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Medicare open enrollment starts Oct. 15. Here’s what to know trib.al/n4NibpP
Medicare open enrollment starts Oct. 15. Here’s what to know

Medicare open enrollment starts Oct. 15. Here’s what to know

Signing up for Medicare or changing plans can seem daunting, but it’s important to make sure you’re enrolled in the best plan for your medical needs.

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Leadership change planned for Baltimore-area health system GBMC trib.al/9zndyTD
Leadership change planned for Baltimore-area health system GBMC

Leadership change planned for Baltimore-area health system GBMC

GBMC HealthCare is planning for a change in leadership next summer when its longtime CEO steps down. Dr. John B. Chessare, who oversaw hospital expansion and a shift toward emphasizing primary care,...

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Vape products target kids with flashy tech and flavors. Why hasn’t the government shut it down? trib.al/0j1Zgt6
Vape products target kids with flashy tech and flavors. Why hasn’t the government shut it down?

Vape products target kids with flashy tech and flavors. Why hasn’t the government shut it down?

There are hundreds of unauthorized, potentially dangerous vaping products being openly sold in stores, marketed to teens with fruity flavors and digital technology.

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Undercooked bear meat at North Carolina gathering sparked parasitic outbreak, CDC says trib.al/KwpXa4Z
Undercooked bear meat at North Carolina gathering sparked parasitic outbreak, CDC says

Undercooked bear meat at North Carolina gathering sparked parasitic outbreak, CDC says

The agency explained that the people, who were attending a “gathering” in November, all experienced symptoms of trichinellosis.

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Need to go to the hospital? Texas and Florida want to know your immigration status trib.al/OCXFBFm
Need to go to the hospital? Texas and Florida want to know your immigration status

Need to go to the hospital? Texas and Florida want to know your immigration status

Supporters say policies illuminate the costs of care. Critics say they dissuade immigrants from seeking care.

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Hot days and methamphetamine are now a deadlier mix trib.al/k81bs9w
Hot days and methamphetamine are now a deadlier mix

Hot days and methamphetamine are now a deadlier mix

The stimulant is playing an outsize role in heat-related deaths across the United States.

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Don’t expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says trib.al/A3DEEiU
Don’t expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says

Don’t expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says

Advances in medical technology and genetic research are not translating into marked jumps in lifespan overall.

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FOX45: Gov. Moore announces federal funding for drone health care deliveries on Eastern Shore trib.al/8pMSc1c
FOX45: Gov. Moore announces federal funding for drone health care deliveries on Eastern Shore

FOX45: Gov. Moore announces federal funding for drone health care deliveries on Eastern Shore

FOX45: Gov. Moore announces federal funding for drone health care deliveries on Eastern Shore

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FOX45: City admits to providing incorrect data in response to IG’s DPW report trib.al/q4z9mov

FOX45: City admits to providing incorrect data in response to IG’s DPW report

FOX45: City admits to providing incorrect data in response to IG’s DPW report

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Supreme Court lets stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate Texas ban trib.al/5Toj6mW
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Will erasing medical debt solve US health care system issues? trib.al/sdpmljw
Will erasing medical debt solve US health care system issues?

Will erasing medical debt solve US health care system issues?

Medical debt affects nearly one in 12 adults in the U.S., and Vice President Kamala Harris has promised to relieve Americans of this burden and cancel it altogether.

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Benefit trend: Employers opt to give workers an allowance for coverage trib.al/qxYVeqU
Benefit trend: Employers opt to give workers an allowance for coverage

Benefit trend: Employers opt to give workers an allowance for coverage

Some consumer advocates are concerned an individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement could result in skimpier, pricier coverage for certain consumers, especially sicker, older ones.

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More restrooms have adult-size changing tables to help people with disabilities trib.al/0ECSnEh
More restrooms have adult-size changing tables to help people with disabilities

More restrooms have adult-size changing tables to help people with disabilities

Advocates say such tables are not explicitly required by the ADA. But a new federal law will mandate them in many airports in coming years, and states can adopt building codes that call for them.

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Condoms aren’t a fact of life for young Americans. They’re an afterthought trib.al/3p9yZXv
Condoms aren’t a fact of life for young Americans. They’re an afterthought

Condoms aren’t a fact of life for young Americans. They’re an afterthought

Is this the end of condoms? Not exactly.

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Vance-Walz debate highlighted clear health policy differences trib.al/EeGLKHc
Vance-Walz debate highlighted clear health policy differences

Vance-Walz debate highlighted clear health policy differences

The debate showcased their very different views on health policies past and present.

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Lawsuit alleges Greater Baltimore Medical Center broke federal law by rescinding job offer to deaf nurse trib.al/AbmqpGH
Lawsuit alleges Greater Baltimore Medical Center broke federal law by rescinding job offer to deaf...

Lawsuit alleges Greater Baltimore Medical Center broke federal law by rescinding job offer to deaf...

Greater Baltimore Medical Center allegedly violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by rescinding a job offer it made to a deaf nurse.

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A decades-old question arises anew: Should Baltimore secondary schools start later? trib.al/vGjp6OS
A decades-old question arises anew: Should Baltimore secondary schools start later?

A decades-old question arises anew: Should Baltimore secondary schools start later?

The Baltimore-based Abell Foundation released a report saying secondary schools in Baltimore City should start no earlier than 8:30 a.m.

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What are nitazenes? The new class of opioids, some of which are more potent than fentanyl trib.al/8E5sQ8V
What are nitazenes? The new class of opioids, some of which are more potent than fentanyl

What are nitazenes? The new class of opioids, some of which are more potent than fentanyl

A new class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes, which could be more potent than fentanyl, is being found around the world, including in the United States.

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Cyberattacks plague the health industry. Critics call feds’ response feeble and fractured trib.al/ksUYuD3
Cyberattacks plague the health industry. Critics call feds’ response feeble and fractured

Cyberattacks plague the health industry. Critics call feds’ response feeble and fractured

Health care weathered more ransomware attacks last year than any other sector.

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