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Causes of Increase in US Pedestrian Accidents

Causes of Increase in US Pedestrian Accidents

Since 2010, pedestrian deaths are up 77% according to the Governors Highway Safety Association data. Why did over 7,500 people die while walking or jogging on a roadway last year? Every day, on average, 20 Americans walk along a roadway and are killed by a vehicle. In...

New Fullerton California Car Accident Study: Comprehensive Analysis

Road safety remains a pressing issue worldwide, warranting continuous research and action. Despite remarkable strides in technology and more robust traffic regulation enforcement, vehicular accidents continue to pose a significant public health risk. The recently...

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Watch: Acknowledging Health Care’s Great Divide

Watch: Acknowledging Health Care’s Great Divide

In this “How Would You Fix It?” interview, Julie Rovner, KFF Health News’ chief Washington correspondent and host of the What the Health? podcast, sat down with David Blumenthal — a physician, health policy expert, former Obama administration official, and author — to...

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Medigap Premiums Leap, and Consumers Have Few Alternatives

Medigap Premiums Leap, and Consumers Have Few Alternatives

After decades of selling insurance, Illinois-based broker John Jaggi had never seen anything like it. More than 80 of his customers who were enrolled in the same Medicare supplemental plan from the insurer Chubb got hit last August with a 45% increase. “In my 49 years...

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Why can't newly qualified midwives get jobs?

Why can’t newly qualified midwives get jobs?

They pointed to a webinar held on 17 March, facilitated by NHS England Workforce, Training and Education, where students said they were told there could be about 55 midwifery vacancies in the East of England for around 300 students qualifying this year — roughly one...

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