Three generations, (from left to right) grandmother Genoveva Calloway, daughter Petra Gonzales, and granddaughter Vanesa Quintero, live next door to each other in San Pablo, Calif. Recently their extended family was hit with a second wave of COVID infections a year after the first. Beth LaBerge/KQED hide caption toggle caption […]
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It Takes a Team: A Doctor With Terminal Cancer Relies on a Close-Knit Group in Her Final Days
The decisions have been gut-wrenching. Should she try another round of chemotherapy, even though she barely tolerated the last one? Should she continue eating, although it’s getting difficult? Should she take more painkillers, even if she ends up heavily sedated? Dr. Susan Massad, 83, has been making these choices with […]
Social media use linked to depression in adults
While social media has been widely linked to anxiety and depression in teenagers, new evidence suggests that platforms such as TikTok and Instagram can leave middle-aged adults feeling sad, too. The research, published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA Network Open, is based on a series of surveys of 5,395 […]
FBI acknowledges some agents may have Havana Syndrome symptoms
The FBI is promising to make sure employees who have symptoms consistent with Havana Syndrome get access to medical care after a former agent suffering almost daily headaches was rebuffed when he sought testing and treatment, according to documents obtained by NBC News. In an email last month, an FBI […]
No Surprises Act aims to help rein in big medical bills, starting Jan. 1 : Shots
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra says doctors who are balking at the rules of the No Surprises Act aren’t looking out for patients. “I don’t think when someone is overcharging that it’s going to hurt the overcharger to now have to [accept] a fair price,” Becerra says. The Congressional Budget Office […]
Kamala Harris calls for health care workforce that ‘looks like America’
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday called for a health care workforce that “looks like America” and asserted that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the systemic inequities in the health care system. Harris announced the Biden administration will be investing $1.5 billion […]