Never Mind Toys, It’s Time To Ask Santa For Crutches And Catheters
America’s hospitals, strained by nearly two years of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, are now scrounging for basic medical supplies.
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The Unsung Importance Of Casual Relationships For Older Adults
Studies show a broad array of casual and close ties can lead to better physical and psychological well-being in older adults — and a longer lifespan.
Damage to Children’s Education — And Their Health — Could Last a Lifetime
Missing educational opportunities doesn’t just deprive kids of better careers: Study after study shows that people with less education die younger than those with more.
Brown A 'Bag Of Emotions' As Restrictions Lifted
Brown faced questions about lagging vaccination rates among people of color, with about 45% of Black people, Latinos and Native Americans vaccinated compared with 60% for whites.
Restrictions Lifted But What About The Pandemic?
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Infectious disease experts warn there is the potential for flareups with the presence of highly infectious variants and the risk of others emerging that could evade vaccines.
Analysis: Why We’ll Likely Never Know Whether a COVID Lab Leak Happened in China
China has great scientists, but they work for an authoritarian government where politics always comes first, making it dangerous to reveal something that makes China look bad.
Thousands Of Children Who Lost Parents To COVID Need Help
Grief groups and therapists grew scarce during the pandemic as waiting lists swelled, often leaving bereft children and their surviving parents to cope on their own.
OHSU Gives Itself Power To Fire Faculty In Pandemic Or Other Crisis
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New employment contracts for thousands of faculty members give the institution the right to cut their job or pay in the face of a natural disaster or a financial crisis.
Oregon Health Authority, Medicaid Insurers Haggle Over Vaccination Incentive Money
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Facing pressure from coordinated care organizations, the health authority reduces its COVID-19 vaccination-rate goals for Medicaid members.
Physical Therapist Accuses Corvallis Clinic Of Defying State COVID-19 Orders
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The therapist was fired about two months after he went on furlough over his concerns about a lack of social distancing at work, the suit says.
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