Halo, Heresy, and Health Care

By KIM BELLARD If you are of a certain age – say, mine, that is to say, a Baby Boomer – last week’s announcement that Microsoft was going to release a new version of Halo on Sony’s PlayStation console may have passed you by. So what, you might have said? If, on the other hand,…

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So Your Insurance Dropped Your Doctor. Now What?

Last winter, Amber Wingler started getting a series of increasingly urgent messages from the local hospital in Columbia, Missouri, letting her know her family’s health care might soon be upended. MU Health Care, where most of her family’s doctors work, was mired in a contract dispute with Wingler’s health insurer, Anthem. The existing contract was…

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Médicos, callados mientras Florida busca terminar con décadas de mandatos de vacunación infantil

SARASOTA, Florida — Florida planea eliminar casi medio siglo de vacunas infantiles obligatorias contra enfermedades que han causado muertes y dejado secuelas en millones de niños. Muchos críticos, incluidos profesionales de salud, temen hablar públicamente en contra de esta decisión. Con el apoyo del gobernador republicano Ron DeSantis, Joseph Ladapo, cirujano general del estado, anunció…

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