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Getting a flu shot will be a requirement this year for all healthcare personnel in Los Angeles County. County Public Health Director Dr. Jonathan E. Fielding issued an order Tuesday mandating that healthcare personnel in each licensed acute care hospital, skilled nursing facility, and intermediate...
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Public health officials have been somewhat puzzled by low rates of HPV vaccination: only 54% of adolescent girls receive the first dose of the three-part vaccine series, and only 33% complete it. A new study by doctors and public health researchers at the University of Colorado sheds light on who...
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What not-for-profit hospitals pay their CEOs has little to do with financial performance or quality scores, but the top executives generally make more at hospitals with expensive technology and high marks in patient satisfaction, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Outliers knows there are all kinds of ways to promote healthier eating habits, so we were intrigued to hear about two universities that are putting some solutions right in students' hands.
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Nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and physician assistants in California will be allowed to perform a type of early abortion under legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
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Three government agencies responsible for ensuring food and drug safety and curbing disease have recalled furloughed workers to investigate recent outbreaks, including a cluster of salmonella cases tied to tainted chicken and an outbreak of nonviral hepatitis in Hawaii linked to a dietary...
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After two measles cases were recently diagnosed in Boston, public health officials issued a warning reminding the public that the disease can spread fast among the unvaccinated—about 3% of the state's population. Western Massachusetts in particular has a rising number of parents who decline...
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Months after the latest trial of a possible HIV vaccine were halted because it was ineffective, newly published details suggest researchers and advocates made important strides with some the country's hardest-hit and difficult-to-reach populations.
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The House moved to restart funding for the National Institutes of Health and some other popular government services Wednesday, but Republican and Democratic congressional leaders left the White House later without any path forward to end the government shutdown entering its third day.
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Five years ago, ProMedica launched a campaign to address nutrition problems after finding the system's hospitals and services were being used to treat conditions associated with malnutrition.
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