The ‘last mile’ of delivering coronavirus shots has become a marathon, with health officials showing up at stores, parks and factories, rather than waiting for people to come to them.
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Doctors should do ‘biopsychosocial’ biopsies, where they learn who their patients are as people
Instead of taking a sample of bodily tissue to test it, this procedure collects samples of the patient’s biographical, psychological and social worlds.
With pandemic problems easing, having real fun needs to be taken seriously
Enjoyment can be social or solitary, something new or old. “Fun is a counterweight to the burdens of life, such as work, school and parenting” in today’s world, one expert says.
For Black kidney patients, an algorithm may help perpetuate harmful racial disparities
Experts have begun to grapple with dismantling institutional racism in kidney care, but doing so is complicated.
The Big Number: 50.2 million people live with chronic pain in the U.S.
The most common types are back pain (reported by about 41 percent) and hip, knee or foot pain (about 44 percent), researchers say.
Rural Indiana county ends needle swap that helped fight HIV — sparking fears of another outbreak
A parade of law enforcement, health workers and community members had all made the same case to county commissioners: The program for drug users worked.
Americans re-emerge after pandemic isolation: ‘Like the end of prohibition’
Memorial Day kicked off a return to normalcy across the nation as many of the remaining coronavirus restrictions were lifted
Film recounts the birth of a radical Bronx clinic that used acupuncture to help people break drug dependence
“Dope Is Death” examines Lincoln Detox, a center founded by a coalition of the Black Panther Party and other groups to fight addictions and deaths in the community.
CDC director urges parents to vaccinate teens, pointing to increase in severe cases
Hospitalizations for adolescents went up in March and April, even as they stabilized for those 65 and older, a new study finds.
America’s largest beer company will buy the country a round if it hits Biden’s July 4 vaccination goal
President Biden on Wednesday referenced Anheuser-Busch’s campaign as part of an array of incentives meant to boost vaccinations.
