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‘I needed to be next to my patient’: The cancer doctor who braved Harvey to reach his hospital

(By Max Blau for STAT) Timing was everything for this cancer patient. Scientists had already harvested billions of cells in

(By Leo Vartorella, Morgan Haefner, Anuja Vaidya, Emily Rappleye, Kelly Gooch and Molly Gamble for Becker’s Hospital Review) Hurricane Harvey

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Most healthcare professionals have an emergency preparedness plan, according to a Medical Group

(By Marisa Taylor for Kaiser Health News) The government of St. Kitts and Nevis has launched an investigation into the

Medicare Advantage plans, which are issued by private insurance companies, have costs associated with them in ways you wouldn’t expect.

The single payer health care debate has been quiet but the conversation is about to heat up again not only

(By Leah Samuel for STAT) Getting thousands of Houston-area families to shelters has been a massive humanitarian effort. But the aid

(By Emily Bazar for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) True or false? If you’re a Californian with private

(By Rachel Bluth and Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) President Donald Trump has insisted for months that “Obamacare is

(By Chad Terhune for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Retiree Leslie Robinson-Stone and her