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		<title><![CDATA[GOP congressman in California swing-district race defends vote for Medicaid cuts]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Ulises Hernandez has had health coverage
through Medicaid for as long as he can remember. But he had never waited
as long for care as he did in September after a dental crown slipped
down his throat during a procedure. He ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Job-based health plan costs rise, with little relief in sight]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rising healthcare costs aren’t a problem just for those who buy
their own health insurance. Increases hit employers and their workers
this year, too, and more are expected for 2027 plans — adding to
growing concerns about affordability heading...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Go to Canada': Trump touted Americans' access to cheaper drugs. A new rule threatens it]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Days before it was to go into effect, the Trump administration pushed
back a U.S. customs rule threatening the supply of vital prescription
drugs imported by millions of Americans.

Under the rule, Customs and Border Protection and the FDA will
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    <pubDate>Oct/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trump dangles rural health dollars to push states to change hospital laws]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has hinged federal funding for states on
whether they end or loosen powerful but controversial laws that regulate
the construction of new hospitals — with a handful of states poised to
comply.

A chunk of the $50
billion...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AI chatbots can be a valuable health resource for older adults – if they embrace ‘informed skepticism’]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s easy to stereotype older adults as tech-averse or novice tech
users. Yet a growing number of adults age 60 and older are embracing
artificial intelligence, using it for entertainment, planning trips and
even accessing health information.

I...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[I composed music about infertility and pregnancy loss, then performed it in a Pittsburgh hospital]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It turns out you can rent a Steinway piano and have it delivered pretty
much anywhere – including the lecture hall of a major working
hospital.

In October 2025, I had one delivered to UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in
Pittsburgh for the premiere of...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why do people still get polio in some countries and not in others?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a
question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to
CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

Why are people still getting polio in some countries and in not others?
– Mia, age 9, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[If Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts can get dangerous blood clots, so can you – here’s how some states are trying to reduce the risk]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jalen Hurts is 28, a Super Bowl MVP and an elite athlete in peak
physical condition. He was also recently diagnosed with blood clots in
his leg and both lungs.

After a cleat to the left calf during a game against the Los Angeles
Rams on Oct. 4, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[As politicians argue about china, US patients find cutting-edge treatment there]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Until recently, a Manhattanite might venture no more than a few dozen
blocks to find the world’s most sophisticated cancer treatment.
Cutting-edge American medicines have helped reduce the U.S. cancer death
rate by about
a third since 1990, and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask the Pediatrician: Drooling baby? Here's why spit happens]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Drippy lips, slippery chins and bubbly little streams that flow day
and night; what’s up with all this drool?

Good news. That constant flow is part of healthy development in
babies and young toddlers. Humans have special glands inside their
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    <pubDate>Oct/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[7 takeaways from an investigation into financial aid at Texas hospitals]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most hospitals offer financial assistance to patients who struggle to
afford their bills, often referred to as charity care. But many people
are stymied by cumbersome
aid applications. Others don’t even know
help exists.

Hospitals have the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Texas reveals about the obstacles to getting hospital financial aid]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aimee Carlock needed surgery in August 2025 to treat severe pain and
bleeding from her uterus. But first, she needed to come up with
$5,500.

Texas Health Resources, one of the state’s largest nonprofit
hospital systems, told her it wouldn’t ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Halloween candy binges can overload your gut microbiome – a gut doctor explains how to minimize spooking your helpful bacteria]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each October, as the days shorten and the air grows crisp, millions of
Americans prepare for the beloved – and often sugar-fueled –
tradition of Halloween. From jack-o’-lanterns glowing on porches to
costumes ranging from the whimsical to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oncologists cheer melanoma data that tanked Moderna's shares]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leaked data from Moderna Inc. and Merck & Co.’s highly
anticipated melanoma vaccine trial has led to a rare disconnect between
doctors, who celebrated the result, and Wall Street, which sold off the
stocks.

Normally results of such pivotal drug...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Shopping for an ACA plan this year? Here's what you need to know]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Consumers who buy Affordable Care Act health insurance are going to
see changes both big and small as open enrollment for 2027 coverage
kicks off. These include premium increases, possible additional identity
checks, potential delays in working ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ebola's cross-border spread exposes limits of screening]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Africa’s efforts to contain a widening Ebola outbreak are being
tested by porous borders, illegal crossings and infected travelers who
can pass through screening before developing symptoms.

The Kenyan man who earlier this month became the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Surviving cancer starts at diagnosis and continues after treatment – earlier survivorship care can help patients feel better and live longer]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[“You have cancer.” It’s a phrase that comes as a shock, then is
quickly followed by a whirlwind of decisions that somehow feel fast and
slow at the same time.

You have treatments to decide on. You are trying to figure out how you
might work...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Judi Dench says eyesight has deteriorated so much she can't act or read]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Macular degeneration has robbed Dame Judi Dench of so much eyesight
that she cannot perform, read or even accurately recognize people on the
street, she revealed Thursday.

“I can’t be on stage. I can’t do a play anymore. I can’t do a
film...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Feds, California AG Rob Bonta clash over credit for cases alleging billions of dollars in healthcare fraud]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — California Attorney General Rob Bonta and First
Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli traded barbs at dueling healthcare
fraud news conferences in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday morning,
sniping at each other over billions lost to...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hospital steps up screening as measles cluster widens in central Minnesota]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Widespread screenings are underway at Lakewood Health System’s
hospital and clinics in north-central Minnesota to try to prevent a
measles cluster from spreading.

Concerns about the outbreak have increased among residents of Todd
County, where ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/22/2026</pubDate>
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