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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…

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How mental health conditions can raise COVID risk : Shots

Digital generated image of cut out male head multilayered with covid-19 cells inside on blue background. Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Digital generated image of cut out male head multilayered with covid-19 cells inside on blue background. Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Even before the federal government’s…

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The race to ace: how mass tutoring risks children’s mental health and entrenching inequality | Australian education

Sydney-based mother of two Fiona* was stressed about the effects of lockdown on her 10-year-old son’s learning. “When the lockdown happened everything went haywire,” she says, and they could barely cope with schoolwork. So she and her husband decided to “take a [financial] hit” and book their son in for…

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Coronavirus response | Local health official: Unvaccinated kids driving latest surge | Coronavirus

CHAMPAIGN — COVID-19 cases have been escalating recently in Champaign County partly due to infections spreading among mostly unvaccinated schoolchildren and teens, a local health official said Friday. Over the past two weeks, 90 percent of new COVID-19 cases among youths ages 12-17 have been in unvaccinated individuals, according to…

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Bill of the Month: Critically ill woman skips ER after spouse’s costly stitches : Shots

Jason Dean received six stitches and a tetanus shot after he cut his knee in May. In August, his wife, DeeAnn, feared going to the same emergency room where he was treated, delaying her diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Blake Farmer/WPLN News hide caption toggle caption Blake Farmer/WPLN News…

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DWTS’ Derek Hough shares heartbreaking health update with fans as he announces bad news

November 16, 2021 – 17:55 GMT Ahad Sanwari Derek Hough shared an regrettable bit of information with regards to his health and fitness with followers as he shared a heartbreaking vocation update &#13 &#13 &#13 Derek Hough shared some unlucky information with lovers concerning his overall health on social media,…