Haiti’s health system nearing collapse as chaos grips country
By Danica Coto | Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman began convulsing before …
By Danica Coto | Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman began convulsing before …
SAN JOSE — Santa Clara County officials, doctors and community members are imploring the state to intervene in HCA Healthcare’s decision to close Regional Medical Center’s trauma center and other …
Amanda Pritchard said same day care was one of the biggest changes in recent years (Image: Getty) A huge transformation of urgent and emergency care has spared hundreds of thousands …
By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Nonprofit hospitals created largely to serve the poor are adding concierge physician practices, charging patients annual membership fees of $2,000 or more for easier …
Amy Maxmen | KFF Health News (TNS) Four years after hospitals in New York City overflowed with COVID-19 patients, emergency physician Sonya Stokes remains shaken by how unprepared and misguided …
By Abeer Salman, Khader Al Za’anoun, Ibrahim Dahman, Sana Noor Haq, Kareen Khadder, Lauren Izso and Tim Lister | CNN Israeli forces detained Palestinian journalists and health workers, blindfolded them …
After the initial shock and awe of the announcement to close the trauma, stroke and heart attack treatment services at Regional Medical Center (RMC) had subsided, most of us providers …
By Cindy Von Quednow | CNN A Northern California medical facility is trying to contact about 300 people who were possibly exposed to measles after a child was treated for …
Rachana Pradhan, Hannah Recht | KFF Health News (TNS) Nurse midwife Beverly Maldonado recalls a pregnant woman arriving at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Maryland after her water broke. It …
Notice how less crowded the cold, flu and COVID aisle is at your local pharmacy? In California, respiratory virus season is winding down. Fewer colds, coughs, fevers and sick days …