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Fertility Company Progyny Joins NASDAQ With Initial Public Offering At $13 Per Share

Progyny Inc., the fertility and family building benefits company that serves US employers like Google, Apple, announced its Initial Public Offering of 10,000,000 shares at a price of $13.00 per share, becoming the first fertility benefits company to ev…

Why We Should Talk More About Social Care

This article highlights how integrating social care into healthcare can improve the health and wellbeing of all.

Report: Trump Might Not Ban Mint And Menthol Vaping Flavors, After All

And the two flavors are popular among high schoolers who vape.

The Controversy Over Madrid Slaughter Of 12,000 Invasive Parakeets

Madrid City Council launched a plan in early October to “ethically” slaughter 12,000 parakeets by 2020. Is it too late for an alternative method?

Developing Low-Cost Medical Devices In Bangladesh

“We believe that science and technology should be relevant to the people. And this relevance has been missing from our scientific community.”

Sanders’ Cannabis Plan Tackles Vital Need For Equity In Industry’s Future

Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed one of the boldest and most to-the-point plans yet for ending cannabis prohibition, repairing its harms, and fixing our legal market.

In Red State Oklahoma, Medicaid Expansion Nears 2020 Ballot

A campaign in Oklahoma to expand Medicaid via the ballot box far eclipsed the necessary number of signatures needed to put the measure before voters next November 2020, supporters said.

Physician Documentation And Coding: The Third Rail?

Often too little attention is paid to documentation, coding, and billing in many medical practices. This creates the risk of financial penalty and legal jeopardy.

Heavy Social Media Use May Steal Teens’ Sleep

A new study from the University of Glasgow finds that teens who are on social media either a lot or *really* a lot have poorer sleep at night by several measures.

Good News for Anyone Hoping to Avoid Dying of Cervical Cancer

More than 13,000 American women were diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2018. More than 4,000 died from the disease that year. Those are tragic facts for lots of reasons, chief among them being that cervical cancer is often preventable.