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Wheelchair users say private equity is making repairs harder
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Wheelchair users say private equity is making repairs harder

People who rely on wheelchairs say that industry consolidation driven by private equity means long delays in getting them fixed, which isolates them from society and endangers their health.

NPR·June 29, 2026
$22,000 Per Hour: Assistants Use a Legislative Loophole to Outearn Surgeons
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$22,000 Per Hour: Assistants Use a Legislative Loophole to Outearn Surgeons

A law meant to end surprise medical billing has led to large paydays for some surgical assistants, who can earn far more than the doctors they help.

NY Times·June 29, 2026
Over one million children referred for mental healthcare - with anxiety the main reason
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Over one million children referred for mental healthcare - with anxiety the main reason

Demand is soaring beyond capacity, meaning children in England wait years for help with various conditions.

BBC News·June 29, 2026
These church members disagree on politics. Together they're wiping out medical debt
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These church members disagree on politics. Together they're wiping out medical debt

Trinity Moravian Church, a politically diverse congregation in Winston-Salem, N. C., has been raising money to retire medical debt in the surrounding community.

NPR·June 28, 2026
If a Lyme disease vaccine gets approved, how would it go over? We asked hunters
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If a Lyme disease vaccine gets approved, how would it go over? We asked hunters

Drugmakers are working on a potential new shot to prevent the tick-borne illness. How might it fare in the era of vaccine skepticism?

NPR·June 27, 2026
5 million have dropped ACA insurance after Trump and the GOP let prices skyrocket
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5 million have dropped ACA insurance after Trump and the GOP let prices skyrocket

The number of people who signed up for a health plan and then didn't pay their premium fell much more sharply than it has in years past. Trump officials blame fraud. Health policy experts blame costs.

NPR·June 26, 2026
The Venezuela Earthquakes Hit a Health System Already in Crisis
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The Venezuela Earthquakes Hit a Health System Already in Crisis

Firefighters are using cellphone lights because of a flashlight shortage, and an overwhelmed hospital in the disaster zone is operating without running water, one doctor said.

NY Times·June 26, 2026
Palestinians grieve for a father-to-be shot by Israeli troops the day his son was born
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Palestinians grieve for a father-to-be shot by Israeli troops the day his son was born

Nayef Samaro, 25, was killed in an Israeli military raid on Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, as he prepared to meet his wife at the hospital for the birth of their first child.

NPR·June 26, 2026
Whereabouts of nearly 300 people with Ebola unknown in DR Congo
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Whereabouts of nearly 300 people with Ebola unknown in DR Congo

<p>Fears over ‘huge community transmission’ as modelling predicts thousands of deaths in DRC by September</p><p>The whereabouts of almost 300 people who have tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is unknown, according to Africa’s top public health official.</p><p>The huma

The Guardian·June 26, 2026
Whereabouts of nearly 300 people with Ebola unknown in DR Congo
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Whereabouts of nearly 300 people with Ebola unknown in DR Congo

<p>Fears over ‘huge community transmission’ as modelling predicts thousands of deaths in DRC by September</p><p>The whereabouts of almost 300 people who have tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is unknown, according to Africa’s top public health official.</p><p>The huma

The Guardian·June 26, 2026
Whereabouts of nearly 300 people with Ebola unknown in DR Congo
HEALTH

Whereabouts of nearly 300 people with Ebola unknown in DR Congo

<p>Fears over ‘huge community transmission’ as modelling predicts thousands of deaths in DRC by September</p><p>The whereabouts of almost 300 people who have tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is unknown, according to Africa’s top public health official.</p><p>The huma

The Guardian·June 26, 2026
Investigation after up to 40 hospital staff access records of boy attacked by crocodile
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Investigation after up to 40 hospital staff access records of boy attacked by crocodile

Cambridge University Hospitals refers itself to the Information Commissioner over the breach.

BBC News·June 26, 2026
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