Health

The Charter, released today for World Patient Safety Day, calls on governments and those running health services at local levels to take five actions to better protect health workers. Photo credit: Imaxe Press / Shutterstock.com,…

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From the shores of Long Island to resorts of the Rocky Mountains, traditional vacation destinations have seen a major influx of affluent people relocating to wait out the pandemic. But now as summer vacation season has ended, many families…

School librarian Amanda Brasfield says that from now on she’ll think twice about taking an ambulance unless she has a life-threatening injury or illness. She got a $1,206 out-of-network bill for a 4-mile ambulance ride in Findlay, Ohio. …

On July 21, 2020, registered nurses held a vigil at Sutter Health’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, California, to remember their colleague Janine Paiste-Ponder, who died of COVID-19. California Nurses Association members had…

In the first months of the coronavirus outbreak, most public health leaders advised closing gyms, erring on the side of caution. As infections exploded across the country, states ordered gyms and fitness centers closed, along with…

On August 22, an inmate tested positive for COVID and was transferred to a local hospital. The inmate’s health continued to decline despite medical professionals' best efforts, and he passed away yesterday afternoon. SEMINOLE COUNTY, FL…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease official, said in an interview Tuesday with Kaiser Health News, that a COVID-19 vaccine could be available earlier than expected if ongoing clinical trials produce overwhelmingly…

Pharmacists used vials to prepare syringes during the first stage of a safety study clinical trial for a potential COVID-19 vaccine in Seattle in March. Millions of Americans are counting on a COVID-19 vaccine to curb the global pandemic…

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, beginning to venture out on the campaign trail from his basement in Delaware, went to Pittsburgh on Monday to deliver what would up showcasing another stumbling gaffe questioning his cognitive…

Tamya Daly greets Jacob and his mother, Cat, on their doorstep with supplies for Jacob’s first week of school. Each student receives a personalized folder with instructions for web access and logons to classroom apps. Photo credit: Anna…

Megan Messinger spends most of her days studying at her apartment in Los Angeles. She is in her fourth year at the Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California, and calculates she has lost about 400 hours of patient time due…

The California "River Fire" of Salinas, in Monterey County, was ignited by dry lightning on August 16, 2020, fills the sky with dark smoke and flames as it burns close to a houses on its first day. Salinas, CA. Photo credit Shutterstock…

An FDA emergency use authorization allows companies and medical providers to deploy unapproved treatments or medical products in a crisis. The FDA said health care providers would be authorized to distribute COVID convalescent plasma to…

The research was funded by the European Network of National Schizophrenia Networks Studying Gene-Environment Interactions (EU-GEI) Project (Project EU-GEI) from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme, by the UK Medical…

Two manufacturers that have received Food and Drug Administration authorization and whose instruments are being delivered — Becton, Dickinson and Co., known as BD, and Quidel — say their antigen tests are intended for patients with…

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - Rashad “Deuce” Gholston Jr. is all boy. The active 2-year-old, born in Tallahassee but who now lives in Daytona Beach, is always on the go. “He’s always running and jumping, and doing backflips and cartwheels,” said…

Daisy Conant hasn’t been diagnosed with dementia but exhibits clear signs of memory loss. She gets frustrated reading news about the coronavirus pandemic. Photo credit: Heidi de Marco/KHN. GARDENA, CA - Daisy Conant, 91, thrives off…

With schools preparing to reopen, Bethany Atkins, MD, pediatrician with Wolfson Children’s Hospital and president of the Northeast Florida Pediatric Society, says now is the time to get kids comfortable with wearing a mask. …

PPE shortages have forced some health-care workers to recycle single-use respirators. Even in areas where the number of COVID patients has declined dramatically, de Hernandez noted the PPE supply for health care workers hasn't been…