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US spends most on health care, but has worst health outcomes among high-income countries, finds new report

Cnn — The US spends more on health care than any other high-income country, but still has the lowest life expectancy at birth and the highest rate of people with multiple chronic diseases, according to a new Commonwealth report Fund, an independent research group. The report, released on Tuesday, also said that compared with similar …

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Canadian leaders are finally waking up to the horrors of single-payer healthcare

“Hopefully Americans will look at the human tragedies unfolding in Canada and Britain – e … [+] make it clear to progressive lawmakers that they have no interest in Medicare for All here,” writes Sally Pipes. getty In my last column, I wrote that Canada’s healthcare system was not a model for the United States. …

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It has been three years since the first case of Covid-19 in the United States. What have we learned and what else do we need to understand?

Cnn — It has been three years since the first case of Covid-19 was diagnosed in the United States on January 20, 2020. Since then, nearly 1.1 million Americans have died from the coronavirus; the United States has reported 102 million cases of Covid, more than any other country, according to Johns Hopkins University. Both …

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First cases of gonorrhea resistant to different classes of antibiotics identified in the USA

Cnn — Public health officials say they have found two cases of gonorrhea that appear to have reduced susceptibility to every type of antibiotic available to treat them. It is the first time such antibiotic-resistant strains of gonorrhea have been identified in the United States. Increased sexual activity during the pandemic, coupled with fewer people …

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New Survey Shows Rise of Adults Rating US Healthcare Quality as ‘Poor’

Cnn — Most adults in the United States view the country’s health care quality as unfavorable, according to a new survey. This is the first time in a 20-year Gallup polling trend that the share of adults who rated the nation’s health care quality as “excellent” or “good” has dropped below 50 percent. The share …

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New Survey Shows Rise of Adults Rating US Healthcare Quality as ‘Poor’

Cnn — Most adults in the United States view the country’s health care quality as unfavorable, according to a new survey. This is the first time in a 20-year Gallup polling trend that the share of adults who rated the nation’s health care quality as “excellent” or “good” has dropped below 50 percent. The share …

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CDC identifies possible safety issue with Pfizer’s updated Covid-19 vaccine, but says people should still be boosted

Cnn — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that there is a possible safety concern with the bivalent Covid-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech, but that it is unlikely to pose any real risk. The agency said it continues to recommend people stay up-to-date with Covid-19 vaccines. The CDC …

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Healthcare is in crisis. The New York nurses’ strike is just the latest sign

New York Cnn — Naniaka Camara grew up near Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx in New York and remembers going there for her medical care. She has been a nurse in Montefiore for three years, she still lives a few minutes from the hospital and she often knows the patients in her neighborhood that she …

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