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How Public Health Took Part in Its Own Downfall Portside

WEBThere was a time, at the start of the 20th century, when the field of public health was stronger and more ambitious. A mixed group of physicians, scientists, …

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The Surprising Link Between Budgeting and Good Health

WEBAverage life expectancy is three years shorter in communities where there are barriers to participation in civic life, whether access to libraries and broadband …

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Single-Payer Healthcare Would Save Money and Lives Portside

WEBThere’s a way out of this. Healthcare could be established as a basic human right, the way it is in every other developed country, by replacing our for-profit system …

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Paul Farmer, Pioneer of Global Health, Dies at 62 Portside

WEBRemembering Paul Farmer (1959-2022) The pioneer of global heath died on Feb. 21, 2022. He was 62. Obituary: Dr. Farmer, a physician and anthropologist, sought …

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Hospitals Are Using the Nursing Shortage to Stiff Health

WEBThe Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the employment of registered nurses will grow 9 percent from 2020 to 2030, and employment of health care workers in …

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How American Cultural Assumptions Keep Us From Having

WEBAmerican attitudes dissuade citizens from having a universal health care system (UHC). Those beliefs have outweighed considering the health benefits gained …

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New York City Retirees Fight To Save Health Insurance

WEBDefying two years of protests and lawsuits by union retirees, New York City’s Municipal Labor Committee voted Thursday to scrap some of the best retiree health …

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Healthy Gift Guide — 17 ideas for giving “the gift of health”

WEBShopping for holiday gifts is at the top of many people’s to-do lists. And while so-called “health nuts” used to be the primary recipients of wellness-boosting …

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How Brigham Health Helped Create a Chinese Hospital for Elites

WEBDr. Elizabeth Nabel, then president of Brigham Health, brought a Boston delegation in April 2018 to celebrate the opening of the Boao Evergrande International …

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The Americans Dying Because They Can't Afford Medical Care

WEBFinley is one of millions of Americans who avoid medical treatment due to the costs every year. A December 2019 poll conducted by Gallup found 25% of Americans …

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‘Aftershock’ Examines the Fallout of the Black Maternal Mortality

WEBIn the wake of her death, Isaac’s partner Bruce McIntyre III, like Benton-Gibson and Shamony’s partner Omari Maynard, became a Black maternal health …

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NYC Transit Retirees Join Fight Against Medicare Advantage

WEBEditor’s Note: This is the first installment of a two-part report on TWU Local 100 Retirees and their fight to stop Medicare Advantage from replacing their traditional …

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UFT Prez Doubles-Down on Medicare Advantage Push in Face of …

WEBThe ongoing controversy is an outgrowth of last year’s successful retiree revolt against then-Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Municipal Labor Committee’s proposal …

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mental illness Portside

WEBPeople with Mental Illness are 16 Times More Likely to Be Killed During a Police Encounter. Amy Goodman, John Snook. Before this year, we basically weren’t even able to really …

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Home-Care Organizers Call 1199 Back-Pay Settlement a

WEBA group organizing home health-care workers denounced the arbitrated settlement in which 1199SEIU will receive $30 million to reimburse workers who put in …

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Singing With Us, and for Us – An Interview With Musician

WEBMarch 9, 2023 David Kupfer The Progressive Magazine. Printer friendly. Holly Near, Holly Near has had an amazing, exemplary life of artistry, performance, songwriting, and …

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As Scandals Mount, So Do Calls To Abolish Private Medicare

WEBIn a new Nation article written with health insurance reform advocate Wendell Potter, Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) contend that one …

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Doctors Aren’t Burned Out From Overwork. We’re

WEBAlthough deaths from Covid have slowed, the ‌disillusionment among health workers has ‌only increased. Recent exposés have further laid bare the structural …

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