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Projected rise in percentage points of federal health care spending over the next ten years as a result of the Affordable Care Act, which will bring health insurance to 30 million currently uninsured Americans. The analysis was conducted by the Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and published in the peer-reviewed journal, Health Affairs [via NPR]
If you think the bathroom is the only germ haven in your office, think again. Would you believe the dirtiest spot is the sink faucet in the break room?
Karen Capato used her deceased husband’s frozen sperm to conceive twins. The Supreme Court has ruled the kids aren’t eligible for federal benefits because of their posthumous conception. Will the decision cause people to think twice about when they conceive their kids?
Tuberculosis has been brought under control in much of the world, thanks to prevention practices and powerful antibiotics. But in poor nations like Peru, the disease still kills hundreds of babies and children — and new drug-resistant cases threaten an even bigger resurgence.
