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Editing Embryo DNA Yields Clues About Early Human Development

(By Rob Stein for NPR) For the first time, scientists have edited the DNA in human embryos to make a

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley, Calif., included wage data errors in

(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) Though New York’s $1.1 billion Indigent Care Pool was created to reimburse hospitals

(By Chad Terhune for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Health insurance giant Anthem predicts Californians will pop a

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Family health insurance premiums rose an average 3 percent this year for people

(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) It does not take a hurricane to put nursing home residents at risk

(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) The ACA repeal bill proposed by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Bill

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Pennsylvania is temporarily defaulting on $1.2 billion owed to eight state-contracted managed care

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) From reimbursement landscape challenges to dwindling patient volumes, many factors lead hospitals and

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Another hurricane, another health care horror story. At least that’s how it looked when eight patients