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Promising better, cheaper care, Kaiser Permanente’s national expansion faces wide skepticism
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With a $5 billion commitment to a new unit called Risant Health, there are questions about the benefit to current KP customers and employees.COVID-19
‘It’s here to stay’: Experts weigh in on the state of COVID-19 and the new EG.5 variant
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COVID cases are rising once again due to the emergence of a new variant, EG.5.Featured in Category
New Alzheimer’s drug raises hopes — along with questions
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Physicians serving Alzheimer’s patients are working out the details of who will get treated with Leqembi.California
A blood test that screens for cancer: Does it do more harm than good?
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But many cancer researchers, wary of overtesting, argue it’s premature to prescribe the Galleri test widely.health
The debate over flavored medicine for California kids
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Flavoring medicine now falls within the scope of national drug compounding standards.News
The real costs of the new Alzheimer’s drug, most of which will fall to taxpayers
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Medicare and Medicaid patients will make up 92% of the market for lecanemab, according to drug developer Eisai Co.Family & Kids
Doctors sound alarm about child nicotine poisoning as vapes flood the US market
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Popular e-cigarettes lack packaging that stops kids from consuming the hazardous nicotine inside.health
Medical cannabis patients, who paved the way for legalization in California, feel left behind
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Some patients and advocates say the commercial market created by Proposition 64 in 2016 isn’t meeting medical needs.California
