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As Second Dallas Nurse Diagnosed With Ebola, Are US Hospitals Failing Health Care Workers?
As a second health care worker at Dallas' Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital tests positive for Ebola after caring for an infected patien, the CDC has identified what it calls …

How Many Black Histories We Still Don’t Know: An Interview With Simone Leigh
An Interview With Simone Leigh.

Bad Policy, Bad Medicine: Anti-Choice Law Leaves Vast Swaths of Texas With No Abortion Provider
San Antonio is now the last outpost for legal abortion in southern Texas.

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Obamacare Will Only Get Better in 2015
It's only going to get better u2013 or worse if you're a Republican politician.

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Obamacare Haters Still Hurting Public
Florida voters must make clear to the governor and the Legislature that expanding Medicaid is not only a moral choice, but an economic one for patients and hospitals.

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Thanks to the GOP, the US Is Without Its Top Doctor as Ebola Spreads
Thanks to Republicans, the United States is without its top doctor during a time when we need him or her more than ever.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the US, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces the first case of Ebola in the US, and more.

Analysis: Government’s New Doctor Payments Website Worthy of a Recall
Charles Ornstein takes a test drive using the federal government's new website for drug and device payments. He finds it virtually unusable.

What’s Behind the Ebola Crises and Are US Americans at Risk?
In an interview with TeleSUR's The Global African, Johns Hopkins Infectious Disease Program co-director Taha E. Taha discusses the roots of the Ebola crisis and what can be done …

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How Privatizing Medical Records Will Harm You
Things like health care, education, roads and even voting systems should never be put in the control of giant corporations that only care about making a buck.