON - Religious minorities in Pakistan claim the country's long-delayed census, released by the government in May, appears to have undercounted them.
Although the sixth Population and Housing Census was completed in 2017, the…
Congressman John Curtis, R, Utah | Voice of America
Host Carol Castiel talks with Republican Congressman John Curtis from the western state of Utah about a range of issues with a focus on the Conservative Climate Caucus he recently founded. Curtis, a Mandarin…
Doctores sopesan pros y contras de recetar la nueva droga para el Alzheimer
Mientras médicos y expertos en políticas de salud debaten los méritos de Aduhelm, el primer fármaco para el Alzheimer aprobado en 18 años, los pacientes simplemente quieren saber: “¿me ayudará?”.
Los médicos no tienen una…
Effort to Decipher Hospital Prices Yields Key Finding: Don’t Try It at Home
A federal price transparency rule that took effect this year was supposed to give patients, employers and insurers a clearer picture of the true cost of hospital care. When the Trump administration unveiled the rule in 2019, Seema…
Federal Speech Rulings May Embolden Health Care Workers to Call Out Safety Issues
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Karen Jo Young wrote a letter to her local newspaper criticizing executives at the hospital where she worked as an activities coordinator, arguing that their actions led to staffing shortages and other patient safety…
What is an organic mattress and why should I try one?
The afternoon’s note-worthy news report.
A few years ago, my daughter was having constant outbreaks of hives in the morning. We first removed the down comforter, and that helped some. But it wasn’t until we switched her mattress to an…
Mientras baja la vacunación contra covid, partes de EE.UU. están lejos de la meta del 70%
El 4 de julio no fue la celebración que esperaba el presidente Joe Biden. La nación no alcanzó el objetivo de la Casa Blanca de dar al menos una primera dosis de la vacuna contra covid al 70% de los adultos para el Día de la…
Delta Variant Surges in Colorado as the Bands Play On
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Dr. Rachel LaCount grasped a metal hoop at a playground and spun in circles with her 7-year-old son, turning the distant mesas of the Colorado National Monument into a red-tinged blur.
LaCount has lived…