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Doctor wanted: Small town offers big perks to attract a physician0:05 This is a MedPage Today story. HAVANA, Fla. -- For a rural community, this town of 1,750 people has been more fortunate than most. A family doctor has practiced here for the last 30 years. But that ended in December when Mark Newberry, MD, retired. To attract a new doctor, Havana leaders took out want ads in local newspapers, posted notices on social media, and sweetened the pot with a rent-free medical office equipped with an x-ray, an ultrasound machine, and a bone density scanner -- all owne… Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump's White House23:33 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells anti-vaccine activists from an organization he once chaired that they have a friend in the White House WHO sees 'encouraging signs' in Congo Ebola fight, but warns cases in one eastern region are surging16.září The World Health Organization reports encouraging signs in the fight against an Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump's 3rd surgeon general pick, faces Senate grilling16.září A radiologist who's a former Fox News contributor will be facing lawmakers as President Donald Trump’s third nominee for surgeon general A childhood rite moves indoors as kindergartners learn to ride bikes in school gyms16.září Learning to ride a bike, a classic childhood milestone, is now happening in school gyms and playgrounds Massachusetts governor proposes improved postpartum healthcare after Clancy trial15.září Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is proposing free home visits from nurses for every new parent in the state and expanded mental health screenings for new mothers Inquiry blasts hospital for failure to protect babies after nurse Lucy Letby convicted of 7 murders15.září An English judge has issued a scathing report blaming dysfunctional management for failing to protect babies at the hospital where nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven infants Chile validated as first South American country to eliminate dog-transmitted rabies15.září Chile has become the first South American country to eliminate dog-transmitted rabies to humans, according to the World Health Organization Want to lower your risk of dementia? It doesn't involve a blood test12.září New blood tests are helping doctors diagnose whether Alzheimer’s or something else is causing a patient’s memory problems Trump promises $500 Obamacare rebate checks for 1M enrollees in 30 states11.září The Trump administration is promising $500 rebate checks to about 1 million ACA enrollees across 30 states Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asks the judge to spare her a second trial for killing her children11.září Lindsay Clancy’s attorney is asking a Massachusetts judge to acquit her of charges that she killed her three young children Congo’s Ebola outbreak rapidly spreading beyond epicenter, health body warns10.září The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading rapidly beyond its epicenter, according to Africa's top health body Surrogate asks the Supreme Court to intervene over care for a sick baby10.září A California couple’s surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child who was born with a serious heart defect Coroner releases details of infants who died amid growing measles outbreak10.září A Pennsylvania coroner confirms that the two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths |