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The Rise of the Self-Serve Blood Test

The start-up Function will send practically anyone to a lab for extensive medical testing, no physical required. Is that a good thing?

© Dustin Chambers for The New York Times

Kimberly Crisp, a former pharmacist, was intrigued by the prospect of using Function Health to figure out a natural way to get her blood sugar levels down.
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Michigan City to Pay $3.25 Million After Woman Was Mistakenly Declared Dead

Timesha Beauchamp, 20, was found alive at a funeral home after she had been pronounced dead during a medical episode in Southfield, Mich. She died weeks later.

© Erica Lattimore/Erica Lattimore through Fieger Law, via Associated Press

A lawyer for the family of Timesha Beauchamp said the city of Southfield had agreed to a settlement over the mistaken declaration of her death in 2020.
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