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Thursday, May 9, 2024

Steward Health Care puts its hospitals up for sale after its bankruptcy filing. The human risk for bird flu remains low in the US. But 2 human infections raise questions about pandemic readiness. And the Biden Administration faces a lawsuit over a rule barring gender identity discrimination in healthcare. That’s coming up on today’s episode of Gist Healthcare Daily. 

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