Hospitals are selling longevity now. Some of their own doctors have doubts
At least nine nonprofit health systems now run cash-pay longevity clinics, with packages from $4,800 a year. Some of their own physicians question what patients are buying.
Public Health
Outbreaks, hospitals and the health of communities, reported from the ground.
County health departments are losing epidemiologists faster than they can hire them, survey finds
A national survey of 1,200 local health departments found that one in three lost an epidemiologist last year. Fewer than half filled the job.
In rural Kansas, the pharmacist is becoming the first stop for care
With the nearest primary care clinic an hour away, a pharmacy in western Kansas now checks blood pressure, adjusts diabetes medicines and refers patients on.