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COVID hit this family twice, but vaccines blunted reinfections : Shots

Three generations, (from left to right) grandmother Genoveva Calloway, daughter Petra Gonzales, and granddaughter Vanesa Quintero, live next door to each other in San Pablo, Calif. Recently their extended family was hit with a second wave of COVID infections a year after the first. Beth LaBerge/KQED hide caption toggle caption…

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Duluth health care workers ‘take a breather’ with Thanksgiving gathering

After all, those staffing the downtown Duluth hospital were treated to a hearty lunchtime meal complete with all the fixings: turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, dinner rolls, pumpkin pie. “It certainly makes it better,” emergency room technician Makenzie Davidson said of her holiday shift, joining several colleagues for the…

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No Surprises Act aims to help rein in big medical bills, starting Jan. 1 : Shots

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra says doctors who are balking at the rules of the No Surprises Act aren’t looking out for patients. “I don’t think when someone is overcharging that it’s going to hurt the overcharger to now have to [accept] a fair price,” Becerra says. The Congressional Budget Office…