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Tracy Seipel

@taseipel

Bay Area News Group Health Reporter

 San Jose, CA
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Joined August 2012
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We've seen plenty of attempts to disrupt health care from the outside by entrepreneurs, and so far they haven't amounted to much. We should be skeptical of this Amazon/Berkshire/JPMorgan venture, especially until they provide further detail.
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Amazon, two other giants are promising to ‘disrupt’ the health care industry. Health care... statnews.com/2018/01/30/amaz… via @statnews
Amazon, two other giants are promising to 'disrupt' the health care industry. Health care experts...

Amazon, two other giants are promising to 'disrupt' the health care industry. Health care experts...

Health care experts read the Amazon announcement. They were not impressed.

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Midnight Wednesday is deadline for 2018 Covered California plans bayareane.ws/2noSb9H

Midnight Wednesday is deadline for 2018 Covered California plans

The repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate doesn’t start until 2019, so the law’s requirement to buy insurance is still in place for 2018.

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As Doctors Drop Opposition, Aid-In-Dying Advocates Target Next Battleground States californiahealthline.org/MjY… via @CalHealthline
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Grammy swag includes Bay Area company's steam inhalers bayareane.ws/2Eimgic via @mercnews
The more time teens spent looking at their smartphones and other screens, the less happy they were, according to survey data collected for the Monitoring the Future study. latimes.com/science/sciencen…
Less smartphone time equals happier teenager, study suggests

Less smartphone time equals happier teenager, study suggests

A precipitous drop in the happiness, self-esteem and life satisfaction of American teens came as their ownership of smartphones rocketed from zero to 73% and they devoted an increasing share of their...

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Neil Diamond says he has Parkinson's disease, retires from touring. 'This ride has been so good, so good, so good.’ wapo.st/2n18N6k?tid=ss_tw&ut…
Think you’ve got the flu? At-home doctor consultation app might help bayareane.ws/2n5yymO
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Bay Area women take to the streets in second annual march bayareane.ws/2DnXUlS via @mercnews
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Flu may be spread just by breathing, new study says bayareane.ws/2EVvqQZ via @mercnews
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Women who breastfeed less likely to develop type 2 diabetes bayareane.ws/2DoUMcX
Flu deaths rise, patients pack Bay Area emergency rooms: 'All hands on deck,' doctor says bayareane.ws/2CXikCc via @mercnews
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San Jose mom is among 42 California flu deaths bayareane.ws/2mzaFnv via @mercnews
Black female doctors represent only tiny fraction of all doctors nationwide bayareane.ws/2D5AvsC via @mercnews

Black female doctors represent only tiny fraction of all doctors nationwide

By 2013, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, black women age 49 or under made up a greater percentage of the U.S. physician workforce than black men of the same age group.

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California flu deaths jump to at least 42; Bay Area reports 19 bayareane.ws/2AVEbIg
San Jose mom is among 42 California flu deaths

San Jose mom is among 42 California flu deaths

As hospital emergency rooms continue to be overwhelmed with flu patients, public health officials everywhere are urging anyone who has not yet received a flu vaccine to get one as soon as possible.

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The Kempel quintuplets have arrived. All at least 2.5 lbs and all appear stable. Lots of happy/relieved family in Walnut Creek tonight. bayareane.ws/2mtNCdx via @mercnews
‘They’re here!’ Bay Area mom delivers quintuplets

‘They’re here!’ Bay Area mom delivers quintuplets

Amy Kempel delivered five babies at Kaiser in Walnut Creek on Thursday evening. Just 24 sets of quintuplets were born in the entire United States in 2015.

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Two more flu deaths reported in Greater Bay Area bayareane.ws/2EuxGys
Two more flu deaths reported in greater Bay Area

Two more flu deaths reported in greater Bay Area

With at least 29 flu deaths reported so far this season, public health officials all around California are urging anyone who has not yet received a flu vaccine to get one as soon as possible.

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49ers great Dwight Clark upbeat but acknowledges reality of ALS: 'The future is so scary, I can’t imagine being totally paralyzed' bayareane.ws/2CMB0nZ via @mercnews

49ers great Dwight Clark upbeat but acknowledges reality of ALS

Former 49ers great Dwight Clark, 61, is getting new treatment with help from former owner Eddie DeBartolo

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Oroville Dam: Designer of failed spillway on nation's tallest dam was fresh out of college had almost no experience, new report shows bayareane.ws/2m3ABXW
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Vicious influenza strain sweeps Bay Area, deaths up in state eastbaytimes.com/2018/01/04/… via @eastbaytimes
Vicious influenza strain sweeps Bay Area, deaths up in state

Vicious influenza strain sweeps Bay Area, deaths up in state

You thought last year’s historic flu season was bad? Public health officials said this one could end up even worse.

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