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Hospitals’ Rocky Rollout of Covid Vaccine Sparks Questions of Fairness
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Hospitals’ Rocky Rollout of Covid Vaccine Sparks Questions of Fairness

Last week, after finishing inoculations of some front-line hospital staff, Jupiter Medical Center was left with 40 doses of precious covid vaccine. So, officials offered shots to the South Florida hospital’s board of directors and their spouses over age 65. But that decision sparked outrage among workers left unvaccinated, including those at one of the...

California Budget Reflects ‘Pandemic-Induced Reality,’ Governor Says
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California Budget Reflects ‘Pandemic-Induced Reality,’ Governor Says

The coronavirus pandemic doomed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ambitious plans last year to combat homelessness, expand behavioral health services and create a state agency to control soaring health care costs. But even as the pandemic continues to rage, California’s Democratic governor said Friday he plans to push forward with those goals in the coming year, due...

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Latina Mothers, Often Essential Workers, Report COVID-19 Took Toll

More than half of Latina mothers surveyed in Yolo and Sacramento counties reported making economic cutbacks in response to the pandemic shutdown last spring — saying they bought less food and missed rent payments. Even for mothers who reported receiving the federal stimulus payment during this time, these hardships were not reduced, University of California,...

U.S. Mental Health System Needs Broad Changes to Improve Access and Quality
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U.S. Mental Health System Needs Broad Changes to Improve Access and Quality

Conditions are ripe for transforming the U.S. mental health care system, with scientific advances, the growth of Medicaid and political consensus on the importance of improving mental health creating the possibility that goals once thought out of reach may be possible, according to a new RAND Corporation study. Broad changes will be needed to improve...

Study Finds New Evidence of Health Threat from Chemicals in Marijuana and Tobacco Smoke
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Study Finds New Evidence of Health Threat from Chemicals in Marijuana and Tobacco Smoke

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have uncovered new evidence of the potential health risks of chemicals in tobacco and marijuana smoke. In a study published online today by EClinicalMedicine, the researchers report that people who smoked only marijuana had several smoke-related toxic chemicals in their blood and urine,...

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Child Marriage Is Legal and Persists Across Canada

Canada is at the forefront of global efforts to end child marriage abroad. Yet this practice remains legal and persists across the country. In Canada, more than 3,600 marriage certificates were issued to children, usually girls, under the age of 18 between 2000 and 2018, according to a new study from researchers at McGill University....

Jack Ma: China’s Spat with Billionaire Is Part of Bigger Push to Control Big Tech – Silicon Valley Could Be Next
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Jack Ma: China’s Spat with Billionaire Is Part of Bigger Push to Control Big Tech – Silicon Valley Could Be Next

Chinese tech billionaire Jack Ma has allegedly fallen out with the Beijing government. Several recent articles reported that Ma offended the Chinese authorities by delivering a speech in Shanghai in October criticising financial regulation, and that he and his colleagues were called in for questioning. The planned IPO of his financial services powerhouse, Ant Group,...