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A law meant to end surprise medical billing has led to large paydays for some surgical assistants, who can earn far more than the doctors they help. Source link

Experts are intrigued by the theory. Here’s what early research suggests. Source link

A growing network of home-sharing programs is helping people find compatible housemates. Source link

Visitors can chow down on standard fair food while also attending health and wellness events. Source link

The order, which calls for studying the health risks of pesticides in the food supply, does not involve new federal funding, and does not call for regulations or legislation. Source link

Most of the people testing positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo are not on health workers’ radar, suggesting that contact tracing is lagging dangerously behind. Source link

In a notice flagging a series of problems with a clinical trial, the journal Nature Medicine said its editors “no longer have confidence in the integrity of the results.” Source link

A cache of internal emails offers a look at the pressure the nation’s public health officials faced from the new health secretary in the early months of the Trump administration. Source link

The court’s decision is likely to determine the future of thousands of lawsuits against Bayer, which manufactures the weedkiller, over similar claims. Source link