Health care services
China factory activity edges up in November but remains in contraction for eighth month as fading holiday demand drags services
A worker walks past molten steel at a steel factory in Huai’an, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on July 22, 2025. – | Afp | Getty Images China’s factory activity edged higher in November but remained stuck in contraction for the eighth consecutive month, while services weakened as the boost from earlier holidays faded, according […]
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WHO asks China for specifics on respiratory disease outbreaks
Parents acquire their kids to see a health care provider at the pediatric unexpected emergency department of a healthcare facility in Shanghai, China, November 14, 2023. Recently, Shanghai seasonal transform, A influenza and mycoplasma pneumonia large incidence. CFOTO | Potential Publishing | Getty Images The Environment Overall health Firm, or WHO, on Wednesday officially requested […]
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Breast cancer screenings should start at age 40 instead of 50, U.S. panel says
Medical personnel use a mammogram to examine a woman’s breast for breast cancer. Hannibal Hanschke | dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Most women should get screened for breast cancer every other year starting at age 40, a decade earlier than previously recommended, according to draft guidelines issued Tuesday by a government-backed panel of […]
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Where are the safest places to travel in 2023? It depends on how you define ‘safe’
From catching Covid-19 to getting caught in a blizzard, traveling can be risky business these days. But just how risky often depends on the destination — and how you define the risks. Safest cities: people’s perceptions A report published by the U.K.-based insurance company William Russell ranked the “safest cities in the world,” according to […]
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Where Amazon is heading in health after the Amazon Care failure
In this photo illustration, the Amazon Basic Care logo is displayed on a smartphone with an Amazon logo in the background. Thiago Prudêncio | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Chalk up another failure in health care for Amazon, one of the ultimate market disruptors. First, its much-hyped effort with JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway […]
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Obama to return to White House to celebrate health care reform
Former US President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at the 2021 climate summit in Glasgow on November 08, 2021. NBC News reports Obama will return to the White House on Tuesday for the first time since he left office to promote the Affordable Care Act in an event alongside President Joe Biden. Jeff J […]
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