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Hantavirus News Roundup: From Céline Gounder of KFF Health News
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The Health News editor-at-large and infectious disease doctor spoke to numerous media outlets about the risks from the disease.Bay Area
Santa Clara County resident monitored after deadly hantavirus outbreak tied to cruise
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The passenger aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship disembarked before the outbreak was detected.Bay Area
UCSF gets $100M donation for modernization, health care initiatives
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Targeted capital improvements include renovations to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.Elections
In California governor race, single-payer is a litmus test. There’s still no way to pay for it.
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Proponents say a government-run health system is an answer to rising premiums and other spiraling healthcare costs.health
Sham hospice schemes are bilking Medicare — and harming California seniors
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Fraud ranges from providers knowingly overbilling Medicare and Medi-Cal to more elaborate schemes.Wellness
Why the ‘Good Death’ is having its moment: Candid conversations are reshaping life’s end
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From death doulas to death cafés, people are finding new ways to face mortality with openness.Bay Area
Real estate investors profit from long-term care while residents languish
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Over the past decade, real estate investment trusts have bought thousands of buildings that house nursing homes, hospitals, assisted living facilities, and medical offices.California
Your new therapist: chatty, leaky, and hardly human
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With high demand for mental health care, a wave of artificial intelligence-powered chatbots are being marketed as therapy apps — with little evidence they work and few regulations.health
