Pluralistic: Doctors' union may yet save the NHS from Palantir (12 Feb 2026)

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Doctors' union may yet save the NHS from Palantir: There is power in the union.
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Justin Key's "The Hospital at the End Of the World": A biopunk medical thriller from a major new talent.
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Nurses whose shitty boss is a shitty app: "Uber for nurses" is even worse than it sounds.
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The health industry's invisible hand is a fist: We've tried everything except for the thing that works everywhere else in the world.
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General Mills and cheaply bought "dietitians" co-opted the anti-diet movement: If Steve Bannon was a dietitian…
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Wellness surveillance makes workers unwell: As ever, the important thing isn't what the gadget does, it's who it does it for and who it does it to.
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The FTC has Big Pharma's number: The sleazy game of Orange Book evergreening.
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Private equity health-care monopolies are on a profitable killing spree: And you thought it was bad before.
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