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Health Care Employers, Take Note: NLRB Takes a Strong Stand Against Non-Compete Provisions

Sep 11, 2023 at 02:00 pm by Staff

  By Thomas P. Hubert and Joseph F. Lavigne, Jones Walker LLP   For decades, employers in virtually every industry have relied on a host of employment-contract cl.... Read More

‘All We Want Is Revenge’: How Social Media Fuels Gun Violence Among Teens

Aug 28, 2023 at 09:36 pm by Staff

    By Liz Szabo, KFF Health News    Juan Campos has been working to save at-risk teens from gun violence for 16 years. As a street outreach work.... Read More

Dangers and Deaths Around Black Pregnancies Seen as a ‘Completely Preventable’ Health Crisis

Aug 28, 2023 at 04:43 pm by Staff

By Sandy West, KFF Health News   Tonjanic Hill was overjoyed in 2017 when she learned she was 14 weeks pregnant. Despite a history of uterine fibroids, she never l.... Read More

A Blood Test That Screens for Cancer: Does It Do More Harm Than Good?

Aug 13, 2023 at 12:45 am by Staff

  By Mark Kreidler, KFF Health News    By summer 2021, Gilbert Milam Jr. was living a good life. A nationally renowned rapper who performs under the nam.... Read More

Pioneering Study Links Testicular Cancer Among Military Personnel to ‘Forever Chemicals’

Aug 12, 2023 at 11:38 pm by Staff

    By Hannah Norman and Patricia Kime, KFF Health News   Gary Flook served in the Air Force for 37 years, as a firefighter at the now-closed.... Read More

NIH: COVID-19 vaccination and boosting during pregnancy benefit pregnant people and newborns

Aug 12, 2023 at 01:09 am by Staff

  Receiving a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine or booster during pregnancy can benefit pregnant people and their newborn infants, according to findings recently published in V.... Read More

Renovated pediatric operating rooms enhance state-of-the-art surgical care

Aug 08, 2023 at 11:21 am by Staff

  by Christina Echegaray Every detail of operating rooms 12 and 13 at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt was carefully planned to match the preci.... Read More

Survey: Americans Want Weight Loss Drugs Despite High Cost

Aug 07, 2023 at 09:54 pm by Staff

By Julie Appleby, KFF Health News    Many Americans really want to lose weight — and a new poll shows nearly half of adults would be interested in takin.... Read More

Be Aware: Someone Could Steal Your Medical Records and Bill You for Their Care

Jul 31, 2023 at 04:12 pm by Staff

  By Michelle Andrews, KFF Health News   After HCA Healthcare announced this month that the personal identification data of roughly 11 million HCA patients i.... Read More

Why the Next Big Hope for Alzheimer’s Might Not Help Most Black Patients

Jul 10, 2023 at 01:41 am by Staff

  By Arthur Allen, KFF Health News   The FDA on Thursday gave full approval to what many scientists and doctors believe is the first drug to show promi.... Read More