Amazon One Medical is rolling out a pay-per-visit virtual healthcare service for children ages 2 to 11 despite the slow growth of retail health services and trouble of rivals that are scaling back medical services. (Latanya Simmons Photo)
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Category: 5. Health
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HIV rates are highest in the American South, despite effective treatments – a clash between culture and public health
The American South has the highest HIV rates in the country, accounting for more than half of new HIV diagnoses nationwide in 2023. This is despite growing availability of a highly effective HIV prevention medication that has made it…
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Zombies, jiangshi, draugrs, revenants − monster lore is filled with metaphors for public health
Imagine a city street at dusk, silent save for the rising sound of a collective guttural moan. Suddenly, a horde of ragged, bloodied creatures appear, their feet shuffling along the pavement, their hollow eyes locked on fleeing figures…
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Signs That AI Eases The Pain Of Loneliness But Distracts From The Cure
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Earlier this year, Forbes.com released a report about concerns for many young adults who are having parasocial relationships with anthropomorphized AI. Anthropomorphized AI includes chatbots that give the…
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Google Cloud And Color Health Partner To Expand Breast Cancer Screening Access
Per the American Cancer Society, the five-year survival rate for breast cancer, if found and treated early in the localized stage, is 99%.
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Color Health announced today that it will be forging a partnership with Google Cloud to increase access…
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A giant asteroid hit Earth, but its crater is missing
“These glasses are unique to Australia and have recorded an ancient impact event we did not even know about,” Professor Jourdan said.
in a crater but in tiny glass fragments found only in Australia.The discovery focuses on rare natural glass…
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How A High-Tech Chair Could Revolutionize Cancer Radiation Therapy
“Particularly in the early days, people said, ‘This is just a rotating chair,’ and ‘Why has nobody thought of this before?’ But often the simplest ideas are the best.”
The old way of…
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Tiny brain nanotubes found by Johns Hopkins may spread Alzheimer’s
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that they have identified how mammalian brains build intricate networks of tiny tubes that move toxins in and out of brain cells, much like pneumatic tubes send items through systems in factories and…
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They found the switch that makes the body attack cancer
In a series of experiments using mouse models of breast, pancreatic, and muscle cancers, scientists at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital uncovered new evidence that strengthening the body’s natural immune defenses can both prevent cancer from…
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UChicago Medicine Leans Into AI Agents To Address Health Care Needs
AI Agents at UChicago Medicine
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UChicago Medicine is putting AI in the front lines to change how patients reach help. Today, human agents answer millions of calls. Many ask for directions, refills, or a basic schedule tweak. The process is…
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