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We’re watching and we’re worried

  • By Alexander Misiaszek

When the government puts legal barriers in place to remove or prevent health care access, it’s not just politics. It’s real people’s lives at stake.

Doctor shortages distress rural America, where few residency programs exist
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Doctor shortages distress rural America, where few residency programs exist

  • JAZMIN OROZCO RODRIGUEZ Kaiser Health News

More than 100 million people, or nearly one-third of the nation, have trouble accessing primary care, according to a recent study published by the National Association of Community Health Centers. The pandemic worsened provider shortages nationwide, but the problem is more acute in rural areas.

California university apologizes for prisoner experiments
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California university apologizes for prisoner experiments

  • ASSOCIATED PRESS

A prominent California medical school has apologized for conducting dozens of unethical medical experiments on at least 2,600 incarcerated men in the 1960s and 1970s, including putting pesticides and herbicides on the men's skin and injecting it into their veins.