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80 Years After Hiroshima Atomic Bombing, Search Still On For Missing In Ninoshima
When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on August 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural island of Ninoshima, just south of Hiroshima, by military boats with crews that had trained for suicide attack missions.
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Trump's New Health Data Tracking System Raises Privacy Concerns
President Donald Trump has announced a plan for a new private health tracking system that will make it easier for patients to access their health records and monitor their wellness across health care systems and technologies.
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Fear Of US Federal Agents Force Texas Immigrants To Stay Indoors Even During Medical Crisis
The 41-year-old mother, who crossed into the United States from Mexico more than two decades ago and married an American carpenter, fears federal agents may be on the hunt for her.
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Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Files $20 Million Claim Against Trump Administration
On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child's birth in New York.
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Abortions In US Rose In 2024 Due To Telehealth Prescriptions: Report
The number of abortions in the US rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday.
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Georgia's Abortion Ban Forces Brain Dead Woman To Carry Fetus To Birth
A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move hospital said was required under the state's strict anti-abortion law.
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US Health Agency Urges Therapy, Not Transition Treatment For Transgenders
Major medical groups and those who treat transgender young people sharply criticised the new report as inaccurate.
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Popular Dog Arthritis Medication May Have Severe Side Effects, FDA Says
The drug has been associated with severe side effects such as seizures and muscle control loss, with over 3,600 adverse health reactions reported.
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How Online Privacy Has Changed Users’ Data Protection Since US Supreme Court Ruling Against Abortion
Facebook messages of a mother-daughter duo over abortion are being investigated in Nebraska after the US Supreme Court ruling on Roe vs Wade. Since the ruling, there has been a concern on how collected location data, text messages, search histories, emails and seemingly innocuous period and ovulation-tracking apps could be used to prosecute people ...
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Amazon to Acquire US Healthcare Provider One Medical for $3.9 Billion
Amazon has announced to acquire the American primary care organisation One Medical in a deal valued roughly at $3.9 billion (nearly Rs. 31,100 crore), marking another expansion for the retailer into health care services. As of this March, One Medical had about 767,000 members and 188 medical offices in 25 markets.
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US Drone Company Zipline Starts Medicine Delivery in Japan
Zipline, an American drone company has started using drones to deliver medical supplies in Japan. The company has partnered with Walmart in the US to deliver products.
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Amazon Steps Into Healthcare With Warren Buffet, JPMorgan Chase
Investors in healthcare have long thought Amazon was going to get into that field and force companies that make and distribute medications or medical devices to drastically lower their prices.
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Florida Hack Exposed Files of Up to 30,000 Medicaid Patients
Florida officials say hackers may have accessed the personal information and medical records of up to 30,000 Medicaid recipients two months ago.
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Research Bill Gift To Drug Firms: US Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren
Two of the Senate's most liberal lawmakers are assailing a $6.3 billion medical research bill as a gift to drug companies, even as Republican leaders prepare to try pushing the measure through the lame-duck Congress.
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Family Gets $4.2 Million After Man Dies During Sore Throat Scan
The widow and children of a man who went to a rural Hawaii health center with a sore throat in 2013 and ended up dead will receive a $4.2 million settlement from the federal government, the widow's lawyer said Wednesday.
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80 Years After Hiroshima Atomic Bombing, Search Still On For Missing In Ninoshima
When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on August 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural island of Ninoshima, just south of Hiroshima, by military boats with crews that had trained for suicide attack missions.
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Trump's New Health Data Tracking System Raises Privacy Concerns
President Donald Trump has announced a plan for a new private health tracking system that will make it easier for patients to access their health records and monitor their wellness across health care systems and technologies.
-
Fear Of US Federal Agents Force Texas Immigrants To Stay Indoors Even During Medical Crisis
The 41-year-old mother, who crossed into the United States from Mexico more than two decades ago and married an American carpenter, fears federal agents may be on the hunt for her.
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Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Files $20 Million Claim Against Trump Administration
On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child's birth in New York.
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Abortions In US Rose In 2024 Due To Telehealth Prescriptions: Report
The number of abortions in the US rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday.
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Georgia's Abortion Ban Forces Brain Dead Woman To Carry Fetus To Birth
A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move hospital said was required under the state's strict anti-abortion law.
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US Health Agency Urges Therapy, Not Transition Treatment For Transgenders
Major medical groups and those who treat transgender young people sharply criticised the new report as inaccurate.
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Popular Dog Arthritis Medication May Have Severe Side Effects, FDA Says
The drug has been associated with severe side effects such as seizures and muscle control loss, with over 3,600 adverse health reactions reported.
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How Online Privacy Has Changed Users’ Data Protection Since US Supreme Court Ruling Against Abortion
Facebook messages of a mother-daughter duo over abortion are being investigated in Nebraska after the US Supreme Court ruling on Roe vs Wade. Since the ruling, there has been a concern on how collected location data, text messages, search histories, emails and seemingly innocuous period and ovulation-tracking apps could be used to prosecute people ...
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Amazon to Acquire US Healthcare Provider One Medical for $3.9 Billion
Amazon has announced to acquire the American primary care organisation One Medical in a deal valued roughly at $3.9 billion (nearly Rs. 31,100 crore), marking another expansion for the retailer into health care services. As of this March, One Medical had about 767,000 members and 188 medical offices in 25 markets.
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US Drone Company Zipline Starts Medicine Delivery in Japan
Zipline, an American drone company has started using drones to deliver medical supplies in Japan. The company has partnered with Walmart in the US to deliver products.
-
Amazon Steps Into Healthcare With Warren Buffet, JPMorgan Chase
Investors in healthcare have long thought Amazon was going to get into that field and force companies that make and distribute medications or medical devices to drastically lower their prices.
-
Florida Hack Exposed Files of Up to 30,000 Medicaid Patients
Florida officials say hackers may have accessed the personal information and medical records of up to 30,000 Medicaid recipients two months ago.
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Research Bill Gift To Drug Firms: US Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren
Two of the Senate's most liberal lawmakers are assailing a $6.3 billion medical research bill as a gift to drug companies, even as Republican leaders prepare to try pushing the measure through the lame-duck Congress.
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Family Gets $4.2 Million After Man Dies During Sore Throat Scan
The widow and children of a man who went to a rural Hawaii health center with a sore throat in 2013 and ended up dead will receive a $4.2 million settlement from the federal government, the widow's lawyer said Wednesday.
