Herpes patients mobilize to demand government action; medical residents offer dueling takes on unionization

Federal health officials got an earful from herpes patients and researchers on the enormous toll and the host of unmet needs.

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CDC Tired of 'dead end' approach, herpes patients mobilize to demand government action Federal health officials listen to patients' pleas for accurate tests, better medical guidance, and a research strategy. By Jason Mast Opinion: I'm a medical resident. Here's why I think my hospital should unionize With a union at Mass General Brigham, residents and fellows will have agency to enable change within a troubled health care system. By Minali Nigam Opinion: I'm a medical resident. I want to pause the drive to unionize hospital trainees No one knows what a union for medical residents at Mass General Brigham will or will not accomplish, because there's very little research. By David N. Bernstein Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times Key senators make a big pivot on bipartisan insulin cost proposal Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) would extend the $35 cap on insured patients' costs to at least one insulin of each type and dose. By Rachel Cohrs STAT+ | HCA bags big first quarter as patient volumes soar HCA Healthcare beat Wall Street's expectations of profitability in the first quarter of 2023, as more people flocked to its facilities. By Bob Herman

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