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Malikai McPherson, 16, receives Pfizer's vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Melbourne, Florida on May 17, 2021.
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Health-insurance giant UnitedHealthcare is paying doctors less than their costs to give COVID-19 vaccines to kids, and it could hinder efforts to end the pandemic

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One key study highlights how cancer-drug prices continue to rise in the US - even if they don't elsewhere

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Health care worker Elizabeth Cameros, right, administers a deep nasal coronavirus test to traveler Wade Hopkins at a COVID-19 testing station at LAX on Monday, November 23, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
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The Mu coronavirus variant shares key similarities with Delta, but it doesn't pose a greater threat

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