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WEBJohnson & Jonson to pay $72M for cancer death linked to talcum powder. Company accused of failing to warn consumers that its talc-based products could cause cancer. …

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Many uninsured Americans still don't know about Affordable Care …

WEBDespite months of outreach aiming to educate Americans about how to sign up for health insurance plans through new statewide exchanges and multiple speeches …

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Public Health Al Jazeera America

WEBIn Guatemala, shifts in health care strand communities. For decades, not-for-profits have supported the medical system, but a new approach may cut off funding and health care. Topics: Guatemala. Health. Public Health. Medical Industry. Social Justice.

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'Hotspotting' Target Areas That Need Health Care

WEBThe initiative is inspired by the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers in New Jersey, which uses hotspotting to connect underserved communities with heath …

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Here's why 9 out of 10 doctors wouldn't recommend medicine as …

WEBA 2012 survey of 5,000 physicians by the nation’s largest insurer of physician and surgeon medical liability found that 9 in 10 wouldn't recommend medicine as a profession. For those already in the profession, the stress can be unbearable. On average, the U.S. loses as many as 400 physician s to suicide every year.

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A new way to treat women's mental health in prison

WEBFauzia Fields, 31, remembers being so independent growing up that she never turned to her family for help. As a result, she became isolated in an abusive …

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Study links physical fitness with test scores among poor students

WEBATLANTA — As the national discussion over how to improve public education continues, one area that some researchers feel has gotten short shrift is that …

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Atlanta’s Alarming Rates of HIV and AIDS Al Jazeera America

WEBOne Emory University study followed a group of Atlanta-area men ages 18 to 39 who had sex with men during 24 months and found that 12.1 percent of the black …

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California vs. Arizona: A tale of two health care states

WEBLast June the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the health care overhaul but allowed states to opt out of Medicaid expansion. Almost half did. In Arizona, however, …

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Cancer incidence linked to poverty rate Al Jazeera America

WEBA community's poverty rate correlates with the incidence of certain types of cancer, with tobacco- and HPV-related cancers more likely to strike poorer areas, …

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In Guatemala, shifts in health care strand communities

WEBRodrigo Arias for Al Jazeera America. Although there is still hope — the Canadian government recently announced $7.6 million in funding to help strengthen the …

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New York City’s public health ‘warrior’ revamps HIV messaging

WEBPreviously, ominous and dramatic messaging reigned, akin to lurid anti-smoking campaigns. A 2010 New York City Department of Health video illustrated in …

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Hygiene and heartache: Homeless women’s daily struggle to keep …

WEBNEW YORK — Four years after she left a city homeless shelter, Ayana James, a domestic violence survivor, still carries personal belongings — toothpaste, …

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Watts Hospital Anniversary Al Jazeera America

WEBLOS ANGELES – For more than six decades, Alice Harris has lived on a block deep in the heart of Watts, a neighborhood long troubled by segregation, …

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The doctor won’t see you now Al Jazeera America

WEBJuly 3, 2014 5:00AM ET. by Elijah Wolfson @elijahwolfson. Tonya Battle had been working as a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the Hurley Medical Center in …

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The Medicaid Crisis Bankrupting Public Hospitals

WEBWoodhull Hospital, in Brooklyn, where understaffing has led to overcrowding. Mark Rykoff / Al Jazeera America. Understaffing also leads to overcrowding, and when hospitals get too busy, patients slip through the cracks. On Aug. 23, 2011, a 33-year-old woman gave birth at Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn via cesarean section.

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The Cancer Cluster of Piketon, Ohio Al Jazeera America

WEBFebruary 25, 2016 5:00AM ET. by Kevin Williams. PIKETON, Ohio — A patch of land in the hills of rural Pike County, Ohio, hardly looks as if it played a key role in the Cold War. …

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Healthcare.gov meets deadline for fixes, analysts to review site

WEBThe Obama administration will reveal Sunday if promised improvements to the glitch-ridden HealthCare.gov website have worked, with those tasked with carrying out the fixes seemingly confident of success.. Speaking Saturday, officials indicated that a last-minute push — during which computer technicians worked around the clock — meant …

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We need a public health approach to gun violence

WEBA public health approach to gun deaths would also require making the environment safer so mass shootings would be less likely to occur. This could entail a …

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Hospitals continue to shut down in rural America

WEBJuly 12, 2014 12:00AM ET. by Abdulai Bah @africandobah. When Pungo Hospital, the only emergency health facility in Belhaven, North Carolina, closed its doors earlier this July, barely anyone outside this coastal community took notice. But for the town’s mayor, Adam O’Neal, the shutdown was a matter of life and death.

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Ramapough Indian tribe demands cleanup of ‘toxic legacy’

WEBAl Jazeera. Ramapough Chief Dwaine Perry said the approximately 3,500 tribal members who live in the area have higher rates of cancer, birth defects and other …

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Six Better Reasons Not to Eat Pork Al Jazeera America

WEBThe media love a good food scare. So when the World Health Organization recently announced a scientific review of 800 studies that showed an increased cancer risk from eating too much red meat or processed meat, the headlines exaggerated the news. For example, The Guardian ran with “Processed meats rank alongside smoking as …

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