Hospitals have long embraced the practice of outsourcing some services to specialized companies. Much of this outsourcing is for nonclinical tasks such as laundry, information technology and cybersecurity, and outsourcing those types... Read more »
AARP Illinois said a directive from the White House requiring nursing homes to vaccinate their staff against COVID-19 or risk losing Medicaid and Medicare funding is an important step, but not everyone... Read more »
The hospital in the home program has been used to care for COVID patients at home, according to a recent report by The Saturday Paper. Expert opinion is divided on whether or not such... Read more »
Allison Hansen had just gone through a breakup with her boyfriend last year when she discovered she was pregnant. She already had an 8-year-old son and did not want another child. Hansen... Read more »
In the rural northeastern corner of Missouri, Scotland County Hospital has been so low on staff that it sometimes had to turn away patients amid a surge in covid-19 cases. The national... Read more »
Some Montana Medicaid recipients are pushing back against plans to end 12-month continuous coverage for certain people enrolled in public health insurance programs as the state’s public comment period on the new... Read more »
The links between autoimmune diseases and sleep disturbances have been well established for a long time but little understood until recently. A primary symptom of autoimmune diseases, in general, is extreme fatigue.... Read more »
African countries bear a disproportionate burden of infectious and noncommunicable diseases. More than two thirds of people living with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa. It’s estimated that over 85% of deaths due to noncommunicable diseases are... Read more »
Without medication to manage her plaque psoriasis, Jennifer Brown’s face, scalp, trunk and neck periodically become covered in painful red, flaky patches so dry they crack and bleed. During the pandemic, health... Read more »
La temporada de influenza se verá diferente este año, ya que los Estados Unidos se enfrentan a una pandemia de coronavirus que ya ha matado a más de 176.000 personas. Muchos estadounidenses... Read more »