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Paper Covid-19 Cards Are Going Away

Sophie Caldwell

The paper Covid vaccination cards were, for a time, a mainstay of American wallets — pulled out before bouncers, inspected at airport desks and shared with pride on social media…

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The Wegovy Shortage Drags On, Leaving Patients in Limbo

Sophie Caldwell

When Mark Basa needed his next dose of Wegovy, he worked his way down a list of 10 CVS stores within a 25-mile radius of his Peekskill, N.Y., home —…

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Food Industry Influence Could Cloud the U.S. Dietary Guidelines, a New Report Says

Sophie Caldwell

It is a long-running concern of government watchdogs: Some of the experts responsible for helping to craft the U.S. dietary guidelines also take money from big food and drug companies.A…

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The Mystery of My Burning Esophagus

Sophie Caldwell

It wasn’t until I called Brendan Canning, a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins, that I found someone willing to speculate how an allergy in the esophagus might lead to…

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Kaiser Permanente Health Care Workers Go on Strike

Sophie Caldwell

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers began a three-day strike Wednesday morning, after they failed to reach a new contract deal.The walkout started with employees in Virginia and…

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Kaiser Permanente Workers Poised to Strike

Sophie Caldwell

The high levels of burnout have exacerbated the staffing shortages, said Ethan Ruskin, a health educator at Kaiser Permanente in San Jose, Calif. Patients have to wait longer than usual…