access
Access is a heavily used term in health and medicine — access to medical or surgical care, access to affordable drugs or vaccines, even making clinical trials more accessible to more diverse audiences. Articles on this page look at a shortage of medical professionals in rural America, the expanded use of telehealth and other remote technologies, limited availability of obesity drugs, Adderall shortages and nationwide challenges to reproductive rights.
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STAT Plus: Generic makers fall short when providing access to low- and middle-income countries, analysis finds
As Biden plans to ban medical debt from credit scores, advocates press for more change
In North Carolina, a radical experiment targets social determinants of health with fresh produce and safe housing
They’re immigrants, farmworkers, and new moms. And they’re facing postpartum depression at higher rates
Ketamine can be transformative for people with suicidal thoughts — if they can access it
I saw firsthand in Nigeria that drugs alone can’t win the war against tuberculosis
The high out-of-pocket cost of donating a kidney
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