[ad_1] Hospitals and imaging centers are monitoring patient safety concerns as they manage a global shortage of IV contrast fluids, a crisis some experts think might have been […]
Doctor innocent after murder trial permanently loses license
[ad_1] Despite being found innocent of murder charges related to multiple patient deaths, a doctor determined that practicing medicine again in Ohio would be impossible following a yearslong […]
Why won’t more older Americans get their COVID booster?
[ad_1] Even as top U.S. health officials say it’s time America learns to live with the coronavirus, a chorus of leading researchers say faulty messaging on booster shots […]
The wonky Medicare proposal worrying safety-net hospitals
[ad_1] Hospitals in some states that haven’t expanded Medicaid coverage worry a proposed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services policy could deprive them of hundreds of millions of […]
Is Paxlovid, the COVID pill, reaching those who most need it? The government won’t say
[ad_1] As the nation largely abandons mask mandates, physical distancing, and other COVID-19 prevention strategies, elected officials and health departments alike are now championing antiviral pills. But the […]
Medicare ACOs need financial support to promote home care, study finds
[ad_1] One-quarter of accountable care organizations provide home-based care programs, but financial risks are holding others back, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed […]
Biden co-hosts 2nd global COVID summit as US nears 1M deaths
[ad_1] President Joe Biden will appeal for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as he convenes a second virtual summit on the pandemic and marks “a tragic […]
Head of Rhode Island hospital group announces retirement
[ad_1] The head of Rhode Island’s second-largest hospital group announced Wednesday that he will retire early next year. Care New England Health System President and CEO Dr. James […]
Los Angeles schools postpone student vaccination mandate
[ad_1] A COVID-19 vaccination mandate for students 12 and older in the Los Angeles Unified School District has been postponed from this fall to next year. The Board […]
Creeping COVID-19 cases result in few schools mask mandates
[ad_1] U.S. COVID-19 cases are up, leading a smattering of school districts, particularly in the Northeast, to bring back mask mandates and recommendations for the first time since […]