Category Archives: Medical care in the US

Catching up with disease news…

From Harper’s Weekly Review: The CDC warned of diarrheal outbreaks linked to shitty splash pads.* After testing waste water, New York state warned that hundreds of people may be unknowingly infected with poliovirus; the White House declared monkeypox a national … Continue reading →

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“A Mother in Jail for Helping Her Daughter Have an Abortion”

Yesterday, I began to review the numerous articles I’d clipped and stored here, running as far back as 2010. Obviously, many of them no longer prompted me to comment so I hit the delete button. But then there was this. … Continue reading →

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P.P.S. I wrote too soon!

“Concierge practice” medicine made its comeback hard sell just now in my email folder. Am I crazy or did I just a few minutes ago tell you maybe they were finished with their sales pitch? Let’s see. What other practices … Continue reading →

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